My 2 Year Old Keeps Getting Out of Her Crib and Taking Her Clothes Off

She's too old for the toddler bed now so I'd probably just skip it. They're for toddlers not pre-schoolers.

The clothes issue is manageable by what you put on her. She can have footy pj's on and a heavy duty safety pin through the zipper pull so it won't come down without being un-done by stronger hands.

The onsie's on backwards does work but with her size all she has to do is pull pretty hard and they'll come unsnapped.

I'd duct tape around her waist over the taps of the diaper if she's pulling the tabs open to get the diaper off, if she's just sliding it down then that won't work.

At 2 she can start potty training and sit there before bed time, it can't hurt her for sure. Offer her a reward for "producing"...lol. We did one jelly bean for pee and 2 jelly beans for pooh. My friend did the tiny M&M's. Another did Hershey Kisses.

It is an incentive to get them wanting to go. She'll do okay either way.

Marda's right. You CAN prevent those clothes coming off by putting the onesie on backward. She is not ready to potty train at 2. Don't push her in that.

There's no point in having her in the crib anymore. It's best to get her out of it so that she doesn't get hurt getting out of it. Get her a bed.

By preventing her from taking her clothes off now, you prevent the toileting problem and transition her to a bed. Get this part done and then the bed will be a non-issue when it's time to toilet train.

Dawn

There's 2 ways to handle the taking off clothes and peeing and pooping. Ask yourself if you're really ready to potty train her (it's a job) and

1) if you are, do it. Tell her this is what little girls do, tie it into moving to a bed out of a "baby" crib. Put the potty out in the room she spends the most time in, keep her with no bottoms on, and RUN her to the potty when you see she's going to go. It will take her time to recognize her body's signals, though I'm guessing she already knows, hence, she undresses to not make a mess on herself ;) The more she actually does something in the potty the quicker she'll make the connection, ignore her refusals, make it a time to sit and read or talk with you rather then going potty at first, and plan to stay with her while she does it. Praise her like crazy when she does something in the potty. Sit her every 15 - 20 minutes until you find the times she's apt to go, then make sure you take (don't ask) her to go (she'll say "no.") Ditch diapers except at night, "babies wear diapers in the daytime." Use cloth trainers with covers when she's wearing bottoms. (I used them day and night, diapers were "all gone.") Pull-up's wick the pee away so they won't teach her she needs to go, just that she needs to be changed. Let her see you going to the bathroom so she sees you pull your pants down, do your business, wipe, wash your hands, the whole shebang. You're her best role model for this.

2) If you're not ready to commit to potty training keep her in onesies on backwards, covered by overalls or sleepers that zip on backwards. I duct taped my guy's diaper under backwards onesies and overalls for several weeks pre-potty training, he was ultra-determined. You just have to outsmart them, they're good :)

Yes, it's time to move her to a regular bed. My daughter used a toddler bed with her first and found that it wasn't worth the cost. She put her second directly into a twin bed and will be doing the same with her 21 mos. old.

Tape her diaper on. Put her sleeper on backwards so she can't take it off. My daughter and husband has found that if they let their 21 mos old wear only a diaper and change her more often she doesn't take it off as often. She also hasn't been able to get out of most of her onesies.

Later: At 2 she's not likely to be ready for potty training. But it won't hurt to have her sit on the potty. My daughter put the potty in the playroom and my granddaughter plays on it. Just this week she actually peed in it, on her own. Let her sit on it but don't expect her to pee or poop. It's too early for incentives.

Time to potty train. If she is sitting on a potty, she isn't refusing. It takes time to work out the control and then timing.

Try a reward chart for the potty training. Depending on her verbal skills, I would tell her that this behavior is not appropriate (but use words she'll understand) and that if she does it again, she will be in trouble. Tell her what the punishment will be, and then follow through.

Good luck hon!