Advice on Keeping Diapers On

Put them on backward so they can't reach the tabs. If that doesn't help also put on big kid underwear. Size 2-3T should fit nice and tight over the diapers it would take them a while to get their little fingers to pull them down. Not to mention to wiggle off over the bulky diaper. Good luck.

My neighbor had the same issue and thought she had a good solution. Put zip-up pajamas on them backwards. That way the zipper is in the back and they shouldn't be able to get out of them.

Good luck!

the backward p.j.s sound good. i would make them pick up the poop (if it wasn't mushy) and throw it in the toilet, then that way they are seeing where it's supposed to go.

Dear S.,
I, myself, am curious to see the responses! It sounds as if they are in preparations for Houdini training! What clever problem solvers they will be one day! A force to be reckoned with. I can see their slogan: "We don't take no #*@!(poop)
On a more serious note, I'm sure you are frustrated. I wish I had an answer, but I don't. All I can say is, you're doing a great job of holding your temper and I am sure that is why you have this special problem and not someone else! In the great picture of life, this is a short time and will make for many future stories! Good Luck. Hope you get a helpful response! Sincerely, MS I had to wonder if this was an April Fool's Day joke...

My good friends son did this alot. She started putting on one piece sleepers backwards. She cut the feet out and then put a diaper pin on the zipper so he couldn't work his way out of it. For awhile he wore those sleeps everywhere. It was the only way she could come up with to stop him. Good luck!

Good Luck! I have a daughter that was the same way. She didn't throw her poop though. I was never able to keep clothes or a diaper on her. She was a very stong willed child. And still is today. I didn't think she was ready to be potty trained either. Or was it my husband wasn't willing to potty train her. I finally had to take the diapers away from both of them and that worked. Age 2 is a good age to start potty training in my opinion. Rewards for doing what I want her to do always worked. She is now 13 and rewards still work. Finally at age 13 she isn't running threw the house without her clothes on. She still loves her pj's though.
C.

Hello!

I had that same issue with my daughter, actually still do with the clothes issue...I have walked into the room to find the same surprises...so, I started to put her pajamas on backwards-the sleeper zip up ones of course...and you can buy summer time sleepers so they do not get too warm as the weather gets nicer. Know that you are not alone in this! lol... most of us have dealt with this same issue.

Good luck!

OOPS! Just saw that you were already given this idea!

I can think of a couple of ways, but all of them start with 'don't leave them alone' and get more time-consuming from there. I recognize that it is impractical for a 5-time mom to never leave the youngest alone. Perhaps a period of 'training' is necessary, where for a while you are always with them while they're falling asleep (doesn't sound like they're actually sleeping for these 'naps' does it?) and at hand to hear any signs that they are waking, so they're never awake in bed to accomplish this fun game.

It may be worth it for a while to have household 'quiet time' rather than napping, per se, so you're in the same room with them all the time they're quietly resting and you're all doing something quiet, separately but in the same room. If this quiet-time happens in a room where there are beds they can be in while they're quietly active, that's fine, but if it means flaking them out on the couches with blankets so you can sit comfortably and read or stitch or knit or whatever, that's fine, too.

Personally, I might find someone who could 'be with them' (reading or knitting or whatever in a chair in the corner) for their naps... a neighbourhood little old lady or homeschooled young teen, or a bartender who doesn't start work until 6, just someone available at nap time for a few weeks for a minimal wage, just until they've forgotten that fun game they found.

My son did the same thing. We now put him in a sleeper backwards for naps and nighttime. Our lives are so much easier know!!! Good luck.

I have 6 kids. We went through this with our 5th-a boy. Out of desperation we put blanket sleepers on him at night. We had to put them on backwards so he couldn't unzip them. [This also works if they wont leave their jackets on outside.] Do your girls still sleep in cribs? You could keep a baby monitor in their room during naps and at night so you will know as soon as they wake up. During the daytime if you put 1 piece outfits on your girls without a snap crotch, you might get a break. I put bib overalls on backwards. Coveralls with back openings would work too. Another thing that may be hard with another baby is too keep them in the same room that your are in so you have a clue when they are starting to undress each other. Good Luck.

I think all 3 of my kids did that at one time or another, my ds was particularly bad for it. I would buy sleepers with zippers, if they were footed I'd cut out the feet, and put them on him backwards. Viola! No more getting out of his jammies. He's 4.5 now and still hates to have his clothes on. Of course the poop thing isn't an issue, so we tell him if he wants to be 'naked' (he calls it), he'll have to stay in his room. If he wants to come out, he has to be dressed, lol.

S.,
Hello :) I hear you with this one! My son did the same thing a little after he turned 2... what we did was we put him in the full body zip-up pajamas with a tighter fitting t-shirt over top (so that he was unable to access the zipper) and that worked for us. He is now almost 3 and no longer attempts to "take it all off." So just know that they will grow out of it. For your situation, because there are two of them and they can help each other, I would suggest the same thing, but to put the full body zip-up pajamas on backwards (cut out the feet) and then put the t-shirt on top so as to prevent them from helping each other undo their zippers. Hope this helps!

