#training pants

Princess in waiting 👑💚

Okay, so if you've seen my review about Hanes Period Underwear, then you already know that Hanes uses the EXACT same material and exact same construction for their potty training pants, meaning that their period underwear functions exactly the same as training pants.

(aka, good for small leaks, no more than a quarter of one's bladder)

But NOW they have introduced a BRAND NEW PRODUCT IN THE ARENA:

Hanes Confident Nights Underwear! Available in girls AND boys sizing!!!

For comparison's sake, here's some of the girls' and women's period underwear and their size chart:

As you can see, the women's sizes go up to a 3XL, but the trade off is that they only come in neutrals instead of fun colors.

There is however overlap between the smallest women's sizes and the largest boys' and girls' sizes! I personally wear a women's size 6 in pants, which would be a small/5 in Hanes' women undies; however! I fit perfectly into the girls' size 14! So, following the chart, if you'd fit into a women's medium, you'd fit into the girls' size 18! (and, presumably, the boys' size 16-18)!

So what's the big deal?

Hanes training pants and their period pants both only offer zoned protection, meaning that the absorbent area only wraps around just barely to the front and only partially to the back - it covers what it needs to, and not anything more.

These brand new confident nights undies however, their padding extends all the way to just under the waistbands!!! AKA wayyyy better protection than their actual toddler training pants!! (though, it seems that they also launched these in toddler sizing, probably bc they realized this)

Oh! If you think you'd prefer something more similar to boxer briefs, there's some available in the "period pants" style (reviews for the women's say that as long as you pay attention to the size chart, they'll fit regardless of your anatomy)

Anyway, I think these are AMAZING alternatives to pull-ups, for those who'd rather have actual, genuine training pants instead! Good for feeling snug and protected, without the need for excess bulk that others can notice. (tho, if you're in a completely silent room, if you move you can hear a very very faint swish of the leak proof layer moving against the other fabric)

They're a very nice discrete, reusable option, as they're machine washable and can take a tumble in the dryer!!! First, if you do happen to "use" them, rinse them out in cold water first, toss them with the rest of your laundry for a cold wash, and when you transfer them to the dryer (low heat), make sure they're inside out so they dry properly!

Also also! As a bonus, if you happen to menstruate, you now have perfect cover to use literally any of these options because they're all basically the exact same product.

(Hanes themselves showing that they (trainers/period undies/confident nights) are all the same, lol)

WHICH, for masc!littles, means that you can opt for either the boxer briefs period underwear OR the boys confident nights underwear, and not only would you be well protected, but as a bonus, you now have big boy undies!!!

and for fem!littles, you can get gender and headspace happiness from buying period undies that you'll hopefully enjoy while in little space! Bc, congrats! you now have big girl undies!!!

and nb!littles always come out on top bc!! all the color options!!!! and fun styles!! big kid undies!!!

I tried training undies to the park today. I kept them dry at least...

Little high tide rider! 🌊✨️💗

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as of right now, from Hanes specifically, they only have plus sizes up to 6xl available for a two-pack of black and beige period undies - no fun colors or patterns 😔 similarly, but for wayyy cheaper, there's a three-pack of 2 black and 1 beige in 3xl on amazon, as of posting, for $10

though I haven't ordered a confident nights set yet, I can confirm that the period undies, despite the padding not coming up very high, can still contain leaks and very small "accidents" if used carefully, if that's the part that's important to you

looking through amazon, it appears that INNERSY has period undies that go up to size 5xl, but unlike Hanes, they come in lots of colors and, from looking at the product listing photos + photos from reviews, it looks like the padding is about the halfway point from Hanes' period undies and their confident nights, with the protection in the front maybe an inch higher than Hanes' period undies and the back padding stopping at the waistband like confident nights - HOWEVER, the reviews seem very mixed, with some people saying they work perfectly, while others struggle with absorbancy and shoddy stitching :/

if you wanted them simply for comfort and - very specifically - looks, they would probably be a good dupe, as they do look pretty cute, but if you wanted to have any fun with the absorbancy, I have no clue how they would hold up to Hanes

looking further, there's KEECOW with a red, grey, and blue pack in 3xl, (sizes up to 5xl in all black), and these appear to have the same coverage as confident nights! their reviews are all glowing too, for both menstrual and wetting, so if absorbancy is a priority, these are definitely what I would try! not as many fun colors as INNERSY, but at least they come in colors at all, which is better than Hanes, lol

there's other options on amazon, but lots of them appear to be either dupes of INNERSY but without the fun colors and patterns, or other brands of period/post-partum undies in their own cuts and styles and absorbancy, but only in plain black.