Any Clever Ideas?

If she is able to take the diaper off and then do her business... she is ready to be potty trained. You may be missing the signs. Try getting training pants for her, no pull-ups... they are the same thing as a diaper. Try talking to her about going "potty" she how she reacts, you may be the one that isn't ready for her to be trained but I'll bet you that she it. Good Luck!

One Step Ahead sells a sleep-sack with legs and open feet (as opposed to the ones with the bag on the bottom). The zipper is in the back. It's impossible for little ones to get it off.

maybe some type of one-piece over-all like clothing that she cannot get off herself? I know it is nearly impossible to find clothes that fit that description--maybe something vintage? It just needs to be like the onesie, but without the snaps. A lot of the older over-alls were like that. You might just need one or two things, because if you can keep her from doing it for a few days, she'll probably quit trying. Then you can go back to her regular clothes.

She may be full ready to potty train. We used EC for our kids, our oldest was out of diapers by 20mos, and our youngest was out of diapers in undies full time by 15mos. Take her to the toilet, sit her down (on a little potty or insert on the big toilet) and tell her 'this is where our diaper comes off, this is where we potty'.

Otherwise find a leotard or one piece swim suit and put that over her diapers, she won't be able to get past the tight suit or leotard to get the suit off. Worked for aquite a few friends of mine. :)

Have you tried showing her the potty and seeing if she makes the connection? I think kids are a whole lot smarter than we give them credit for! She may be telling you that she doesn't want to wet in her pants anymore, but doesn't know where else to go.

We've ECed our daughter since birth, and she has known pretty much her whole life where she is supposed to eliminate. Good Luck!

My son did the same thing around this age. I ALWAYS put him in a sleep sack for bed and nap time, as he figured out the zippers I found some that zip in the back, I tried putting them on backwards but the back would come up to high on his neck and hurt his neck. It was not a fun stage, I hated walking in his room and finding him in his crib with poo everywhere. Thankfully he out grew it within 6 months (if that).

Good Luck!

Someone already mentioned this, but wanted to "second" the method- duct tape on the diaper to keep on. I had friends who did this and it worked like a charm! Good luck!

Hello.....with our middle child we found that putting his diaper on backwards helped. He was in the habit of taking off his diaper as well. We put it on backwards and he couldn't figure it out, so he stopped trying. After about a week, we started putting it on the right way again, and it wasn't a problem anymore. Good luck....aren't those little brains amazing!!!!

Try turning it around. Also, try getting her a potty and see if she wants to go on it. It may be time, 19 months isn't necessarily too early, and in this situation it can't hurt to try. Good luck!

WE found that a blanket sleeper with a safety pin at the top of the zipper worked well. We put the pin on the inside so our boys wouldn't play with it.

I think she is ready for potty training. You need to teach her the "correlation between urination and where to urinate". Start by confining her to one room with a potty chair. When she starts to urinate without a diaper on don't get mad or frustrated. Say something like "Your peeing. Quick to the potty." and place her on it. Then clean up the mess.

I had the same thing happen. I used duct tape at nap and night time so keep the diaper on. Or I have heard putting the diaper on backwards works good.

I'm a grandmother but have seen several of my grandkids go thru this stage. They just love the freedom of being naked. At 19 mo. your daughter is not too young to begin using a mild form of discipline. Tell her that she needs to wear a diaper/pull-up, etc., ALL the time (except when she takes her bath) until she is able to use a potty chair to pee in. If you see her removing her diaper, you should immediately say, "No, you need to keep your diaper on". If she has already removed it you need to quickly put it back on her whenever you see her without one. Tell her that you do not want her to go without a diaper because it causes you a lot of work and makes you very tired to have to clean up things when she pees without a diaper on. You'll need to be consistent and persistent but she will finally get it. You can also use rewards. Tell her that if she leaves her diaper on until lunch, naptime, etc., that you will take her to the ice cream store for a treat. She may forget but she should be able to understand your request.

I've also heard of duct tape or pinning the zipper on pajamas.

I also thought maybe putting one of these diaper covers over a regular diaper would work.
www.gdiapers.com They velcro in the back and are nice and snug. You wouldn't need the whole system, just the cover.

And I don't think it would hurt to start talking to her about using the potty, get a book about it, etc.

We used duct tape around the waist part of the diaper. I worked like a charm, but you'll have to use scissors to cut it off in the morning.

Good luck!
J.

I've seen kids at our daycare with duct tape on them! It looks pretty funny but it works!

