My 2 year old will NOT keep his pajamas or diaper on at night. We tried onesies underneath (he pulls them until the snaps give, then proceeds to remove the pants then the diaper, then pees all over), backward diaper (barely slowed him down), and even painter's tape lightly around the waist of the diaper (he tore the diaper in half so the waist was still on, and the rest was hanging down...and peed in his crib). We were told to try backwards feetie pajamas, and they do work - but it's getting warmer out, and I am concerned he will be too hot at night when it really heats up this summer.
We are potty training, and we go potty several times before bed. We have cut out his sippy cup (little bit of water) in his crib (though he cries for it), and if he says "pee pee potty," I do take him to the bathroom (at least the first three times!).
Suggestions? Ideas? Sympathy? :) I welcome them all! Thank you!
Just hang in there. They do this when they are learning new things.
How about putting him to bed in a one piece shorts outfit, I don't know what they are called, but that would take care of him being able f get himself naked.
I had one, I had to give him a duct tape belt and cut his diaper off. It didn't last that long, maybe a couple weeks, pretty much until he accepted the diaper was staying on.
Well Julie has a pretty good idea about the short outfit. Carters usually has a ton of those little outfits for the summer and they are sooooo cute! They aren't pajamas, but if you could find a soft jersey one you could just make them pajamas and then put that on backwards. The only issue you might encounter is the fact there might be snaps in the crotch for easy diaper changing, which would ruin this plan in one fell swoop! :)
Otherwise all I have for you is sympathy!!! Hugs! I hope he stops soon!
Oh man - that does not sound fun! I think you've got two problems, actually. The first is the Houdini trick... and the only way I've heard parents solving it is by wrapping duct tape around the waist of the diaper. It works, but you'll have to use scissors to remove the diaper in the morning. The second issue is it sounds like you're trying to night time potty train him. If I'm reading that wrong, please just ignore the rest. If you are, indeed, trying to get him to stay dry through the night... please know that there is absolutely nothing you can do. Limiting fluids, taking him to the bathroom multiple times... none of that matters until his body produces the hormone that concentrates urine at night. For some kids, that happens at age 2, others all the way up to 6 or 7. You'll know he's ready for no diaper at night when he wakes up dry for a week in a row-- without you having to get up at all hours of the night to place him on the potty. So there is really no use in making him cry for water. Put his sippy cup back... and don't let him do the Mexican jumping bean routine of asking to go the bathroom a million times at bedtime. He will stay dry through the night when he's ready - even if you let him drink water after dinner or during the night. One of my girls has been dry every single night since she was 2.5 and the other just started staying dry at age 6. They have the same amount of water at dinner, after dinner, and in a bottle by their beds. But one was ready way earlier than the other.
I used to babysit for twin boys that did this.. yes foot pajamas.. cut off the legs to shorts.. cut off the sleeves to tee shirt..put the pjs on backwards zip up the back.. then if he can still escape use a diaper pin to pin the zipper.. get cheap foot pjs.. so theyare thin... maybe even used ones at the resale store..
The footie pajamas backward will still work--- just use inexpensive ones and cut them up to a tee-shirt on top and shorts on the bottom. Voila!
my daughter used to do this so first sympathy but also humor. I find it hilarious now to think about it. We put her in a zip up one piece and put it on her backwards. She eventually got out of that too but it gave us a few months peace.
Put pjs on backwards.
he won't stay dry at night until his body is ready and rarely is that at 2 yrs old, it can be as late as 8 yrs old.
SO, you do have to have solutions. The backward pj's in the trick as you discovered. You can alter long leg/sleeve ones into short sleeve/leg ones with a simple scissors cutting off the longer parts and then you will have summer season pj's.
Another trick is again using zippered pj's (when my daughters were little Gymboree carried them) and safety pinning the zipper pull (through that little hole they have) to the pj's so that the zipper can't move.
I put my 2-year-old in a sleep sack (they make cotton and mesh now that it's warm, and you can put him in something lightweight underneath) and then I use a diaper pin (big safety pin used for cloth diapers -- you can order them from diapers.com) to pin the zipper to the bottom of the sleep sack so that he can't unzip it. I know other moms who put it on backwards. This has the added advantage that he can't climb out of his crib.
I don't withhold fluids at night -- I think if you can get the diaper to stay on you might try just leaving the sippy cup in the crib -- less of a pain for everyone! I do this for my kids and they've always (or almost always) been wet, but they're happy.
You have a few situations going on here. If you're potty training I don't get why he's in a diaper even at night. He should be using cloth trainers with covers over them so he can pull them down to pee and back up, a sign of potty training readiness. Put a potty chair in his room (you make cleaning it part of your morning routine.) Being in a crib isn't compatible with potty training, either, the purpose of training is to teach him independence, to go on his own. Which is dangerous if he's hopping out of the crib at night. I'm guessing your son is more ready to be potty trained independent and to go when he needs to go on his own than you are, hence this battle. So, you need to decide if you want him potty trained at night (usually comes after day training as their little bladders aren't mature enough to hold it all night) and go from there. If you DO want him independent and able to go on his own get him out of the diapers, teach him to pull his bottoms up and down, put a potty chair in his room (like I said, make cleaning it a part of your morning routine, it was no biggie), and put a toddler or twin bed in his room so he can get up and go pee on his own.
If you DON'T want him independent yet, put him in a diaper and use duct tape, put the diaper on backwards first. Start the tape in the back, go all the way around, and end in the back. Put a backwards onesie on over it. Take any long sleeved/legged pajamas or rompers and cut the arms and feet off, put them on him backwards over the backwards onesie and the duct-taped diaper. This is the method I used with my guy pre-potty training day and night for about 6 or 7 weeks until his urge to rip his diaper off ceased. When he was ready to train we switched to trainers, he was completely trained, day and night, pee and poop, by 27 months.
Once your son can go on his own I think your problem of his peeing wherever may stop, if not you can easily go back to duct tape and backwards clothing awhile. Hang in there!
