Keeping Clothes on the Little One...

I had the same problem with my daughter until she was about 3 1/2. The stripping part that is. Then all of a sudden it clicked. Give him some time. He knows it's frustrating you so he's going to do it more. Also I put the diaper on backwars that helped for a while.
Besides it usually so hot here in Fl. LOL. Good Luck

Hi ...well I have a 2 yr old girl soon to be 3 and she hates clothes as well, when she was about his age I relized if I let her pick what shes wearing to go to the store she wants to show it off instead of take it off lol ,she looks a little silly sometimes but its more fun for everyone that way and sometimes she keeps the clothes on for an hour or so after we get home lol ,which also spun the pull-ups idea she thinks they are big girl panties and she gets to pick out the design of her favorite character and so forth so she doesn't take them off anymore well I hope this helps and good luck :)

Sounds like he's ready to potty train. All of my kids started stripping on thier own when they were ready.

The bad news is I have a family of little nudists. They're good with clothes when we have company, or we're out in public, but the moment we're home alone off come the clothes. Well most of them anyway, my 5, 7, and 8 year olds all keep thier underwear on, but my almost 2 year old forget about it..

Good luck.

Hi. I have had that problem. I just deemed the bathroom the nakie room. If my daughters wanted to be nakie they had to go in the bathroom. It took a couple of times of me picking them up and taking them in there for them to get the jist, when they started to strip. But the end result was the one that I wanted. To my daughters the bathroom was no fun unless it was bath time so the got sick of having to be in there when they were naked so they quit stripping. I don't know if this will work for you but, you seem a lil desperate. lol Hope things work out for you.

My daugher was the same way. She hated having clothes on. I had to put her diaper on backwards in order for it to stay on her. I tried potty training her at this time but she was not ready. A few weeks of thediaper on backwards and she was asking me to go in the potty. I hope this helps and good luck you.

Hi B.!
When my daughter turned 2 1/2 she was always stripping. the worst part she would poop and pee everywhere! once we got her potty trained it wasnt so bad, she still loves to just have her panties on, one thing that worked to get her to keep those on was I told her that noone wants to see her butt! so now she says noone wants to see butts so we have to wear panties, as far as the rest of the clothes I try not to pay too much attention to it, but she does keep her clothes on in other places but at home she is always running around with only panties. good luck
S.

B., sounds like you have your hands full. I have two boys (5&1) and they never cease to amaze me with the things they do. My 5 year old had his moments, but he was nothing compared to my 1 1/2 year old. That little guy is starting early. I don't know what kind of discipline you have in place for your kids, but I really had to start showing my one year old that there would be consequences for his actions. His big thing was tantrums and throwing his toys down. I would give him a warning everytime, and I would always use the same words so he would know. Example: You need to stand up or you are going to time out. I would say this everytime and trust me, he knows if he doesn't stand up then he's going to bed with the lights off and the door closed (Only for about 2-3 minutes). And I do it like clock work. I teach him for EVERY action there is a reaction. When I go in to get him, I always say "are you finished?" Being that he is so young, it is really about teaching them that if they want to do what you don't want them to do, then they will have consequences for it. Then they start not wanting to do those things because they don't want the punishment that comes with it. But, it has to be like I said, CLOCK WORK, EVERYTIME, that is the only way they will know - "If I do this, then this will happen." Hope this helps!

My 3 year old still loves to be naked and I get so tired of telling her to put clothes on so I totally feel for you. I would tell him that if he can pee in the potty, he can be naked at home when no one else is around. Or he can be naked in a fenced in back yard where peeing is not a big deal.

When he pees on the floor, give him a towel and make him clean it up. Don't be mean about it, but just say "this needs to be cleaned up. Pee goes in the potty". If that doesn't help, duct tape on disposable diapers might be a good idea. ;)

Yes B., I have been exactly where you are right now.

