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Angela273 -we trained DD#1 at 2.5 years...and found she is finally independent now at 4 years. DD#2 we just started training, she will be 3 next month, and she is almost as independent as DD#1. I think some kids need you to do it for them (we did the timer for the DD#1 every 20-30 min). The hope I can give you is the DD#1 was eventually able to stretch her bladder to 1.5 hours and then 2 hours so it became less labour intensive for us over time.
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sweet sparrow - our gas bill was higher than it has ever been (GTA Ontario), BUT we are in a 3000 sq foot bungalow and used to be in a 1300 sq foot townhome. Dec was an estimated month and Jan was read, so we are paying the difference, meaning that we probably used more gas than was estimated in Dec. Feb will be another estimate so we plan to put in our metre reading online. Our bill is around $300 not including our water heater rental and we have never had it over $200 before, even in the new house. We plan to do equal billing once we have been here a year.