Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Training Underwear That Actually Worked When My Toddler Ditched Diapers
35
items My kid was soaking through every pair of training pants within minutes, and I was doing laundry three times a day. If you're knee-deep in potty training and tired of mopping up puddles, these are the products that finally got us from diapers to real ...
Sections
7
Disposable Training Pants for Daytime Accidents
Reusable Training Underwear With Absorbent Layers
Waterproof Mattress Protection for Nighttime Training
Portable Potty Seats for On-the-Go Training
Cleaning Supplies for Potty Training Accidents
Reward and Motivation Tools That Actually Helped
Disposable Training Pants for Daytime Accidents
We started here because my daughter refused diapers but also refused the potty. These bought us time without the full meltdown of going back to diapers.
Grab these for the first week when accidents happen every 20 minutes. My kid couldn't tell the difference from regular underwear, which was the whole point. They held up through a full grocery store trip without a single leak down her leg.
Pampers Easy Ups Bluey Potty Training Pants Boys Size
Switch to these if your toddler cares about the print on their underwear. My son picked these out himself and suddenly wanted to use the potty just so he could keep wearing them. The absorbency held through nap time, which saved our couch.
Pull-Ups New Leaf Boys' Potty Training Pants, 3T-4T, 68 Ct
Keep a pack of these in the car for emergencies. They're cheaper than the name brands and honestly performed the same during our road trip to grandma's house. Perfect for parents burning through 5 pairs a day and watching their wallet cry.
Parent's Choice Paw Patrol Training Pants for Girls
Toss these in the daycare bag when you need something affordable in bulk. Our daycare went through 4 pairs a day at the start, and I wasn't about to send premium brands just to end up in the trash. They did the job without any blowouts.
Comforts Night Pants Boys & Girls L/XL (60-125+ lbs) 12
Use these specifically for overnight. My daughter was dry all day for two weeks but still waking up soaked. These kept her sheets dry and her confidence up while her bladder caught up to her brain.
Goodnites
Reusable Training Underwear With Absorbent Layers
Once we moved past the disposable phase, these were the bridge. Enough padding to catch small accidents but thin enough that my kid could actually feel when she was wet.
Try these when your kid is at the ‘one small accident a day’ stage. The cotton feels like real underwear so they get used to the sensation, but the extra middle layer caught enough that I wasn't scrubbing the kitchen floor every hour.
Gerber, Potty Training Pants, 2T, 3 Pack, Toddler Boys
Pair these with an easy-pull-down outfit and watch your toddler start doing it solo. My son loved that he could pull them up and down himself. The thicker panel in front saved us from at least a dozen puddles on the hardwood.
Hanes, Toddler Potty Trainer Briefs, 6pk, Orange, 4T-5T
Snag these if your kid has sensitive skin. My daughter broke out in a rash from two other brands before we landed here. The fabric is softer, the absorbent layer actually works, and they survived about 50 wash cycles before showing any wear.
Bambino Mio 5 PACK Reusable Potty Training Pants
Get a pack of these for daycare days. They look close enough to regular underwear that my kid didn't feel babyish, but they caught the small dribbles that happened when she got too distracted playing to run to the bathroom.
Toddler Boys Training Pants Underwear Sizes 12M-5T
Wear these under regular clothes without any bulk showing. My kid refused anything that looked puffy under his shorts. These are thin but still have that reinforced center panel, so the one time he didn't make it, his jeans stayed dry.
Fruit of the Loom, Toddler Boy Potty Trainers Brief
Waterproof Mattress Protection for Nighttime Training
Potty training during the day was one thing. Nights were a whole different battle. I ruined one mattress before getting smart about protection.
Throw this on the crib mattress the day you start training. I waited too long and spent a weekend trying to get urine smell out of memory foam. This one doesn't crinkle, so my kid didn't even notice it was there.
Customer reviews for DMI Waterproof Mattress Protector
Use this as a second layer over your regular sheet. When my son had an accident at 2 AM, I just peeled this off and there was a clean sheet underneath. Saved me from remaking the entire bed half asleep.
Priva Premium Absorbent Waterproof Sheet and Mattress
Get this for the toddler bed transition. It stays put even when my kid thrashes around like a breakdancer in her sleep. After three months of nightly use, zero stains made it through to the mattress.
GORILLA GRIP Original Slip Resistant Mattress Gripper
Keep one of these as a changing pad backup too. It's sized for cribs but I also used it on the couch during movie nights when I didn't fully trust the nighttime dryness yet. Washes easily, dries fast.
American Baby Company Waterproof Fitted Pack and Play
Swap your old pad for this if you notice any smell lingering. A fresh waterproof pad was the reset we needed after a rough week of accidents. The quilted top made it comfortable enough that my kid stopped complaining about the crinkly sound.
Kolcraft Waterproof Fitted Crib and Toddler Mattress Pad
Portable Potty Seats for On-the-Go Training
Nothing kills potty training momentum like being stuck in a parking lot with a toddler who suddenly needs to go. These traveled with us everywhere for about four months straight.
Toss this in your diaper bag and forget about it until you need it. Fits on any public toilet so your toddler isn't terrified of falling in. My daughter went from refusing restaurant bathrooms to asking to go, which felt like winning the lottery.
Jool Baby, Folding Travel Potty Seat, Fits Round & Oval
Keep this in the bathroom at home as the starter potty. It looks like a tiny real toilet and my son was weirdly proud of it. The removable bowl makes cleanup less disgusting than I expected, which is saying something.
