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My 2 year old keeps taking off her diaper and clothes, driving me crazy!

Annette - posted on 03/22/2012 ( 3 moms have responded )

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I have a 2 year old girl who takes off her diaper and clothes constantly. I thought hey maybe she is ready to potty train, so I bought a potty seat that SHE picked out to use. She will pee in her diaper 1 time then take if off saying I need to pee and go into the bathroom. I have never had issues like this with my other kids. I see she has the concept down at least, but how do I encourage her to use the potty instead of doing it 1 time in her diaper! Help me please I am not going to be able to chase after so much soon since i am pregnant with my 4th right now.

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Katie - posted on 03/23/2012

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well the "elders" in my family says that when a child starts undressing its time to start letting them choose there own clothes. Like give them a few outfits to choose from. And as far as the diapers goes. They said the same thing. Only instead of choosing there own diaper, they choose between walking wet or using the potty.

Sara - posted on 03/23/2012

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I honestly had to bribe my daughter with prizes (stickers, toys, lolipops, things like that) I also did timeouts because she knew what she was doing but just didn't feel like going to the potty because she was playing or something distracting. I tried to have her wear panties and let her pee on herself and she'd realize she didn't like it..but that didn't really work for her. I tried pull ups but she got a yeast infection from it because they weren't absorbing her pee like a diaper does.. eventually she got it down and I haven't had a problem with it since.. she's had one accident and that wasn't her fault because she was at my in laws house and nobody was near her in the bathroom to realize she needed help since they don't have a potty chair. And as for the taking off her clothes.. let her run around naked for a while, it's very natual for babies and small children to want to be naked. MY daughter will be 3 in july and I let her run around with no clothes.. but I also taught her about privacy and when there are people or strangers around she can't be naked.

Brittney - posted on 03/22/2012

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Instead of using diapers, try cloth or disposable training pants and after a few times of peeing in them (esp the cloth ones) she will start to understand the concept.

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