Question about starting potty training...

dns05

I'm about to start potty training my 2.5 year old.  I plan on using underwear during the day, and deal with accidents until she gets the hang of it.  However, what have you used at night when you just started training?  Should I do diapers or pull ups for night time only?  Should I put a plastic cover over underwear?  Never potty trained a child before, so this is all new to me.  She's a pretty sound sleeper, so I'm not sure she would wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom.  Any advice would be great!

ashiscute

With DD I used pull-ups at night and called them nighttime diapers.  I had received an unopened box from someone else and thought I'd use them.  With DS I will just use regular diapers at night because he uses sensitive diapers due to eczema.

I would definitely stick to some sort of diaper at night until your LO is ready to be in underwear at night.  Nighttime readiness is completely separate from daytime readiness and there is no reason to push for it.  She may surprise you and be ready for underwear at night right away or it may take a year or so.  Just concentrate on training for the daytime.  Good luck.

uromys

DD is still relatively new to the potty. We never used the rubber pants. Just soakables. When I worked in daycare rubber pants were mandatory for all kids training. Not necessary at home. She pee'd her pants and figured it out. DD wears underwear all day and up until last week I did a pull up at nap. Since she's be waking up dry I tossed that and will just deal with the accident. At night I've been using up the last of the diapers, but again she's not waking up soaked anymore. Once they are gone I will just be using pull ups at night for her.