Be a princess in these Pull-Ups! (Huggies Pull Ups)

Member Name: i_am_joy

Product:	Huggies Pull Ups
Date:	21/12/08 (140 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Look great, comfortable for my granddaughter to wear, absorbant

Disadvantages: The side fastening tabs are a little bit too easy to pull apart

When I went into Tesco the other day to buy my granddaughters Feel 'N' Learn pants I was annoyed to find they were out of stock, but I saw a similar product from Huggies, their Pull-Ups range. My daughter switches between Pampers and Huggies nappies anyway so I thought I would try these, I was especially swayed by the BOGOF offer so ended up buying two packs and getting two free.

These Pull-Ups are shaped like pants instead of nappies, We've started using them to pre-ept potty training my granddaughter so that she can get used to wearing something which feels like proper pants. I must admit that straight away I prefer the design of these to those my daughter usually buys in the Pampers range, Huggies have a Disney theme which includes Princesses for the girls and Cars for the boys - although my granddaughter loves the little boy range as much as the girls' pants because she is mildly obsessed with "car-cars" at the moment.

Even though she's only 18 months, my granddaughter does understand a lot of what we are saying to her so I explained that the pictures will start to disappear when she does a wee in the hope that she will recognise that the fading of the design is directly related to when she goes to the toilet in the pants. This doesn't really mean anything to her yet as we haven't gotten as far as actually getting her to use a potty, but it's a useful reminder for me because I can see at a glance if she needs her bum changing and can show her that the pictures are slowly fading. The pictures start to disappear almost as soon as the pants are wet, a little too quick in my opinion because my granddaughter is still drinking from a bottle so tends to wet quite regularly but then again these pants are probably designed for toddlers a little older than her who go longer between wetting so I can't really blame Huggies for that.

My granddaughter has been comfortable in these pants and can walk, run and climb in them (more's the pity!) with no problems at all. The leg and waist holes are snug against her skin but there is a good amount of stretch in them which means that baby can move around in comfort without any chaffing or rubbing.

I find these Huggies pants much more absorbant than the Pampers Feel 'N' Learn which are my usual potty training pants for my little princess, this means I can leave her almost as long between changes as I would if she were wearing ordinary nappies. I find they are not great at holding 'number twos' but these pants will cope well for a couple of hours if she has simply wet.

The only problem I can find with these is that the side seams which you have to rip apart to change your little one are a bit too easy to pull apart, my granddaughter learned very quickly how to open them so I find she has to wear these under her tights or a pair of trousers if she's in one of 'those moods' otherwise the pants are pulled off straight away and once the tab has been ripped then the nappy is useless so I try not to let her destroy too many as these are quite expensive at over £5 for 16 pants.

They come in three sizes; Medium, Large and Extra Large. At 18 months my granddaughter is wearing the Medium Pull-Ups, which suggests to me that this is the equivalent of a Size 5 in nappies.

Summary: Huggies seem to make better Pull-Ups than they do nappies!