Pampers Easy Ups Vs. Parent's Choice Training Pants

As parents, we all look forward to the day that our child will move out of diapers and into big kid underwear. Not only will the countless diaper changes stop, but you will also monthly since we no longer have to invest in the expensive diapers. Parents are quick to share both their successful and not so successful potty training stories and even give hints about what works with potty training. One method that is highly recommended is the use of training pants to help minimize messes while potty training. The only problem is no one tells you how much training pants will actually cost you. Training pants are quite simply diapers that you pull up. You can get them with different designs, special markings to let the parents know when the toddler has used the restroom, and cool alerts to let the child know they have gone potty. The problem with all the extras on pull-ups is that sometimes they are really unnecessary features that serve to bring the cost of the pull-up up.

When I began potty training my son I used all types of training pants. I soon decided that they are a few really important features in choosing a training pant: absorbency,cost, feel, and appearance.. eventually deciding my favorite two were Pampers Easy Ups and Parent's Choice Training Pants. Probably the most important feature of a pull-up is that their absorbency. Both training pants do a good job of preventing accidents. You will need to change more often with Parent's Choice as their absorbency is not as good as Pampers©. This may not be beneficial to the process of potty training- as the point of potty training is for the child to begin using the potty. If the training pants are too absorbent, they begin working like a diaper and do not encourage the toddler to begin using the toilet.

Another big factor in determining which training pant to use is price. Parent's Choice is the clear winner here. When buying the jumbo pack of Parent's Choice© a single pull-up is around 25 cents, whereas the Pamper Easy Ups average around 30 cents. The disadvantage that Parent's Choice has is though they are cheaper, they are only carried at Wal-mart. This means that if you want to use Parent's Choice, you need to make sure that you keep a close eye on how many training pants you have to avoid midnight Wal-mart trips.

The feel of the training pant is also important. Pampers Easy Ups have a nice cotton feel to them. They are also thinner. Parent's Choice are thicker and have a plastic feel to them, These qualities make Pampers seem much more like big kid underwear. Some children are also particular about the design o their new training parents. Pampers Easy Ups have really colorful Dora and Bob the Builder, whereas Parent's Choice has plainer Loony Tunes designs.

After trying both of these training pants, we have decided that we like the Parent's Choice much better. Pampers are defiantly more artistically appealing with their bright colors and soft feel. Parent's choice makes up for this in practicality. While not as cute, since they absorb less, they teach the toddler what wetness feels like. This helps the toddler learn what feelings lead to the need to use the restroom. Also the cost savings are worth it. The 5 cents a diaper adds up to around 10.00 a month, which is not considerable in one month but over the couple of months it may take a toddler to learn to full daytime and bedtime potty training does add up.