Changing on demand?

[MrsBadger]

A couple of times now DD (18m) has come to either me or DH brandishing a clean nappy, which has alerted us to a previously-unnoticed stealth poo, so we changed her.

I was quite chuffed and thought that potty training, when we come round to it, might be a teeny bit easier if she's aware she's pooed and hence needs changing.

However since then she's been coming up to us with nappies and/or demanding to be changed by lying on the mat waving her legs when no poo (or indeed significant wetness) is in evidence.

Do we carry on changing on demand so she knows that she can be clean/dry anytime asks? After all when we do train she will have access to the potty anytime she wants.
Or is this a 'pretend' game like the whole 'eating' plastic food / drinking pretend drinks from empty cups thing she's into atm?

I am torn between a) the mountain of only lightly damped nappies to wash and b) easing transtition to the potty...

bump?

hmm i think I would go with it, but I wouldn't use a clean nappy if the current one was dry.
I would just announce "oh, no wee/poo" and put it back on again

actually, I would also experiement with a potty... if she is doing it when she has just done a wee then you never know, she could be ok to give it a go

May it be that she's just wanting attention of some sort and she knows that this gets your attention for a couple of minutes? I don't have a DC anywhere near as old as yours so I'm not talking from experience, just putting it out there, as I know that children certainly can use nappies/potties as a way of getting your attention.

I'd check it and humour her, but put the dry (ish) nappy back on if a new one not really needed, rather than using a fresh one.

I have to fight DS2 to lie down on the change mat, he has better things to do and would happily spend hours with poo in his pants if I let him.