Potty Training- How Important Are Training Pants

POTTY TRAINING is a very important stage in an infant’s life as they transition from diapers to underwear. It is basically the training of a child to use the potty or toilet instead of soiling themselves in their diapers.  Another term for it is ‘TOILET TRAINING’.   For potty training to be successful the child, ultimately, must want to do it so they need constant motivation.

Cultural factors play a large part in what age is deemed appropriate to start potty training as a lot of research, especially in Africa, assert that a child is expected to be potty trained by ages three to four. Experts assert that it is easier for a child to first learn bowel control than bladder control. Obviously, it is eventually learnt but the process can be speeded up by patient nurturing. Research has proved and it is common knowledge that it usually takes boys longer to potty train compared to girls.

The use of TRAINING PANTS can aid the process of potty training in a positive manner.  They are designed to look like normal underwear yet they work the same way as a diaper. Designed to absorb wetness.  This paves the way for a natural transition from diapers to underwear.  Some training pants are designed with wetness indicators, an image that will smudge when it comes into contact with liquid.  This is a brilliant indicator for any parent to identify when their child is wet. Training pants absorb the mess like natural diapers so parents don’t have to worry about accidents, with strong leak protection side panels which gather and control leakages.

Many parents call training pants, “Big boy pants” or “Big girl pants.”  As the terminology suggests parents can use this product to encourage the independence and personal growth of their child.  The child can physically pull the pants up and down with ease and they also develop a sense of personal pride if and when they are rewarded by their parents for doing so.

Mothers believe that training pants are particularly useful at night because it takes several months for kids to control their bladders at night which means a lot of bed wetting, that often cannot be avoided. 

The pants are also useful during long naps or when on a journey. Often children become uncomfortable when they soil themselves wearing ordinary underwear and this is were training pants perform a necessary and useful function during this potty training stage.

Once potty training is underway its essential that the child always knows where the potty is and exactly what it is for.  The parent will have to get into the habit of asking the child if they need to use the potty at regular intervals.  This will then reinforce the habit of using it.  When the child successfully uses the potty it is really important to recognize and praise the child for doing so.  For many children, especially boys, potty training can be a long road.  

The parent has to consciously commit to train their child until it becomes an effortless task.  Training pants can successfully aid this process and be of benefit to both the parents and the child wearing them.

                                                                              

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