The first time, my daughter was about 2 and my parents were gone, so it was only me and her at home. They came home and my mother was absolutely furious to find that the baby was stark naked as the day she was born. I told her that I had been fighting with my daughter all day to keep clothes on and NOTHING was working but she was more than welcome to dress her all day long if that was what amused her. She proceeded to dress EV and EV proceeded to strip for my mother. They did this for about 2 hours. EV won.

Now for the peeing every where, I would recommend beginning potty training. Don't get frustrated if he has trouble. See if Daddy or one of the uncles can help with this. Since we don't have the same plumbing as boys they seem to learn easier by watching older guys.

About the staying clothed - you can fight all you want but if he really wants to be naked guess who's gonnan win??? I let it be as long as were at home. We made the deal that when we had to go out in public or when we had company she had to stay dressed. I explained that it was only nice and she agreed so we had no problems with this arrangement.

Now for the bad news - EV didn't stop running around the house naked until she was about 9 - when she started becoming a young lady physically. She would check with me to be sure that it was only me, her, and her little brother at home and then she would strip. When men came home, she ran off and got dressed no problems. My husband actually had to call me from the driveway to see if he could come in the house or if he had to wait for her to go to her room.

My advice - I wouldn't fight with him. If he really wants to be naked, let it be. It hurts nothing (except the upholstry and the carpet till he is potty trained.)

Take heart - at least it's only at home - he is not doing this at other people's houses or in public (like the grocery store or church).

I have used duct tape...just around my daughters diaper so even if she gets everytihng else off...the diaper is not going anywhere!

my oldest son went through the same thing and I layered him in so much clothes that he couldnt bend...........I only went through th stripper phase for about two months and grew tired with his nakedness. I did find that pull ups helped they are harder to get down than the commercials let on

sounds to me like it is time to start potty teaching!! Babies and toddlers love to be naked. think about it, they spent 9-10 months of their lives inside you naked, and then they come out adn we put these diapers adn clothes on them that are confining!! they are like "hello!" LOL. kids would rather be naked, it is a whole feeling of freedom. but I can understand about the peeing everywhere! that would get beyond tiresome to clean. He may be telling you he is ready ot learn how to use teh potty. as that is one of hte signs that they are truly ready. He is old enough to understand simple commands. And by taking him to hte potty each time he preforms his strip tease, he will learn, "ok, to play naked, i must pee in the pot" Make it a game. When he starts his little strip tease, tell him "ok, you can play nakie, but you must potty first, ok" Or "ooh lets go try and potty first, then nakie play" Instead of turning his desire to be naked into a negetive thing for you, turn it inot a posive thing for him. Also, just by adding more layers, you are making the game way to fun for him. try not adding anymore layers than what the weather states he should be wearing, and leave him in that. everytime he strips take him to potty. that way he learns at least to not pee on the floor. As he gets a bit older, you need to teach him about privacy. Say, at nap time or bedtime, that those are the only approiate times for nakie time. he must stay clothed in public, or outside his bedroom. since he will already be potty taught at that point, you won't have to worry so much about cleaning up a mess upon him awaking. But you will teach him that there is a time and a place for clothes and for nekie time. Try doing that, by everytime he takes his clothes off, taking him to his bedroom and telling him "nakie time is foryour room only. you put clothes on to come out, ok" this will teach him that it is not ok to strip tease the neighbors, or the fellow customers at your local walmart.

HTH
B.

that is so cute cause my daughter does the same thing. Everyone thought it was the funniest thing and I first I did to but it got really old really quick. She is about to be 2 also and I found what works best to atleast keep the diaper on is next time you catch him taking that diaper off pull out a roll of scotch tape. Tape it all the way around the top. He will most likely throw a fit the first couple times you do that. But now when my daugther trys to take it off, I tell her I am gonna tape that diaper up and she instantly starts saying no no no. She dont really try near as often to do it now. Just give it a try...It may work for you 2!