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My nephew won't stop taking off his diaper...?

My two-year-old nephew constantly takes his clothes off and his diaper. My mom and sister are really annoyed by it, so much that my mom had to resort to wrapping duct tape around his diaper to keep it on. Lately, he's been ripping that off as well.

We've tried everything from telling him to stop to using onesies. Nothing works.

Does anyone know how to stop this from happening?

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  • eVANs
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I watch my 22 month old niece during the day and she started doing this two weeks ago too. It can be the stress like you said. However with my daughter (now 5), and niece it seems to be their signal that they are ready to start potty training. With both of them all I did to stop this is buy a 1/2 roll of scotch tape. If you start in the front center of the diaper, wrapping it all the way around the diaper making sure to go directly over the tabs, only as tight as the diaper itself is, this for me has stopped both girls from being able to take it off. The tape since is easy enough to break or pull off for diaper changes, and my niece now even holds still for it and spins around for me. Once I have gotten them far enough into potty training to use pull ups this behavior hasn't started again. Hope this helps.

  • 1 decade ago

    He's taking his clothes off because he can...it really is just that simple. Why not try to make a game out of putting them back on again? Point out to him that all the "big boys" in the world wear clothes...but I think this is just a stage that he is going to have to grow out of all by himself. As the weather gets chilly, he'll probably change his mind about how fun it is to be naked. Also, maybe this is a good time to try introducing the potty.

  • 1 decade ago

    When children began taking their diapers of, it means that no longer can stand the feeling of a wet or poopy diaper. So it is now time for potty training. the sooner you get started the easier it will be.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I would suspect he is ready for potty training - whenever he takes his diaper off they could change tactics and say "Good Boy - now you can use the potty" and let him sit on the potty for a minute or two.

    Some babies do this when they are ready - it is worth a try.

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  • 1 decade ago

    it seems that your 2 yr old nephew doesnt want wear dipers any more,let him wear big boy underwear and see if he would taking them off,if not CONGRATULATIONS

  • 1 decade ago

    whats the big deal...its just a baby and his 2 years old....he can get naked

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