Taking off pyjamas.........

[Daffy]

My ds has recently started taking off his pyjamas and his nappy after he has been put to bed. It is driving me insane! He is only 2 and not potty trained yet, so obviously once his nappy is off he is free to wee in his cot. I'm constantly washing cot sheets and pyjamas that he has wet through doing this. Sometimes he takes his pyjamas and nappy off and goes to sleep waking later as he is cold and wet.

I would be very grateful if anyone has any suggestions that could help as I really do not know what to do with him.

He sounds very clever and dextrous Daffy! Have you tried putting him in a sleeping bag or buying an all-in-one sleepsuit?

Can you sneak in when he's asleep and put another nappy on him? Dd sleeps like a log so this would definitely be something I would consider.

Thanks Enid. I don't know about a sleeping bag, maybe he would be better off in a straight jacket!! He usually sleeps in either a pair of pyjamas (top and bottoms) or all in one sleepsuits with press studs and he can get his way out of both without any problem at all.

No worries about his motor skills then Daffy
Have you tried puting his nappy on back to front?
If the tabs are at the back that might fox him.

LOL Jasper!!

I'll try that tonight!

Daffy, did this start on hot summer nights? now it's getting cooler again, your problem might be solved. My ds loves undressing in bed too, and it's worse on hot nights. Throughout the summer he's just worn a nappy in bed. Ironically, with less need to undress, he doesn't start in the first place and the nappy stays put more. Yet, I still have to check on him, and sometimes need to put the nappy back on him asleep.

Also, expensive but possible - don't pampers do waterproof disposable matress covers? You could put one on - might stay there for nights on end if he's dry - just as an extra precaution.

How about getting some proper knickers and popping them on over the nappy as an added barrier - that, or do you have the odd terry nappy around? If so, then maybe pinning that over the night nappy would help. I agree with tigermoth about the mattress protector things - if the pampers ones would work out prohibitively expensive, then Mothercare do a washable little cover thing that would be helpful later when night potty training anyway. Think it's around £14.00.

You can put a sleepsuit on back to front, too, if it doesn't have feet or the feet are the unshaped type.

Suedonim, there's no messing with you If I dressed my toddler like that I can just picture the look of outrage as he realises he is well and truly beaten. The ultimate deterrant apart from sewing him into his jim jams.

My son went through a phase of this around the age of 2. It only lasted around a month, and he just stopped on his own.

Hehehe, Tigermoth! If you really want to show them who's boss, you can omit to put their arms into the sleeves, thus turning the sleepsuit into the aforementioned straitjacket!! Not that I have ever done that, I hasten to add, but I once knew someone who did so, to stop her DS's constant meddling when out shopping.

what about using pull up nappies - much harder to get off for a 2 year old I would think????

Percy that is a good idea!

However, I have started putting his nappy on back to front and I have also left some soft toys in his cot for him to play with and so far he hasn't undressed himself.

Thanks for all the ideas.

Beware the toys in cot - they make a great launch pad for escape attempts. (As I found out when I heard a bump in the night and then a little voice asking to get into "mummys bed"

I once read a smiliar problem to this somehwere and the advice given was to get sleepsuits with buttons rather than poppers.

No idea where you would get them though, but it seemed a good idea.