Potty Training in leggings/pants?

So I want to start potty training during the Easter holidays with my LG, I see everyone posting about the bare bottom method but my flat is completely carpeted and I'm not sure about having my little one sitting on the sofa and carpet with nothing on, so we're going to do it with leggings and no underwear, something the HV advised so she can feel the wet etc and I'll try to protect the carpet as much with old shower curtains etc. Has anyone tried this method instead of just bare bottom initially. How did it go? I'm so nervous because I got a very active crawling 13 month old and I'm a single mom so she won't always have my full attention, but she's really clever and chatty although doesn't tell me when she's done a poo etc 😅 I have the oh crap book it's huge and I'll never get through it all but just wanted to hear success stories or not just yet successes as well 🤣

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I would say You don’t need to read all the oh crap book, you can skim the start & end & focus on the stages. You might be surprised if she’s ready there might not be many wees on the floor

I did bare bum, sorry

I just put an old towel on the sofa and rug - we only did bare for a day. He was going so often that even if he did have an accident it was only a little bit!

Puppy training pads work great. Put them down so if she does pee, it’s absorbed and not on the couch. That’s what we done. From experience, it’s still a lot to seep through leggings so they won’t protect your couch at all without something extra x

I done just knickers with my little girl for a few days. I was 37/38 weeks pregnant and determined to get her out of nappies before her brother came 😅 There were a few accidents at first and some successes! Whenever she done a wee or a poo in her knickers it made her quite upset and wanted to use the potty. I just kept it in the living room with us and it being there I think reminded her she needed to go.
After about day 3 of potty training she was doing amazing and was going majority of the day dry. She has been completely dry day and night for the last 5 weeks with a few accidents! Lots of towels and puppy pads on hand to dry and clean up! X

We done naked. Our house is rented and fully carpeted too. I waited until I knew she was 100% ready and could tell me she had done a wee and poo.
At this point I left her naked for 2 days, she had no accidents so by the third day I put knickers on, still no accidents and she was pulling them up and down herself. Next day I put leggings on and she was done! Took herself to the potty, pulled the down went for a wee, stood up and wiped herself, then pulled her knickers and leggings back up. We went out on the 5th day and she was absolutely fine!
I also had a crawling baby at that point, although she’s 10 months now and fully walking, I put her potty behind a stair gate so the baby couldn’t get to it but she could let herself in and out when she needed to go x

We did pants for the first couple of days and then dressed as normal and it worked fine for my girl. I've seen the book mentioned a lot by others but not read it personally. I'd just say lots of reminders and praise. Good luck 👍 x

I did bare bottom for 3 days only, and put diffident thick throws on the sofa and carpet in the living room where he plays. To be honest when he had accident through the trousers, the carpet was still equally wet…

Thanks everyone for all your comments and suggestions, the wearing leggings/pants isn't so much to protect the carpet and furniture, I'll cover that, but more to protect her little lady area from being exposed to germs, fibres, any new debri or whatever they've thrown about. I don't want her to end up with a rash or anything, I'm a little bit of a germiphobe when it comes to that, like I won't use a hotel bath unless I sterilise it myself etc. That was my thinking of the leggings/pants situation

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