plase help im at wits end. 2 year old wont stop taking nappy off and smearing :-(

[TheWiltedRose]

ok weve put him to bed in all in ones, drawstring trousers, jeans and anything else we can think of.

weve smacked him, weve ignored him, weve put him in a naughty chair and none of it is helping at all.

what can i do to stop him doing this as i dont fancy scrubbing his room every morning bcause of it.

he does his buissness in the early hours of the morning when everyones asleep and by the time we get him out of his room the nappies off and the rooms is covered!

please help, any sugggestions of fhow to prevent this or any punishments so he realises its wrong would be appreciated.

i cant take it anymore!!!!

[TheWiltedRose]

thanks 4 all of ur responses im going to change his eating habits and try to get him to call me if he does a poo im also gonna put his nappy on backward too just in case!! lol

[TheWiltedRose]

kerrymum? elaborate?

[TheWiltedRose]

kerry were talkin at night/very early hours so im asleep and his bowel movements arnt regular to i can never no when hes going to do it. and hes proved to be a houdini in whatever i dress him in!

[chocolateshoes]

I think thw way forward will be changig his meal times and what he eats when. Does he have his main protein at lunch time? What time does he eat tea - is it later than 5.30? It must be so wearing for you - I really do sympathise.

[TheWiltedRose]

thanks
im going to write down what and when he eats and try and see when he poos after that so i have a general idea which should help!

[CountTo10]

Are you potty training at the moment? We found that ds (2.7) would take his nappy off in the morning or at night and dump it on the floor to either get us in their or because he didn't like the sensation of a pooey nappy and just wanted off. It's trying to work out if he's doing it on purpose or not? We have found that by putting the potty in his room now when he goes to bed, he knows he's got the option of taking his pants off and sitting on the potty to have a poo. It was a really frustrating time for us and I used to get really angry but it never helped and if anything it just used to upset ds and made the situation worse. We recognised that this was another step in his potty training and now we haven't had any problems. If you haven't started potty training do you think now might be a good time because maybe that's what ds is trying to tell you?

[CarGirl]

if you go the gro-bag route put it on back to front (zip at back) and use a nappy pin to pin it shut.

[TheWiltedRose]

yeah weve been trying to potty train for months now and hes really slow on it so thats why this is so fustrating!