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[quote=Anonymous]Diapers at night are a-ok and don't confuse them. It can time for a kid's body to mature to where they will wake up if they need to pee, so it's normal for night PTing to take longer than during the day. And yes, if you are staying in a hotel or at someone else's house, even more reason to use diapers at night. The last thing you want is for them to have an accident in the middle of the night in a hotel! Just keep encouraging him to use the potty before bed and first thing in the morning, and eventually he'll be waking up with a die diaper every morning and you can ditch them.

However, I would not use diapers for a long car trip. You just budget in time for stops and also bring the portable potty and be ready to pull over whenever you need to. I wouldn't schedule a 10+ hour car ride within the first month or so of training, but if he's doing great with training, is able to verbalize when he needs to go, and can hold it a few minutes until he can go, it's fine. And you can also plan for an accident just in case (put a pee pad in the car seat, make sure you have changes of clothes handy, etc.). It's not the end of the world. I remember my DD had accidents at the playground twice during training and we'd forgotten to bring changes of clothes and she had to ride home on a trash bag in her car seat in wet pants. We were kind about it and told her it could happen to everyone, but I also think those accidents helped her in the end because she stopped resisting when we'd suggest she sit on the potty before we leave the house, and started paying more attention to whether or not she had to go when we were out of the house so she could let us know sooner. Accidents are part of potty training.[/quote]

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