Perhaps zipped PJs would help, if she's not able to unzip her pajamas yet. The other thought I had was that when my younger son went through a phase of removing his diaper during the night, we started putting his brother's underpants on him, over the diaper, to sleep in. It was nice, because it was summer, and we didn't want to put him in big heavy pajamas to stop him from removing the diaper, but this was enough of a barrier to work. He wasn't unsnapping onesies, so I don't know if this would work for your daughter, but it might be worth a try!

I personally did not have a child that went through that phase, but a friend had two (of 4) who did. She used duct tape and it was the only thing that worked. She kept a pair of safety tip scissors in a drawer by the changing table because sometimes she herself would need it to get the diaper off!

I agree she is probably ready to start potty training, and the other posters have great ideas on how to keep the diaper on.
I have another suggestion of something to do while trying those other tips. If she pees, make her help clean it up. My 16 month old son has had lots of fun making messes with his bottles/sippy cups [tipping it over and watching the formula drip out, pushing the nipple down into the bottle and then pouring the liquid out, unscrewing the top and pouring it on the floor, and then spreading it around with his hands] and about a month ago, I started to make him help me wipe it up. I would tell him "no, we don't______" "you made a mess, let's clean it up."
I gave him a wipe, and held his hand and wiped it up with him. I kept doing this until he got the idea, and then I started to tell him "you made a mess" and to "wipe the mess" "clean it up" without my help. Now, only a month later, he is very careful about not tipping his bottle or sippy over. He even puts it up on the table by himself when he is ready to move onto something else. Actually, this approach has nearly eliminated his throwing food off of the highchair as well. Obviously when he cleans something he doesn't do it very well and I still have to wipe up what he missed, but I don't mind since he is helping and learning a lesson. When he throws Cheerios off of the highchair however, I don't help other than if he misses some, and I'll tell him "honey there are more over here, please pick them up" "thank you".
Anyway, I think if you tried this with your daughter, she would eventually connect her peeing with the mess and the dirty sheets that she has to help clean up. When she wakes up with wet sheets and no diaper on, I would say "Honey you took your diaper off again and now the sheets are all wet. We will have to change them." And then tell her "if you don't want to pee in your diaper, you can pee on the big girl potty like Mommy does" and show her how to sit on the potty.
She might not get it at first but if you keep it up I bet that she will either stop taking her diaper off or start peeing in the potty. But even if she doesn't, at least she is learning to help clean up a mess that she made

M.,

You can put non-footed zip up PJs on her backwards, or safety pin a zipper in place on the footed PJs or duct tape the diaper on.

Good luck,
S.

Maybe try putting the diaper on backwards? If the velcro is in the back it may throw her off long enough to deter her. Or put a velcro diaper cover over her diaper. Try normal and backwards and see if it helps.

Like someone else mentioned, I would try a leotard (like what ballerinas wear) or a one-piece bathing suit. You could also try putting on a regular diaper (not a pull-up) backwards, so the tabs are in the back.

I would also not underestimate her ability to use the toilet at this age. She may be taking off her diaper because she doesn't want to sit in a dirty one! Who can blame her? ;-) She may not be able to be "potty independent" at this age, but who knows, she may want and be able to use the toilet part-time. My son is 17-months-old and has been using the potty part-time for 6 months.

My advice is to go with the potty training. My daughter pretty much trained herself at 21 months. She didn't like being wet and we were training her older brother so she figured out where she should be going. She had an accident the first day and that was it. Just don't make it stressful for her. If she has an accident, get her on the potty to reinforce where she should go and then have her help you clean up the mess.
If your daughter is staying dry for a couple of hours at a time, she is getting control of her bladder and is ready. You might start putting her on the potty on a schedule - 1/hour (just a couple minutes each time) and make a big deal when she goes there. As she starts being successful, start extending the schedule until she is asking to go or going herself. Every time you go potty, take her with you so she sees what you are doing.
Take advantage of the window of opportunity when it comes. You may not get another chance for quite some time!
We used a book called The Potty Trainer and it had some really great ideas and was an easy read.

Good luck,
K.

My sister used to duck tape her daughters. I used to put the zipper jammies on my son but backwards. Then they can't reach it. But then during the he would always take it off and make a mess, poop all over. GROSS! So I did start to potty training him. It was right when he was 2. I had him run around in his new underwear all summer. He finally got it. He also would watch his friend, or cousin pody. I think that helped him realize where it was supposed to go. It was a messy summer but he was potty trained at the end. Well good luck!

When my daughter did that, I put her diaper on backwards. She was unable to get to the tape in the back, and her diaper stayed on.

I also remember reading on here that a mom put a one-piece bathing suit on her daughter who used to take her diaper off. I never tried it, but it worked for her.