My 20 month old son takes off his diaper in the middle of the night and then inevidably pees (or worse) in his crib during the remainder of the night. I put pajamas on him but he takes those off too. Any suggestions?
Have you tried zipper or snap type PJ's??? You might have to wake up a few times in the night to check on him. I am wondering what he is doing up in the night in the first place. He must be waking up enough to get bored and looking for something to do. What are your reactions like in the morning when you realize what he's done? He must see the anger and frustration on your face and get some sort of payoff for his behavior. Try not reacting. He wants the attention even if it's negative. Don't give it to him, see what he does when you ignore it. Try talking to him calmly. Tell him "Mommy doesn't like when you do..., this behavior is unacceptable." "Now I have to spend time cleaning and not with you." Also praise, praise, praise his good behaviors. When he doesn't do this make a huge deal of it. Tell him how proud you are over and over. This positive attention will fill him up and he will have no need for negative attention getting habits.
duct tape
Put the diaper on backwards.
If you've tried that already, try cutting out the feet of a pair of sleeper pajamas, and put those on backwards.
My son does the same, so at night I keep him in onesies that snap at the croch. He is 28 month old and it's getting harder finding the ones that fit, but it sure works!
Angelina
find the PJs that zip in the back... and go all the way down the body...it would be hard for a 20mos old to unzip from the back
Get some pajamas with feet in them and put them on backwords so that the buttons are in the back.
We had this same problem....duct tape works great over the tabs. Really, we did this out of desperation....just over teh tabs or around the waist of the diaper not on the skin.
Put him in zip up footie pajamas (you know, the ones with the zipper that goes all the way from one knee to under the chin, long sleeves, etc.) and pin the zipper shut with a safety pin. Let him try to get out of those! Good luck! I had several children who did that same trick, our fifth is 18 months and hasn't tried it yet, but it's only a matter of time. . .
Hey Kristine,
We had the same problems before with my daughter. I cut the feet off the sleepers and put the zipper of the pijamas in the back. This way she wasn't able to take her pijamas off or the diaper and it worked great. Before we did that my husband has put some tape around the diaper:) and that worked, too. Hope that helps. Good luck.
You can also put the diaper on backwards. My niece always used to take her diaper off during the day and at night, but she couldn't do it once my sister put the diaper on backwards. :) Hope this helps./
Put a onesie on him. Someone else mentioned to put a diaper on him backwards. I would suggest that you don't on a boy because I tried it with my son and he would pee through it because there's no absorbancy in the back area, the part of the diaper that normally covers the butt. So, then you will be washing crib bedding everday-no fun.
Maybe he's ready to start potty training? Mine was trained by 2.
I've been very lucky on this front with my two (knock on wood!) but I seem to remember my parents safety pinning the pj top to the pj bottom of my sibs.
Duct tape!!!
my daughter does that too. I have found that if she does it, then I get the pajamas that zip up the leg to the chest, and put them on backwards so she cannot get to the zipper. She rarely does it now. She does it because she is really bored and fighting sleep. I hate it too.
I know you said you put PJ's on him, but I was wondering if you put the one piece footed, zip up kind on him. If he's getting out of those, I don't know what to say! If you haven't tried that, I have found the bigger sizes at The Children's Store. They have a flap at the top of the zipper to snap over the zipper pull-down part.
Good luck!
Bobbye
My daughter did this for a while--we did onesies, and that helped us.
Hi Kristine,
Have you tried footed pajamas with the snap at the neck that covers the zipper pull? I know that has worked with a couple of children that I've cared for who pulled off their pajamas and diapers. Hope you find the answer!
Kasha
Had this problem with some of our 4....put their pajamas on backward. We got cheap ones at the thrift store that snapped and cut out the back of the neck so it wouldn't chap their necks.