Plain white undies rock.

When I first faced the task of buying underwear for my son, I was reluctant to go the Thomas route, although I had heard from parents since before I was even a parent myself that Thomas undies are a critical bribe on the road to potty training. So I bought them. But frankly they offend my aesthetics. Stylewise, my husband and I are more often guilty of splurging on Lucky brand clothes for our kids and less often likely to accept hand-me-downs with any characters or animals on them. Ok, maybe underwater animals are ok. And birds. No doggies, if you get what I mean.

So a couple of weeks into potty training (you are correct; this was not an overnight process for us) I realize that we need to have about 15 pairs of underwear on hand. I’ve bought some cute ones at GAP, but c’mon, I can’t be paying adult underwear prices for kid undies; I’d rather spend on what gets worn on the outside. Then, I discover that Hanes makes boxer briefs. I buy a 3-pack and my son LOVES them. They are navy, red, and grey. There are no licensed characters and no prints. So cute hanging out of the back of his pants. And his bum, it looks like a tiny little man-bum, and this is probably inappropriate to love your son’s butt so much, but hello? SO CUTE! IN BOXER BRIEFS!

Months pass and we are in the clear with potty training. I am about ready to buy some larger undies when my blogeriffic friends Julie and Kristen alert me to the offer of a set of socks and undies Hanes wants to send me for review. Heck, yeah.

Heather accepted the offer as well and warned me that what arrived was plain white tighty whiteys and her son absolutely refused to wear them. Interesting, I thought, but I also suspected that Julian would have a different take because Julian LOVES NEW CLOTHES.

The next day, the tighty whiteys arrived and I showed them to my son. Do you know what he said? “Hooray! Throw spaghetti up in the air! Plain white undies!” (Throw spaghetti up in the air is his expression for celebratory moments).

Then, he took the entire package up to his room and put all 6 pairs on, one atop the next. So if you haven’t gathered my conclusion already, let me be clear: Not only do Hanes plain white undies offer a clean and comfortable undergarment solution for your young child, they also provide entertainment and gross motor skill activity.

Thanks, Hanes and PBN, for the opportunity to see my three-year old in tighty whiteys. We love them. And we appreciate your offer to refund if they are not comfortable.