To each their own. If you choose that as your personal option, then it's fine. I leave a pad down for during the day if she has to go while I am at work and the kids are at school. She is almost three years old but it would be crazy to think she could hold it for over eight hours. If I don't leave one, even when I do at times
, she will happily use the bathroom mat. When I am home, there is none down. She knows I mean business about coming to tell me she wants to go potty or maybe just get some fresh air.