K. :)

I am interested in seeing the responses you get...I have a little boy who will be 2 in May and he LOVES to be naked! He is attempting the potty, but only to pee. He spends most of the day running around in a tee shirt and pullup- if he keeps it on. I let him choose either pullup or diaper and I've found that when he chooses, it usually stays on. He has always hated shoes and socks so I look like a bad mom when I'm out shopping and he is barefoot! (They are usually in my purse or the cart!) Best of luck to you..I have a hard enough time with one....I couldn't imagine 2 budding nudists! :-)

Are you sure they are not ready to be potty trained? at two years old removing thier diapers is a sure sign they dont like to be wet or poopy. Every veteran mom I know says when the kid starts pulling off wet diapers its time to introduce them to the potty chair. Everytime they disrobe and/or throw poop they need to be put on the potty even if its just for a short time. Let them see you ( i know this sounds gross but.)go potty, show them the toilet is where poop goes.
I found the elmo potty training doll very helpful with my son. Elmo tells you he has to go potty and then you sit him on his own little potty, it makes a tinkling sound then elmo yells "YAY! I did it!"

IT worked wonders with my son
Set boundaries now or they will run your world. You are the parent.

Hi, my middle daughter did this too from about 18 months. I dealt with it thinking she wasn't ready to be potty trained. But she ended up being trained at 2 1/2 and has never wet the bed. I just kept a potty accessible and told her she could use it. She did! Maybe give it a try? I know you sound tired of what is happening.

I know what you are going through! My daughter will be 2 at the beg. of July. A few weeks ago I was in the same boat as you. I have a son who will be 4 in June so I have potty trained before. My daughter had a few signs of being ready, but not enough in my opinion. I felt as if I had no other choice. So I did potty train her. I started on the Friday before Easter and she has worn underpants since. She still wears a diaper at nap and bedtime and she isn't pulling it off. She wears training pants during all of her awake times. She still has one or two accidents a day, but I will tell you that it is so much easier to deal with that than it is to have the diaper fight everytime. Good luck on your adventure!

Hi S.,

My twins are now 25, so trust me on this: they are ready to be potty trained. My son started tossing his poopy diapers behind the sofa. I was ready to thrash the puppy, but it was him!

Get dual potty chairs, if possible, and this will go easy.

Get some disposable pull-ups. I recommend Seventh Generation, which is what I buy for my grands. Those biodegrade, and so won't be here long after we are gone. You can get great prices and delivery at diapers.com

Put on the pull ups and announce these are big girls panties. Make a bit of a to-do about them. This is a good thing.

Time their poops for a day or two -- they should happen about 15 minutes to half an hour after a full meal. THEN BE READY!

When they get that concentrated look on their face, announce to them what they are doing, so they will associate the deed with the sensation.

Then quickly, but without stressing, put them on the potty and tell them what good, wonderful, smart big girls they are to put their stinky poops in the potty. Applaud when they go! Sing their praises!

Do the same thing with peepee, and in a couple of weeks, your house will be diaper-free again.

They may need pull up over night for a while, but taper off the evening liquids an hour or so before bed, and that will resolve itself.

Be patient. If they have good motor control of their legs, walking and running, they are ready.

when my daughter wa almost two she started to do that. i found that it was my duahgters way of telling me she was ready to be potty trained. she isn't even three yeat and she is fully potty trained. and with keeping the clothes on i found that if you make a game out of when it is the right time to get naked the clothes will stay on. when we i go to change her clothes or give her a bath we have our nakie party. i get her undressed and we dance around alittle bit and then we either get dressed or take our bath. my daughter will ask if we can have our nakie party and i just tell her that its not time yet adn explain in baby terms why not. i hope it helps with your situation.

S.,

Not sure what you think about spanking but if my daughter was doing that she would get one or two nice little swats on her bare buns and then we would go from there, it would probably take a little bit, but through consistency and firmness I would guess that this behavior will stop

My now 4 year old use to do this. This will probably sound weird but we would take packing tape and wrap it around the diaper twice so he could peel it off making sure to put the end parts or the tape in the back. It worked. You may even be able to do that to their pants to keep them on. Only downside is having to peel the tape back open afterward. I would just cut the tape or rip it. Hope that helps

I dont' think that this is uncommom. My daughter did this. It was horrifying when she did it at my mother in laws, smeared it all over her body and then walked around on the white carpet. I don't have much advice, just encouragement, they will outgrow it. I potty trained my daughter and that's when it stopped for me. She was 21 months when I trained her and this had already been happening for 5-6 months. They are old enough to be trained, and they certainly know how to undress themselves, I bought the book potty training in a day, and it worked, she had been very resistant, and she was going in the toilet in less than 4 hours. Good luck, and you may need to separate them, maybe that will get them to stop, or stay in the room with them until they are asleep, then as soon as they are asleep, leave and leave the door open so that they can come get you instead of getting bored and doing this. If you react, it encourages (something I could never master). If you are like me, I had removed all toys so that she would go to bed, maybe put the toys back int he room so they aren't bored. They sound very precocious, make sure the dresser is mounted to the wall, climbing will be next, lol.

Perhaps looking around to find something similar to a union suit. (like the guys used to wear in the old west. With the butt flaps. lol) Sew the flap shut and put them on them backwards... Never had a problem with flying poop, and for us putting the onesies or jammies on backwards kept the clothes on, but you have ready made accomplices with twins. :-) GOOD LUCK!!!

Sounds like you have your hands full with 5 under the age of 8. Also sounds like it is time to potty train. It is not too early.
Both my son and daughter were fully potty trained at 18 months. Just keep putting them on the potty chair about every hour and a half, when they go, praise a lot.
Good luck

I have a friend who had this trouble with her son. She cut the feet off of sleeper pjs and put them on her son backwards so it zipped up in back. Then he wasn't able to undo the pjs and he couldn't get to his diaper because his legs were covered too.