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Taking Nappies off?

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AvaLou · 14/08/2006 11:59

DS has gotten into this habit, and I'm forever having to put them back on, but it is causing problems now.
Last night I woke at 5am to find him fast asleep, but literally freezing, and shivering in a puddle of wee. He now has a bit of a cold.
He had taken off his P.J bottoms, and the nappy, which I had doubly secured with some of those spare fasteners.
Short of wrapping them onto him with electricians tape I am at a loss.
Will he just lose interest or is there any obvious way to stop this that I am missing?

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waterfalls · 14/08/2006 12:01

Dts do this, I now tape their nappies on with masking tape.

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AvaLou · 14/08/2006 12:02

Thankyou, I have tried masking tape, but he ripped it off.
The only thing I can think now is to put him to bed in fleecy dungaress so he cannot get access to it.

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waterfalls · 14/08/2006 12:04

Did you wrap it all the way round and overlap it, makes it harder for them.

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AvaLou · 14/08/2006 12:10

I did ! but he managed to rip it apart on one side. He is very determined sometimes. LOL
We tried electricians tape too, but that was a mistake as it rolled up and made a tight little roll which cut into him.

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MrsWaggsnapps · 14/08/2006 13:55

I've heard putting them on backwards can help? Can I suggest a clothie solution? Buy a pair of pull-on overpants/covers (Cotton Bottoms do ones for night-time ) and put them over the nappy - it may work, you never know

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AvaLou · 14/08/2006 14:08

Thanks, you know it's funny it never happened with cloth nappies.
We are in the middle of moving house and doing work on the old house as promised to the buyers, so I switched to disposables to lighten the work load.
He was in cloth from birth until two/three months ago and it's been since we switched that we had this problem. Do you think he finds them less comfortable and that is why?

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MrsWaggsnapps · 15/08/2006 09:45

Could be tho DS went thro a phase of taking everything off (airflow wraps, woolie pullup wraps, any nappy you care to mention) he even managed to get a onelife nappy off without undoing the poppers. Fortunately he's stopped doing it now as I have mentioned potty training and he's horrified

fuzzlepelts · 15/08/2006 10:32

Hi, I had a thread about this a few months ago - the best advise was to go to M&S and buy some "baby" bodysuits/vest with the poppers on. It was the only thing that worked coz she couldn't reach the poppers. I even tried that silver tape which I found in teh shed and she still managed to undo them! good luck!

CaptainDippy · 15/08/2006 11:14

Just got over this problem using the advice below - bought some popper vests from M&S and a very kind MNer sent me some free in the post - Working a dream so far - dreading the day she works out how to undo the poppers!! Go forth and buy popper vests .......

CaptainDippy · 15/08/2006 11:15

BTW - my DD1 can take off both cloth and disposables, so it is not an "exclusive" problem!!

waterfalls · 15/08/2006 14:32

My dts can take off their nappies without even undoing the popper vests

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AvaLou · 15/08/2006 14:34

Thanks, I shall try putting vests on him, but I bet he gets around it somehow. LOL

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CaptainDippy · 15/08/2006 14:59

Waterfalls - Impressive!! .....

"...and for my next trick ..... ta da!!"

Hope the popper vest work for you - M&S is best!

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