Long trip?

Hey , we’re going on holiday to the coast 3.5 hrs away in a couple months and my 2 year old is toilet trained but wears pull ups at nap and bed time. Sometimes she will do a little dribble in her pants on her way to the loo but generally she does well
My concern is the road trip, do I put her in a pull ups at or hope that she can hold out till we stop?
It’s going to be tricky washing and drying the car seat on holiday so I’m wondering what other people do, I’m worried the pull up for the car might confuse her!

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We used the puppy training pads in the car seat when we first potty trained or for long journeys.
Is she quite good at telling you she needs to go as it may just be a case of needing to stop frequently for her to go

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Don't use any kind of puppy pads as they aren't tested with the seat and can stop it doing its job.

We did pull ups over underwear so she still felt being wet but we didn't have to wash the covers/car seat.

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We just had a portable potty in the car and stopped when they needed the toilet. Either at services if we could or we just chucked the potty in the boot and they did a wee in there.

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Long trip?

Hey , we’re going on holiday to the coast 3.5 hrs away in a couple months and my 2 year old is toilet trained but wears pull ups at nap and bed time. Sometimes she will do a little dribble in her pants on her way to the loo but generally she does well
My concern is the road trip, do I put her in a pull ups at or hope that she can hold out till we stop?
It’s going to be tricky washing and drying the car seat on holiday so I’m wondering what other people do, I’m worried the pull up for the car might confuse her!

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