A little care goes a long way. These simple steps keep your training pants soft, absorbent, and working their hardest — for as long as your little one needs them.
The single most important step — please don't skip it.
Brand-new training pants haven't reached full absorbency yet. Cotton fibres need a few wash cycles to fully open up and soak in liquid, so straight out of the pack they'll hold far less than they will after a wash or two. Run your pairs through 2–3 cool washes before the first wear and you'll get softer fabric and much better leak protection from day one.
Treat them like your favourite everyday clothes and they'll last the whole training journey.
Tip any solids into the toilet, then put the pants straight in the wash — no rinsing or soaking needed. For wees, they go directly in the laundry.
Machine wash cool (30°C / 86°F) with like colours and a mild detergent. Keep it cool — 100% cotton can shrink in a hot wash. A delicate cycle is ideal for frequent washing.
Skip bleach and fabric softeners. Both coat the fibres and cut absorbency — the opposite of what you want in a training pant.
Line dry where you can, or tumble on low / delicate only — a hot dryer can shrink cotton and loosen stitching. Please don't iron or dry-clean them.
UpAiry pants are a training tool, not a diaper — they're built to catch accidents and give your child that important "wet" feeling, and they're highly absorbent once they've been washed in. Seeing more leaks than you'd expect? It's almost always one of these:
New pairs need 2–3 washes to reach full absorbency. Fresh out of the pack the fabric hasn't opened up, so leaks are more likely — a few washes usually fixes it.
Gaps at the legs or waist let liquid escape before the fabric can absorb it. The pants should sit snugly with no gaps around the thighs and waistband. Loose? Try a size down. Digging in? Size up. Our size chart on the product page can help if you're unsure.
The absorbent layers sit in the main body of the pant. If a wee escapes high up — around the waistband or leg openings — it can run out before it soaks in. This almost always comes back to fit.
The pants hold a good amount, but a big single wee can occasionally be more than they can take, and a little may escape. That's normal for a cotton training pant, not a fault.
If leaks keep happening after you've checked the wash and the fit, we want to make it right. Email hello@upairy.com and we'll look after you.
Your pants arrive in fully recyclable packaging. If you're not keeping it, please pop it in the recycling — a small step that adds up.
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