Cloth Training Pants

This is completely non-photography, but I am reposting this off my old blog that I no longer keep up. (And for whatever reason, the post wouldn't show on there anymore... )

Reposting here so a few of my mommy friends can see the cloth training pants I made for my baby girl:



I am ready to start potty training my almost 2 year old, and I've tried pull ups. I just don't think pull ups are going to work for us because they feel too much like a diaper.

I searched Pinterest trying to find a cloth training pant, and discovered that Gerber makes some.
Here's the link to the pinterest post I found:
 http://itsourlongstory.blogspot.com/2012/01/diy-cloth-training-pants.html?showComment=1328030266224#c6638174278670575212

In my area, I have to order the Gerber ones online; not available in store. I'm impatient. So I decided to make the same thing I found on Pinterest, but use size 2T panties instead! So here's my tutorial. It took about 30 minutes to make one pair, and a total cost of about $2 per pair! Thats way cheaper than buying the gerber ones to start, because a 3 pack is at least $8!

Materials:
Toddler panties (I bought mine real cheap at dollar general)
Scissors (rotary cutter is better, but I don't have one)
Sewing machine
Flannel (I bought a yard, but it will make TONS!)
PUL (they have this at hobby lobby, it's about $15 a yard, I bought 1/4 yd, it only takes a little!)
The thick lined cloth diapers
Pins
Paper to make a pattern
















Step 1:
Using the panties, trace their shape on paper to make a pattern.
















Step 2:
Take a padded cloth diaper and cut it in half, width wise. I serged the cuts to make sure they sealed well but you could use a zigzag stitch if you don't have a serger.
















Step 3:
Using the pattern you made, cut the cloth diaper, 4 layers of flannel (you might want to use 2 or 3, depending in how thick you want it), and one layer of PUL to fit the panties. I also zigzagged the cloth diaper after cutting to fit the patter in order to seal the padding.

Step 4:
Turn the panties wrong side out. Pin the cloth diaper with 2 layers of flannel into the panties. I put the flannel against babies (oh wait) "big girl's" skin, thought it would feel better. Sew into place.
















Step 5:
Turn panties right side out, pin 2 layers of flannel under the layer of PUL. Sew into place.

Step 6:
POTTY TRAIN! :)