Nuby My Real Potty Training Toilet, Life-like Sound, White
Grab this if your kid refuses the big toilet completely. The flushing sound effect was the thing that got my daughter interested. She practiced flushing about 400 times before actually using it for its intended purpose, but hey, we got there.
Summer by Ingenuity My Size Potty Pro for Toddlers, Pink
Use this from the very beginning through the transition to the real toilet. It converts from floor potty to seat reducer, so we didn't have to buy two separate things. The baking soda puck inside actually helps with smell between cleanings.
Munchkin Arm & Hammer Multistage 3-in-1 Potty Seat Gray
Bring this on road trips or you will regret it. We were stuck on the highway with a screaming toddler who needed to go NOW. Pulled this out, used a disposable liner, crisis averted. Worth every penny for that one moment alone.
Kalencom Potette Plus 2-in-1 Travel Potty
Cleaning Supplies for Potty Training Accidents
Nobody warned me how much time I'd spend on my knees scrubbing floors. These products lived in every room of our house during peak training months.
Spray this the second an accident happens on carpet. I learned the hard way that waiting even an hour makes the smell set in. Originally bought it for our dog, then realized it works just as well for toddler situations.
Nature's Miracle Cat Stain & Odor Remover Foam, 17.5 oz
Keep a canister next to every potty seat in the house. Quick wipe between uses keeps things sanitary without turning cleanup into a whole production. My husband and I went through roughly one canister per week during month two.
Clorox Disinfecting Cleaning Wipes, Bleach Free
Sprinkle this on mattresses and couch cushions after an accident, let it sit overnight, then vacuum. Pulled out smells that I thought were permanent. Cheaper than any specialty cleaner and probably already in your pantry.
Arm & Hammer Pure Baking Soda, 8oz, Pack of 2
Use this for the stains that Nature's Miracle doesn't fully get. Our beige carpet in the hallway took a beating during training, and this brought it back from the dead. Pro tip: blot, don't rub, or you'll make it ten times worse.
Resolve Ultra Pet Carpet Cleaner Spray, 32 oz
Toss a scoop of this in with every load of training pants and accident-stained clothes. Soaking overnight in warm water with OxiClean saved pajamas I was ready to throw away. Stock up before you start training, trust me.
Versatile Stain Remover Powder
Reward and Motivation Tools That Actually Helped
Stickers worked for about three days. Then bribery had to get more creative. These kept the momentum going when my kid decided the potty was boring and diapers were just fine.
Try these instead of buying 15 individual sticker sheets. My daughter put a sticker on her chart every time she used the potty, and the reusable ones meant she could also stick them on everything else in the house. Kept her excited for weeks.
Melissa & Doug Reusable Sticker Pad Set: Play House
Wear this on your toddler's wrist and let it do the reminding for you. It vibrates every 30, 60, or 90 minutes so I stopped being the nagging parent. My son actually ran to the bathroom when it buzzed because he thought it was a game.
Customer reviews for Daniel Tiger Potty Time!, (Board Book)
Read this before every attempt. Something about seeing Daniel Tiger sit on the potty made my kid want to copy him. We read it so many times the pages are wrinkled, but it worked better than anything I said.
Customer reviews for Daniel Tiger Potty Time!, (Board Book)
Keep these in the bathroom for potty time entertainment. My son would sit longer if he had something to do, and these don't stain anything when he inevitably colors on the wall instead of the paper. Saved my sanity and my bathroom paint.
Customer reviews for Crayola Color Wonder Mess Free
Snag a big bag and hand out exactly two Skittles per successful potty trip. Judge me all you want, but candy motivation got my daughter fully trained in three weeks after a month of sticker charts doing nothing. Sometimes you gotta do what works.
Skittles Original Fun Size Chewy Candy - 10.72 oz
Comfortable Transition Underwear for Fully Trained Toddlers
The victory lap. When accidents dropped to maybe once a week, we graduated to real underwear. Picking the right ones mattered more than I expected because the wrong fit meant my kid just held it in instead of going.
Grab a big pack of these for the finish line. Soft cotton, easy for little hands to pull up and down, and cheap enough that you won't cry when a pair gets ruined by that one random accident. My kid wore these for a full year after training.
Fruit of the Loom Toddler Boys' Days of The Week Briefs
Switch to these if your kid complains about itchy tags. Mine would scratch and pull at other brands until I found these. The tagless waistband was the difference between him keeping them on and stripping naked in the living room.
HANES 13 PACK GIRLS TODDLER TAGLESS BRIEFS
Use character underwear as the final motivator. Told my daughter she couldn't wear Elsa underwear until she stopped having accidents, and that kid was dry for five straight days out of sheer determination. Peer pressure from a cartoon character works...
Disney Frozen Knit underwear 6 Pack Kids Girls
Get these for the kid who needs to feel like a big kid. My nephew refused training pants the day he saw these in the store. He told his mom he was done with diapers because Spider-Man doesn't wear them. Can't argue with that logic.
Spider-Man Brief Underwear Four-Pack for Boys
Keep these as the everyday basics once training is fully done. They hold up wash after wash, the elastic doesn't go saggy after a month, and they fit true to size. Bought them eight months ago and we're still using the original pack.
Carter's Child of Mine Toddler Girl Poodle Brief Underwear