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We just went through this with our girls! Ages 4.5 and almost 3. The younger was staying dry most nights anyway, so I thought it was a good time to ditch the pull-ups. The older one was NOT staying dry. Like twice a month maybe. But she was really motivated to try because little sister was.

So like you, we added the wake up to pee before we go to bed. With that she stayed dry maybe half the time. It was still a LOT of laundry. I was so sick of laundry and almost gave up several times. What helped a little was a sticker chart. If they woke up dry they got a sticker, and with a full chart got a special prize (small toy or book). Then, it just took time. We started in July, and they're finally dry pretty consistently. I can't remember the last time the younger one had an accident. The older one still has a little dribble maybe once a week or so, but she wakes up and finishes in the bathroom. Another thing that helped was limiting fluid intake a bit - nothing after dinnertime. Also I noticed they would have more accidents when they were overtired. We already keep them on a pretty good schedule, but they're way more likely to have an accident if they're up even a half hour later than usual, so we're really strict about that.

@KT326: I second what you say. There is no right age.
@nana87: wetting alarm didn't work for my nephew. He never heard it. It's my sister who didn't sleep for a whole month because it was waking her up
Courageous mamma. I would not do that much laundry. It took me forever to stop using pull ups not because they were wet ... but because I was scared they would have an accident so they wore underwear and then the pull up on top so I would not have to do much laundry if they had an accident. Also I reused the pullup a few times before trashing it as they were dry. Once it went on for probably a few months, I ditched the pullup...

Third (or fourth!) what others are saying. It’s really NBD. My older girls both needed a pull up at night til 5 or 6, and all of a sudden just kind of didn’t. My youngest started being dry at night ridiculously you g, like 18 months or so. Pediatrician says Dream pees or peeing twice at bedtime (like before and after a story) can urge them in the right direction but a lot of it is hormonal/developmental. Honestly once I started talking about it with my friends I realized that we were definitely not alone in this.

It is hard when the younger LO is ready to ditch nighttime diapers before the older one. My friend's 8yo is still in nighttime pull ups and her 6 year old has been out of nighttime diapers for awhile now. I think there were some hard feelings at first, but she talked through it with the older one, and just emphasized how everyone's bodies are different and there's nothing he is doing wrong.

My son is pretty young (2 years and 8 months old) but he has to wear a diaper to sleep. He's only woken up dry like 3 times. I have heard from several folks that staying dry at night is biological and it just takes time, I agree with this thinking, which is why I refuse to night train. For what it's worth, my husband wet the bed till he was like 6/ 8 as well. I think his parents had to give him DDAVP nasal spray for it (not sure if pediatricians these days recommend this anymore).