My twins are a boy and a girl and are 2 and 1/2 years old. We've been working on potty training and it is progressing very slowly. Our daycare does not allow pullups and so we have not moved to pullups as a regular thing. We're still doing diapers as a daily thing, but have tried pullups at home several times and they do not work any better than diapers as far as my problem goes. Both twins will not keep their clothes on after bedtime. Even with me getting up several times and putting on diapers and pajamas after they have pulled them off, they will be completely naked when I go to get them up in the morning. This has been happening for about 6 months now. They also go to the bathroom all over themselves when they are sleeping either in their bed or they sometimes get up and sleep on the floor in front of the door. (usually #1 but we have had a pile of #2 in the floor on occasion). This is at least 5 days a week occurance. I have shampooed their carpets, but their room still smells strongly of urine. I have NO clue how to stop this. My oldest daughter never did this so this is a totally new problem for me. I have tried pullups, putting a potty intheir room (they don't use it), taping their diapers on, cutting out the feeties and putting their pajamas on backwards in hopes they could not unzip them, even spanking (I am not a spanker)when I get up and check on them and see they have taken their clothes and diapers off. I am thinking about ripping up the carpets in their room, putting down wood floor and a rug, but I'd rather stop the problem in its tracks. I am at a complete loss as to how to go about stopping it. I thought they might be getting hot but their room is the coldest in the house when the AC is on and they did it in the Summer too not just now that we are using heat.
So far *cross fingers* putting the big girl/boy under pants on over the diapers have worked as far as them taking the diapers off at night. I am still working on the potty training.
J.,
I'm am having the SAME problem with my 2 1/2 yr old daughter!! Her doctor suggested to me to try using the pampers feel wet pull-ups with reattchable sides. Let them be naked is all you can do. Make them clean up their potty messes. it seems mean nut it is the best you can do about disaplening a 2 year old with potty messes. Hope it works for you!
My first question may seem odd but have you taken them to your doctor and had them checked over for any health problems?
and if they sleep in the same room they could be mimicing each other or another child from daycare. My son would undress himself at night too and did for the longest time i had to duct tape his zippers so he couldn't get hold of them as easily.
First of all, I don't understand why your daycare doesn't allow pullups, our daycare does and they took my son when he was firt potty training to the potty every 30 minutes and most of the time he would have to go, little ones have very small bladders and go frequently. Your daycare should do their part to help with this process!!! My son is 2 & 1/2 and we've been potty trained now for about 4 months. As far as them taking their clothes off, mine does that occasionally and yes, it is very frustrating, I would begin each evening about an hour prior to bedtime by saying "were not going to take our pants off tonight we are big boys/girls and only babies do that and just start using reverse physicology and hope it works!
I definitely would talk to my daycare to see how prompt they are with the potty training issue!
Good Luck
B.
Hey J.,
I went through the same thing with my son. He finally potty trained right before his third birthday. The daycare will only allow diapers and not pull ups? That sounds like they do not want to be bothered and you may want to look into a different facility. This is how I got my son to potty train. We put him in real big boy underpants. Pull ups just didn't work and frankly were a waste of money. My son's problem wasn't that he didn't know what to do it was a matter of want to. So I made a new rule, you pee-pee on yourself, you have to clean it up.(Supervised) One time of having to clean up his own pee-pee and that ended that. This tactic also worked really well for number two. He would literally cry for us to put a diaper on him to do number two. So we made the rule apply to number two which would include making him clean out his own underwear and to clean himself up. All supervised of course. Just remember to be consistent with whatever you do. If you are going to use pull ups then use pull ups. Good luck!
WoW!!! I truly feel for you.. Not only one child doing this but two of them... I have never heard of it to this extreme.. Do you limit their drinks before bed time and make them go potty right before bed?? Do they put themselves to sleep in their own bed?? Have you thought about possibly seperating them at sleep time so see if one does it and the other just is encouraged?? What type of pajamas do they wear?? Maybe you could try to find some they can't get off or undone.. As far as the carpet goes you probably are going to have to get rid of it. Also are they locked in their room at night by a baby gate or something?? Do they not try to wake you?? I'm just still so puzzled...... Do they only wear diapers at night?? Maybe if you got totally rid of the diapers it would help...
I don't have any advice but wanted to let you know that our 2 1/2 year old daughter takes her diaper off at night atleast 3 nights a week. She is still in a crib so she has not made a mess on the floor. We are not having any luck with potty training either. Our two boys were trained way before now and never removed their diapers!
Did they do this BEFORE you started potty training? If they did not, maybe they just aren't ready yet and this is how they respond to the stress of it. Don't force it. It will only make you angry and frustrated and make them very nervous. Some children have immature bladders and they can't help tee teeing in the bed. Try videoing them at night so you can see what's going on. Just set up the camera to capture the bed and the spot they usually end up and don't turn it on until you go to bed. You may also want to try the next size up in diapers. If the diaper isn't large enough to hold the amount of tee tee they produce, then they will take off the diaper because it's wet and has probably leaked onto their clothes and the bed. This may be the reason they are taking off their clothes during the night and getting on the floor. Limit their liquid intake at night and if they are ready to potty train, have them go to the bathroom before bed. If they aren't, just put on clean diapers before bed. (I'm sure you already do this). Do they sleep in the same bed? Girl, I just don't know. Maybe you can give us more info about the daycare situation and their eating/drinking habits. How is the daycare going about the potty training? Do they punish them if they have accidents? Don't go to wood floors just yet. It's expensive and will hold the smell forever. Stay with the carpet until the problem is resolved. It's cheaper to replace and can be removed easier. Give us more info. I feel so bad for you. I know you must be going crazy, but hopefully everyone's two cents can help you figure out something.
A Daycare that doesn't allow diapers?? What do the kids wear during the day - regular underwear? Are they potty trained during the day and just having trouble at night?
Maybe you are dressing them too warmly and they are hot.
If they wear underwear during the day, maybe they just don't like the pull-ups. Try getting some of the thick training panties (they hold more) and also putting some vinyl training pants over that. That way, it will at least keep things a little drier. My son was 3 before he potty trained and my daughter 2 years 10 monthsa so they might still be a little young. My kids both trained very quickly once they were ready.
They both trained in 7-10 days. We just threw away the pull-ups and used regular underwear. We had to stay home for several days but it worked. Good luck.
hey J., sorry your having such a bad time . one of my children use to take off there cloths while sleeping but it wasnt forever . it seems like it might be a sleep disorder or it could just be they are having a hard time dealing with the potty training issue especially since the day care might train alot different than you i would ask questions at the day care!
GOD BLESS!
