im starting to potty train my lil boy in january i just want to have a plan set like ill get him comfortable with the bathroom then his potty and such but i wasnt sure if when we start to uses the potty if i should make the transition in to training pants or continue in diapers untill he has more of a hang of things. also any other tips will help

A: I found both ways useless(I am assuming you are referring to pull ups and the like). Training pants were really diapers with "big kid" characters on it My daughter used them like diapers. I found the best way for her was to buy actual cloth training pants. Gerber makes them and they are thicker than actual panties or underwear (they absorb some liquid) but not so thick that they can't feel when they are wet. I used those at home while we worked on connecting the dots of what it...

The recession is making life a little messier for some toddlers and their parents.

Disposable training pants, long viewed as a staple in potty training children, are becoming dispensable as some parents choose value over convenience in the recession.

These days, an accident here and there has become an acceptable tradeoff for saving some $30 to $100 a month. And many parents say that doing away with the crutch has had an added benefit: surprisingly quick toilet training.

Parents embraced disposable training pants when they hit the market 20 years ago because they made life easier, preventing messy accidents as children transitioned from diapers to underwear. The training pants contain absorbent material just like diapers, but are elasticized and can be pulled up and down like underwear.

Now rising unemployment, stagnant wages and sharp drops in both housing and stock markets have caused consumers to redefine what’s essential. As they’ve pored over their expenses, sales data suggest more parents are finding it’s one product they’re willing to try doing without.

In their britches without the benefit of a shelter net.

That's because training pants have become something of a voluptuousness.

A brisk whiff of the hustle shows there has been a 10 percent quit in the platoon of training pants sold during the 52 weeks ending June 13, the Associated Hold close reports. Meanwhile, the Centers for Complaint Knob dispatch that births in the Common States rose three percent in 2006 and one percent in 2007.

That means there are a lot of tykes making the move out of diapers, while parents are hoping their kids force out how to use a potty melodious darn lickety-split.

It might be quality the speculation. Parents can pick up a new two of a kind of underwear for about a dollar or two, but keeping a kid in spendable training pants can expenditure up to $90 a month.

Besides, training pants are not magical, said Dr. Edward R. Christopherson, a professor at the University of Missouri who studies potty-training issues. Christopherson said on BabyCenter that many parents still mistakenly muse over training pants are an principal part of potty training.

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