22 Month Old Taking off Diaper

Yep, sounds like he's ready to learn! Just be aware, it might be different than expected - he'll like it at first then not at all. Good luck :)

That's exactly how my 2 boys started their potty training. They both caught on really fast to not wanting to pee on the floor, but as soon as I put any pull ups, underwear or diapers on them they would forget all about potty training. Consequently, I let them run around the house w/o anything on their bottoms for about a month. By then they were pretty good at letting me know when they had to go. My first son was about 2 1/2 when he started, my second around 20mos, he's 25mos now and still pees in pull ups. When we're at home he does great with underwear, I just like the assurance of pull ups in public, plus I hate having to take his carseat apart to wash it when he has accidents.

Sounds like potty training may be around the corner just remember to let him guide the process not you or other peoples expectations of it.
If him getting naked is an issue because you are in public or you just want hime to stay warm first put his diaper on backwards, secure it with duct tape then put a onesie on backwards also. This worked wonderfully for my 4 children who all loved to be naked.
As for the potty, put one in the area where he spends most of his day and point it out. Have him watch your husband go potty as he will obviously relate to the body parts and then tell him again that's what the potty is for. Allow him to explore but don't push him. Have him watch put his BM's in the toilet from his diaper. He will start to mimic what he sees his daddy do and before you know it, he's on the potty. Also buy the Potty book.
I have 3 boys and typically potty training a boy takes longer than a girl. My oldest was self training (no coaxing by me) at 18 mos and done by 2. That unfortunately set the stage for my next one who took his sweet time. he wanted nothing to do with it till he was 2 1/2 and was done by 3 (much more typical) and my youngest played with potty from 2- 3 and wasn't fully trained till 3.4. It is also important to note that my oldest had issues with accidents till kindergarten and other 2 boys never had one once they were trained, also typical of early learners. My daughter on the other hand, just about her 2nd b-day decided she didn't want diapers anymore and refused to allow me to put anything on her that wasn't big girl panties. She trained in one day.
So continue to be patient and it will come.

Best Wishes
J.

I think you can go ahead and get a little potty seat to put in the room you spend most of your time in. Don't call it potty training, call it getting familiar with the potty. Let him know he can put his poops in there if he wants to be naked or he will have to wear a diaper in the house. We did this with my son when he went through this phase. He now poops only in the potty but still wears pull-ups because I haven't started potty training officially. I don't have time with the little one around to get into all that just yet.

My daughter did the same thing when she was about that age but she would take it a step further and take off everything. I did introduce her to the potty chair at this time but it was more to get her used to seeing the chair and sitting on it than going potty. Every moring I would go and get her up and I would be greeted by a stark naked, happy and smiling child. Luckily it only lasted about 2 weeks. It was pretty funny and cute.

My daughter did this - it was a fun way for her to get a lot of attention.

Unless he is showing real interest in the potty, my suggestion is duct tape. and snuggle him often!

I used this on my daughter at this age (and she has never shown adverse affects.)

It wouldn't hurt to start potty training but this new skill is just something new he can do and also something he has control over. New skills and control are both important to that age group. I would get a potty for him so when he does take his pants off you can say something like. "Look at that, you took your pants off, it must be time to try to potty." Don't worry about having a naked baby running around. It will get old soon enough. Once he gets big boy undies and learns to put them on he will be a lot more likely to stay dressed.

When my daughter started doing this same thing (although she was only about 13 months), we turned the diaper around for about a week and fastened in the back instead. Even put a cloth diaper cover over it for a bit. She stopped doing it after one week. This comment is obviously not relevant if he's potty training, but if you want him to keep the diaper on still, you might try this same advice.

Hi W.,
from my experience with my two kids it is only a phase they go through. It might just mean that he is able to do it now and he wants to show you, and see what your reaction is going to be. I would get mad at the beginning but they would only laugh. Then, I just tried to control myself, and if they did it I would just ask them if they needed to go to the bathroom. Usually they would say no, so I just got them dressed again. They showed no interest in going to the bathroom by themselves until they turned 3, that's when they started. They are a boy (7) and a girl(5.)

Conrats! You are ready for the potty training stage!

Have fun with it.

I don't have any suggestions just sympathy! My 2 yr old is doing the same thing & has no interest whatsoever in potty training! So I'm just dealing, not pushing potty training, I just keep telling myself this is the first step towards getting to the potty training stage!
K. (=

Hi. We have the same thing going on with our 18 month old daughter. She started this about a month ago so we bought some little Bjorn potties and let her give them a try. We're at about 75% success if we let her run around naked. When she's in a diaper, like when we are out and about, she just goes in the diaper. Run with it! 2nd and 3rd children tend to be more motivated to emulate their older siblings.

at this age it is a normal thing, he is just learning how to take things off. its not always a sign of potty training. both my girls have done it, my oldest was doing it for several months before we started potty training her, only she learned at 1 yr old how to take off her diaper. currently my 13month has recently learned how to take off her diaper, we just have to make sure she is always wearing pants. it generally only lasts a few months before he'll learn that it is not ok to take off his diaper

A quick and EASY fix for this without going into the potty training - because potty training can take a LONG time, and just because he likes to strip his diaper off doesn't mean he's ready to be potty trained - put his diaper on backwards!

My daughter is one of those naughty, manipulative spitfires who started stripping and yanking off her diaper at about 18 months - she could even take her diaper off and out without removing her pants!! She was certainly NOT ready to potty train yet, so I just started putting her diapers on backwards. It fits just the same, works just the same, but it will take them a LOOONG time, if at all, to figure out how to take it off again. When you change his diaper, after you lay him ontop of it, just roll him to the side slightly and fasten the velcro around the back of him. He'll never figure it out, and soon it will be a total non-issue and you can put them on regularly again when he grows out of the phase. I swear IT WORKS!!!

I have bascially the same response as the other 2 moms...just something new your daughter has figured out & thinks is fun. Our 2.6 yr old started taking off his diaper about that same age & still has no interest the potty. Like the other moms said, you can always offer going to the potty but I would't go hog wild w/the potty-training at this point.