DD is 2 and a half. For the past few weeks she's been taking off her clothes and nappy during nap time and weeing all over the room (she's in a big bed with a stairgate over the door). We've tried putting her in all kinds of outfits that she theoretically cannot get out of (including an enormous baby grow on backwards!) and she gets out of all of them - she's like Houdini. Even managed to remove her nappy without taking off her vest last week! We are not potty training yet as she's not ready (quite resistant in fact) plus I have a 10-week old so couldn't face it at the moment! She is lovely with her new brother so I don't think it's a protest type thing. We've been trying a star chart (5 stars and she gets an ice cream) which worked for a couple of days then stopped working. I'm wondering if we need more immediate rewards (eg a sweet every nap). Thankfully she doesn't do this at night time (yet!). She only naps about half the time so would probably be fine dropping the nap, but I would really like her to keep napping if possible as a) I need the break and b) she's very hard work by late afternoon if she hasn't napped. Any ideas / suggestions??? Has your DC gone through this phase and come out the other side still napping? Thanks in advance!
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Taking clothes/nappy off at nap time - help!
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MamaMia100 · 23/10/2011 08:57
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