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Kristen Bell viciously mum-shamed after revealing her daughter, five, still wears nappies
KRISTEN Bell has opened up about being viciously mum-shamed after she revealed her five-year-old daughter was still in nappies.
In May, the Frozen actress admitted that her youngest daughter Delta has struggled with potty training - but insisted "every kid is different".
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Chatting with Maya Rudolph and Casey Wilson on her podcast Momsplaining, the mum-of-two spoke about how easy it was to get her eldest daughter Lincoln out of nappies.
She said: "My oldest daughter at 21 months, we merely suggested that she use the toilet in the other room. [She] never wore another diaper beyond that."
However, potty training Delta has been a different story - and the 39-year-old added: "Currently, my youngest is five and a half, still in diapers."
After the podcast came out, Kristen defended herself against mum-shamers on Twitter - and insisted that Delta was confident wearing nappies.
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After one Twitter user accused Kristen of "humiliating" her daughter, Kristen replied: "I don't think it's humiliating if you kid wears diapers late. Everyone is different.
"My five-year-old wouldn't be embarrassed even if she was in diapers during the day! She's confident and goofy and doesn't see anything about her beautiful unique self something to apologise for."
However, the star has revealed her experience with mum-shamers made her start pushing Delta "a little further" - and the five-year-old is now out of nappies.
In an interview with , Kristen said: "The Twitterverse was kind of mom-shaming me, which I'm not interested in.
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"So I kept responding with the same thing: 'Every child is different,' which they are. And yes, I have a five-and-a-half-year-old who still sometimes wets the bed and that's OK! But she's getting there.
The star revealed that her and her husband Dax Shepard have been waking Delta up at 11pm to use the toilet so she doesn't have to sleep in nappies.
She continued: "I think it’s really normal and no one should feel ashamed if their kid has an irregular pattern for potty training. Sometimes it takes kids until they’re even older than five! But I’ve never met a high-schooler who pees their pants all day. It’s going to stop at some point."
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