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[quote=Anonymous]My kid trained right around her 4th birthday. We started training at 2.5, maybe a little before. It was a frustrating process, but it's actually how I learned how she likes to do things. She doesn't have any developmental delays but we definitely worried at the time she did. But she's just someone who needs time to acclimate to a big change, and cannot be pressured/forced in the meantime (oh crap was a total failure for us, that actually pulled us way off track and probably set us back 6-12 months because she hated it so much). Once I understood that, I approach things in a more hands off way, where I give her info and options and then just kind of leave her alone until she's ready.

But I remember feeling judged by other parents when I had a 3 yr old in diapers. I think mostly it was in my head but that maybe a few parents were genuinely judgmental about it. In the long run it doesn't matter because even if your kid trains easily at 20 months or whatever, you WILL be humbled by some other parenting task at some point. That's just how it goes. So it doesn't last, and also you learn not to be bothered by the smug parents.[/quote]

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