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HEELLPP!!My cousins SW says babies don't take their nappies off at 21months. Does......

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singingmum · 31/05/2007 20:41

yours as my cousin is going nuts.Her twin Ds's boys are forever removing their nappies and wiping IT all over the walls.One HV even told her to tape the nappy on
Am sure that my Dc's did it all the time but they won't listen and have told her she must stop it.
Any advice either as to how she can keep them on or wether they are right would be helpful.
Thanks in advance

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Greensleeves · 31/05/2007 20:48

Don't know much about this but bumping it for you anyway.

I'm pretty sure my ds1 took his nappy off and "investigated" at this age, although he didn't do any smearing as such.

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singingmum · 31/05/2007 20:58

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McQueenGirl · 31/05/2007 20:59

put them on backwards on use popper vests

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tutu100 · 31/05/2007 21:00

Ds started removing his own nappy from about 14 months. Now it's a daily occurance, I leave the room to get something and come back to find him dancing naked from the waist down on the coffee table. I say it sounds very normal. I guess your cousin would probably rather it wasn't wiped on the walls. Could they be nearing potty training? I only ask because my ds is removing his nappy more frequently at the moment and asking to go for a wee.

When I really wanted to make sure ds couldn't remove his nappy I put a vest which buttoned under the crotch on. That stopped him.

Bouquetsofdynomite · 31/05/2007 21:01

Sleepsuits on backwards. If they're big M&S and Tesco do them in 2-3yrs sizes.
Never occurred to my kids for some reason, guess they're just not that imaginative.

SittingBull · 31/05/2007 21:05

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fishie · 31/05/2007 21:05

singingmum is your cousin ok with sw and all? i am only asking in a nosy sort of fashion because my cousin had her children taken into care (she has learning diffs) and one of the grounds wsa that the 18mo wasn't talking (!) so i know these things can be very worrying.

otherwise, not sure smearing is common, but nappy removal certainly is. is she changing their nappies often enough? i'd remove a poo-ey one pretty promptly.

PinkTulips · 31/05/2007 21:07

dd was under 18 months (i was pregnant so had to have been under that) when she several mornings in a row greated me in the morning with a bare bum and a handful of poo [gag]

i started putting her to bed in a poppered vest and she lost interst in getting to the nappy after a while.

Flame · 31/05/2007 21:07

I know you're talking disposables, but a side poppering wrap over the top would help - much harder to undo side poppers that fasten towards the front

PinkTulips · 31/05/2007 21:08

lol flame, that's what dd was undoing

hairymclary · 31/05/2007 21:11

put the nappy on backwards?
I'd have no qualms about taping it on BTW, if it stopped poo-smearing.
popper vests.
erm.. I do think it's normal fwiw!

Bouquetsofdynomite · 31/05/2007 21:18

I know several perfectly normal, well-behaved children who I'm told have form as poo graffiti artists.

Cappuccino · 31/05/2007 21:20

dd looked at hers the other day

'is it chocolate?' she said

[ew]

Flame · 31/05/2007 21:31

Nooooooooooooo don't tell me that PT!! DS gets bored and gives up with those (I tend to just stick him in wool though and he can't suss how to pull them down).

PinkTulips · 31/05/2007 21:33

yep... wool are fabulous, especially if a little on the tight side!

only problem witht the wool pants i made is that they're loose enough that she can reach down and unpop the nappy inside them thus destroying herself, nappy and cot

thank god she's potty trained during the day now!

PinkTulips · 31/05/2007 21:34

*herself, wrap and cot that should be..... nappy pretty much stuffed from the get go

misdee · 31/05/2007 21:34

all of mine took their bnappies off before the age of two.

put the nappy on backwards, wrap over the top, either poppered vests, or sleepsuit also on bakwards.

HTH

Flame · 31/05/2007 21:36

Argh! DS can't be arsed .... yet

Can't stick him in velcro with no wrap though - left him alone whilst I went for a new wrap, came back in to find him in the window, under the net curtain, completely starkers with the nappy on the floor

My poor neighbours...

tribpot · 31/05/2007 21:36

Mine doesn't - aged 23 and a bit months. But this must only mean he will sense I have written this post and start tomorrow! He generally has trousers on during the day and doesn't know how to take them off, though.

PinkTulips · 31/05/2007 21:38

lol, i'm hoping ds will be better behaved, he cries if he pees without his nappy on, doesn't seem to like the mess, pmsl

Bouquetsofdynomite · 31/05/2007 21:52

Ooh that's a good sign Pinktulips, my DD was like that and was pottytrained in 10days by 25m.
DS is 28m and enjoys peeing on my bed if I don't catch him before he runs off mid nappy change. Simply can't picture the day when attempting potty training will be worth it.

NannyL · 01/06/2007 18:48

my 21 month old charge has just learnt to take off his nappy at night

he now goes to bed in a poppered up vest and a sleep suit on back to front...

he hasnt got through that..... yet

lailasmum · 05/06/2007 20:55

Popper fastening nappy wraps tend to stop this.

crunchie · 05/06/2007 21:00

I sometimes taped mine, if it was too hot for the whole bodysit/sleepsuit thing. Why are you that she was told that???

trice · 05/06/2007 21:05

dd frequently takes hers off unless she is wearing a long dress or nighty as she can't yet hitch up and pull down. Enhanced supervision and popper vests would probably work.

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