Huggies Pull Ups with Learning Designs Training Pants Review

As babies grow older they transform into toddlers and one of the signs of toddlerhood is the transition from diapers to toilets. Fortunately, there are many products available to assist with making this changeover and one that we purchase with great frequency is Huggies Pull Ups with Learning Designs for Girls, a brand of training pants designed with little girls in mind.

Pull- Up Commentary:

Huggies Pull Ups with Learning Designs for Girls are shaped like a diaper, but with pre-attached sides so that a child can grab the pull- ups and slide their legs through the openings with ease. The material used in the construction of these training pants is similar to a diaper, but these pull- ups are a little less comforable than a diaper and a little thinner. Elastic on the sides helps keep the pull- ups held up against the child's skin and a second, elastic ridge helps to guard further against leaks. Velcro on the sides of these pull- ups make it easy to open up and re- seal, if necessary.  Small heart- shaped designs on the front will fade if the diaper becomes wet, which is supposed to encourage potty training. And since these pull- ups are designed for girls, they have the absorbant padding placed in the right part of the pull- up, for maximum protection.

Huggies Pull Ups with Learning Designs for Girls are a product designed to help toddlers make the transition from diaper to toilet. My girls are at/in this period of their young lives right now and Huggies Pull- Ups with Learning Designs for Girls are the training pants they use with the greatest frequency. They like putting these training pants on themselves- a task that is made easy by the sealed sides. Many little ones will take great pride in this routine each day, realizing they are wearing underwear like a big person and looking forward to the day when they can wear ordinary underwear/panties like older siblings. Most girls will also like the design. My girls love Disney princesses and anything resembling them so they took to these training pants immediately. The material is a little scratchier than a diaper, but the fact that Disney Princesses are depicted on these training pants made them quickly forget any problem with comfort.  

Nice designs and pre- sealed sides are nice, but what matters most in a pair of training pants is their effectiveness. And in this regard, Huggies Pull Ups with Learning Designs for Girls receive only an average grade. They offer very little in the way of training or a means to encourage toddlers to learn to use the toilet. The only mechanism in place to encourage toilet training is the design in the front that fades in color when the training pants become wet. Supposedly, the faded color should serve as a signal to children that it's time to go to the toilet, but there are two problems with this: The design doesn't fade very much and most children won't even notice when it does. The wet feeling is more likely to motivate than anything else.  

As for wetness protection, Huggies Pull Ups with Learning Designs for Girls are better than other training pants. One nice extra is the leak guard: An extra ridge of protection where it is needed most, right at the legs. This leak guard is a second level of elastic protection that keeps liquid inside the pull- up. Another nice feature is the velcro on the sides. Like I said, these pull- ups are sold pre- sealed on the sides for convenience, but it is good to know that there is a velcro seal that can be opened and re-sealed just in case your toddler has a nasty accident and needs to remove the pull- up as cleanly as possible.

Bottom Line Viewpoint:

Huggies Pull Ups with Learning Designs for Girls have a few faults, but they are a good product that helps make a parent's life a little easier. They don't succeed very well at alerting children that the time is right for a trip to the restroom, but they do offer a good amount of leak protection, cute designs that girls love, and a look and feel that is more like actual underwear than a diaper. There are a good transitional product from a company that knows a thing or two about babies and toddlers.