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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Between 18 months and 2 years. Started changing both kids while standing up before that I think--once they were walking.

The key is confidence. Yours and theirs.

Millennial parents seem to like to wait until they can talk the kid into it instead of just showing them and encouraging them starting when they are younger. Once you have a fully verbal preschooler, the negotiation/bribe route works well on the mental front, but they have spent 3 years learning to use a diaper, so it can be hard for them to retrain their bodies and recognize when they need to go.

You aren't that late, but you just have to decide to be a good coach and gas her up instead of making it into some horrible task that you all are facing.

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Op here, Thank you! I came in with all the confidence. We started in August with no real approach, September we tried the oh crap method, naked for a whole week and mostly accidents exhausted her and myself. Throughout October we have tried through weekends and evenings and have tried bribery, candy for success, a big prize at the end. She just stubbornly was not getting it. It was the point where we started to get tantrums to just getting her to sit on the potty.

I need to get my energy back as well, I do feel a bit beaten.[/quote]

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