Shorts Style Pants
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💬 Shorties – The Most Absorbent Shorts-Style Training Pants in NZ 💛
Perfect for daytime confidence, car trips, sleepovers, or the final stages of night training, these reusable training pants give kids freedom and independence while reducing mess and stress.
✨ Soft & comfy – feels just like real shorts
✨ Confidence building – helps kids feel grown-up and proud
✨ Smart design – sewn-in waterproof pad flips out to dry faster
✨ Easy care – wash and tumble-dry like everyday clothing
💛 Why Parents Love Shorties
Shorties let your child practice being dry while cutting down the cleanup.
They aren’t nappies – which means they don’t hold unlimited wetness – but they do give kids time to wake up, reach the toilet, and build awareness.
💧 Flannel-topped pad – lets your child feel dampness to encourage bladder awareness
💧 Generous absorbency – holds approx. 140–250 ml, depending on size
💧 Confidence boost – wearing Shorties instead of disposable nappies helps kids feel like big kids
“Brilliant for the last stage of night training – they gave us our confidence (and sleep!) back.”
💡 If your child still fills a disposable nappy overnight, our Pullups are a better choice — they’re fully leakproof and can completely replace disposables.
🧵 Sizing & Custom Fit
Our sizes are true to NZ sizing but slightly generous for comfort. Every child’s shape is different, so we offer free custom fitting.
To get the best fit:
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Check the measurements below
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Send your child’s age, weight, and build (slim / tall / stocky) via the contact tab or note at checkout
| Size | Waist (cm) | Rise (cm) |
|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | 50–56 | 33 |
| 3–4 | 52–60 | 40 |
| 5–6 | 56–66 | 46 |
| 7–8 | 60–70 | 50 |
| 9–10 | 64–76 | 54 |
👉 Larger sizes available on request.
🌙 Night Training with Shorties
I used these with my own kids in the final stage of night training and found them brilliant for:
💛 Giving enough time to wake and reach the toilet
💛 Reducing middle-of-the-night cleanups
💛 Helping kids feel proud and grown-up compared to wearing disposables
Pair them with a Brolly Sheet for extra peace of mind.
If your child isn’t quite ready for Shorties, try our Pullups – they have a full waterproof outer and higher absorbency for deeper sleepers.
The sizes are definitely on the big end. The padding is very thick so my son still feels like he’s wearing a nappy. In fact pull-ups are thinner and more discreet. The pad part takes a long time to dry because it’s so thick- even in qld in the sun on the line.
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review ☺️. We’re happy to exchange the unworn pair if that’s an option for you.
Our Shorts Style Pants are definitely designed on the thicker side - otherwise they simply wouldn’t hold the level of wetness many families need, especially for horizontal children or bigger accidents.
We use natural cotton fabrics rather than disposable-style materials, so they won’t feel as thin as a disposable ,but they’re kinder on little bodies, the planet, and allow children to feel wetness to help the training progress.
Because of the thicker absorbency, we’ve also made them safe to tumble dry - something that other pants on the market don’t offer.
If you’re after a trimmer option, our Confidence Pants come in different absorbency levels. We offer free custom fitting so please reach out if we can help.
Great product and even better service. Delivery was super fast and the amount of communication regarding my order has been brilliant. My daughter is so proud to be wearing her big girl sleepy pants now and absolutely loves them!
I bought three and they fit very oddly. The top of his buttocks shows because they’re really bulky it pulls the band down. We have persevered with them, we are lucky most nights he is dry but when he did wee in the night, he wet right through. Lucky we had a Brolly sheet on the bed. I wouldn’t buy again.
Hi Hannah, thanks for your review. The Shorties are definitely too small if his bottom is sticking out. This will also mean they're not working to maximum capacity. We offer free custom fitting and can help with product choice too. We have more absorbent products if he's outwetting these. We've reached out to you and I believe have resolved this problem for you by upsizing. ( Your review was written before you touched base) . Do get in touch if the upsized pair aren't working well!