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Almost 2 year old taking off pull ups?

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MamaOl · 24/01/2019 17:08

My LB is 2 in a couple of weeks
He wears pull up nappies
Today he’s taken off two of them and run around naked (I’ve put them back on)
The first time was fine, but to do it a second time?
Does this mean anything?

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yikesanotherbooboo · 24/01/2019 17:12

Is he in pull-ups because you are introducing the loo/ potty?
He probably just thinks it's funny .
Some 2 yo s are ready to train but most aren't.
If he were mine and I wasn't sure he was ready to train I would ignore but dress him inclothes that meant he couldn't remove them eg dungarees/ all in ones. I might consider nappies again if he found them less enticing to remove!

MamaOl · 24/01/2019 17:16

No he’s in pull ups because he’s a wriggler so getting taped nappies on him was a challenge! As he doesn’t understand certain words yet I know he isn’t ready for the potty, but wondering why he did it!
He seemed very curious as he kept bringing me the said nappy he kept taking off.. lol

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bourbonbiccy · 24/01/2019 21:38

That's quite funny lol I'm putting my DS in pull ups as he us a wriggler also, everyone keeps asking me when I'm potty training him, he's only just turning 18 months, is t that too early ?

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MamaOl · 24/01/2019 22:19

Going on my experience and my other friends’ children, 18 months is too young for potty training. My son is about to be 2 and he still isn’t ready - some are at this age, and some aren’t. All children are different but what my mum tells me when I worry about things like this is “you aren’t in nappies now, so he/she won’t always be - they’ll learn when they’re ready”

Hope that helps bourbonbiccy

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OfDragonsDeep · 24/01/2019 22:26

My DS used to take them off too. I bought some pants and put over the top. He couldn’t get the pants off himself as they were tighter.

budgetneeded · 24/01/2019 22:28

so toilet train him, what's the worry? yup he'll have a few accidents.
i'd take this as a sign he wants them off.

bourbonbiccy · 25/01/2019 17:40

@MamaOl thanks for the advice. I did think he was a tad young yet as I had read you should only start training once the child actually knows they are "toiletting" and start to hide to go the loo

Jackshouse · 25/01/2019 17:44

He will probably only learn that he is weeing when he experiences being naked and weeing himself. Just like learning to walk he will need to practice - very few children just stand up and walk.

budgetneeded · 25/01/2019 18:04

Toilet trained 5, 3 children 2 grandchildren 18 months is a good age to start TT.
Waiting is a waste of money.

Kokeshi123 · 26/01/2019 11:17

Waiting until they start to hide to poo before you start to TT makes absolutely no sense--surely this is going to make it much more difficult?

If your boy is taking his nappies off, I would use the opportunity to let him have a few accidents and help him use the potty. Don't be that parent who waits and waits and ends up having a battle with a preschooler.

lovely36 · 26/01/2019 14:17

If my son was doing this I'd ditch the nappies and start putting underwear on him. I'd take him to try to use the toilet every 30 min.

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