Training pants or no training pants?

I think my daughter was a little younger when she started to not need any sort of protection on herself or her bed. She seemed to grasp the concept of keeping her bed dry fairly quickly. But my son is the opposite. He kept the pullups on at night until the sizes were all too small for him. He did go off them for a while, but then went backwards nearly a year later and we had to buy them again. We have tried all sorts of things with him to help him keep his bed dry but he still wets his bed half the time at age 9! It is really frustrating and embarrassing for him too. He cannot have sleepovers or have friends over as he gets too embarrassed by it.

I would say that it is time to take a chance. if your daughter has been doing well, it might just be time to let her take that solo step.

I think I was around that age when my parents took the training pants off of me, but it's not a matter of the right age, it's a matter for the individual. If you think your daughter no longer needs them, there's no need to use them. If she still needs them, then by all means, use them!

Four years old is about the right age for that, depending on her development or how you feel. You might try taking her out of the training pants if you feel she is ready for that, but keep a vinyl sheet on the bed under the sheets so that if there is an accident her bed won't be ruined. When my daughter was around the same age, she began to night time potty train for real. When she stopped drinking so much water before bedtime, she night time potty trained herself within just two short weeks. Of course, she was allowed to get the water she needed, just not enough to make her feel like wetting the bed. And, I always made sure to request that she go to the bathroom at least TWICE before going to bed. That way her bladder wasn't full during the night time. After that point, training paints were not needed. Being seven years old, she is now old enough to get herself up to go to the bathroom as she needs. These things take time with little kids. I'm sure your daughter will do fine.

I would say that if she is staying dry through the night then it's time to ditch the training pants! If she's realizing that she may have to get up and use the bathroom then she's ready to be in big girl pants even through the night. Perhaps you should put on of those mattress pads on her bed that has plastic under it though in case she does have an accident. Perhaps you could put the training pants on the outside of her underwear for a few nights, so that if she does have an accident it feels to her like an accident but the urine doesn't get all over teh bed?

I only used training pants for a day trip. Letting them get used to the wet feeling seems to make them want to go to the potty! I was just let go of the training pants. Not a big deal if there is a mess now and then!