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dirty protest .... desperate for help

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horace · 14/10/2009 17:37

my 2yo ds has jst started smearing poo all over his bed room. this is the 3rd time in 6 days. he does it when he's put up for a sleep. allover himself, walls, toys furniture. am at wits end anyone help?

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horace · 14/10/2009 17:48

have tried rthat. he has recently stopped sleeping in a cot. he does not poo at same time every day now. he did it yesterday whilst eating his tea. i was just loading dishwasher. hands straight down back of nappy and smeared on table. it's driving me mad. i work have three kids and this is sending me over the edge. i know i sound like a loony but i feel like one!!!

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horace · 14/10/2009 17:49

am sure it's attention seeking. but just can't egnore this. sorry for crap typing/spelling but am in a rage

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Trikken · 14/10/2009 17:51

my ds was really bad for doing this, and now he is 3 has only just stopped, we still get the occasional smear but nothing of what it was. just bought him a duvet cover of toy story so he loves it, and wants to keep it clean. think this is helping but at 2 your ds is probably too little to do this. unfortunately no matter what we tried, waiting for him to poo before his nap didnt help, he'd always manage to make more to smear. telling him off didnt work as he seemed to like doing it. hopefully your ds will only do it for a short phase, sorry i couldnt be of more help.

3littlefrogs · 14/10/2009 17:52

Can you put him in a babygro, and put it on back to front? He wont be able to undo it. If you sew socks onto the cuffs, that will make it even more tamperproof.

Trikken · 14/10/2009 17:53

ignoring never worked either, cos then he thought we were giving him free reign to do it.

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horace · 14/10/2009 17:58

oh god can't do this for another year. he sleeps in a baby grow at night. have thought about getting some of those vests with poppers on. do they make those for 2 yo? or a straight jacket?

it's nice to know he's not the only one in the bobby sands fan club. perhpas it's a political staement?

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horace · 14/10/2009 17:59

i think he likes poo is that normal?

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3littlefrogs · 14/10/2009 18:00

Yes - they make popper vests for 2 yearolds. I had them for all mine.

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horace · 14/10/2009 18:02

off to tesco's then. am laughing about the back to front babygros now. would get some funny looks on school run and the the park. feel have to nip in the bud

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3littlefrogs · 14/10/2009 21:52

Beleieve me - a straight jacket would have been brilliant for ds2

MyNameIsInigoMontoya · 15/10/2009 09:36

Dungarees might help for during the day if you don't want to have to change him into a babygro?

Don't have experience of this, but toddlers don't have hugely long memories so I reckon if you can stop him doing it for a while (maybe 2-3 weeks or so??) that might well be enough to break the habit and make him forget about it. Fingers crossed..

Trikken · 15/10/2009 11:27

even putting him in gros and dungerees didnt help for mine, he could always find some way in, little monkey!

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horace · 16/10/2009 13:47

well so far so good,

combination of vests with poppers and dungarees in the day, babygros at night along with watching like a hawk

seems to be working.

mind you he's only pooed once since weds.
will let you know how we get on.

they don't appear to do toddler straight jackets - not even ebay and i thought the sold everything on there.

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