Son removes his pyjamas and nappy in bed

Nicki

Becles wrote: »

A length of parcel tape round the top of the nappy stops them undoing it

Not sure how that would work with the development problem, but it might be worth a try.

Yep. This is the technique a lot of mums of ASD kids use to combat this problem, and it cheap and easy too! You just need to circle the top of the nappy a couple of times with brown parcel tape, and it is unremovable by kids. Then when it comes to change the nappy, snip it off with some round ended nail scissoors.

Do you think perhaps he doesn't like the sensation of lying in a dirty nappy, so would rather take it off and poo in the bed, rather than in a nappy which won't be changed until someone wakes up? You might make him happier about the situation if you check him before bed and change him, and if someone could bear to set an alarm and get up in the middle of the night to check again. I'd also use a baby monitor with him before you go to bed, so you can hear if he is stripping off and scattering poo around as he did last night and intercept him.

GL. We have an ASD child who took 3 years to toilet train, and had more of these incidents than I care to remember. You might want to have a look at the snugnights website for some products to protect the bed/duvet which will cut down on the amount of washing you have to do.

PoorCharleyBear

the other thing to try- to protect the mattress is a special sheet. I had one from Australia where the brand name is Conni pad. They use them in hospitals so are pretty effective.
If your child wees, you whip off the fleecy, plastic backed conni pad, that goes in the washing machine but everything else is OK.

And the other thing is to try pull ups- they require a bit of effort to rip apart or decent dexterity to wriggle out of when laying down...

flutterby_lil

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

During the night the heating goes off and it gets really cold - he wakes up freezing cold, sodden as he has weed and lied in it and his feet are freezing i dont imagine he is hot but thanks. he just doesnt seem to like wearing a nappy at night but as he is not toilet trained and wont be for a while yet he has to continue to wear them

Is he toilet trained through the day?

My DS is 3 and he is toilet trained day and night. He used to take his clothes and nappy off at night. We decided that he was a big boy now and would tell him he was not wearing a nappy at night as he was a big boy like is cousin. That was 3 months ago and he has wee'd about 3 times in that time. He gets up every morning and poos and wees on his potty.

Maybe your son is ready to be in more of a toilet trianing routine? Can you sell it to him liek he is such a big boy so won;t be wearing nappies now? Just a thought.

keelykat

Hello, My 3 year old hasn't got any development problems, but he also strips off in the night. Well he will keep a t-shirt on but won't have anything on his legs. I tried many times to get him to keep pj bottoms on but he wouldn't have it. Luckily he hasn't been too bad with keeping a nappy on.

As someone else suggested-maybe try a pull up on him? My boy wears sainsburys or tesco ones-as they are quite snug and secure, and aren't the easiest to get off if lying down. (the huggies ones come up loose on him).

Once he is more settled with you, i would try to sit him on the potty before bed and maybe in the middle of the night lift him up and try putting him on again. I know not everyone will agree with this. But my mom used to do this with me when i first started going to bed minus nappies.

I also agree that he probably doesn't like the feel of a wet/pooey nappy and so maybe this is why he is taking it off.

Good luck with it, i hope it all goes well. x

adamantine

i also recommend the tape the nappy on technique. i just used normal selotape and wrapped it round the top of the nappy a few times when my nor 2 year old was just over 1 and used to love taking his nappy off them crying when he has peed the bed.

after about a week i put him to bed without the tape and he never tried it again.

big5

flutterby_lil wrote: »

We decided that he was a big boy now and would tell him he was not wearing a nappy at night as he was a big boy like is cousin. That was 3 months ago and he has wee'd about 3 times in that time. He gets up every morning and poos and wees on his potty.

Maybe your son is ready to be in more of a toilet trianing routine? Can you sell it to him liek he is such a big boy so won;t be wearing nappies now? Just a thought.

That doesn't work with all kids - I know one boy who (aged 3) didn't want to be a 'big boy' and insisted he was still a baby and wanted to keep wearing nappies 'forever'. He's out of nappies now, but for some reason still doesn't like being called a 'big boy'.

mishkanorman

keelykat wrote: »

Hello, My 3 year old hasn't got any development problems, but he also strips off in the night. Well he will keep a t-shirt on but won't have anything on his legs. I tried many times to get him to keep pj bottoms on but he wouldn't have it. Luckily he hasn't been too bad with keeping a nappy on.

As someone else suggested-maybe try a pull up on him? My boy wears sainsburys or tesco ones-as they are quite snug and secure, and aren't the easiest to get off if lying down. (the huggies ones come up loose on him).

Once he is more settled with you, i would try to sit him on the potty before bed and maybe in the middle of the night lift him up and try putting him on again. I know not everyone will agree with this. But my mom used to do this with me when i first started going to bed minus nappies.

I also agree that he probably doesn't like the feel of a wet/pooey nappy and so maybe this is why he is taking it off.

Good luck with it, i hope it all goes well. x

This worked well for us with both our boys, every night at ten they were taken to the loo - still asleep normally and roused just enough so they knew where they were.

I dont think this would work well for the OP though as her little one is yet to be potty trained.

Mrs_Arcanum

Former neighbours boy was like Houdini and could get out of any sleep suit & then decorate the walls. She ended up sewing him in which seemed to solve the problem.

Perhaps working out his intake versus output might give some idea of when to make sure he has emptied his bowels and change promptly. He obviously hates the heavy feeling a full nappy gives.

sambucaman

we went through a phase similar to yours, we used to get him on the potty or toilet at 11ish when we went to bead, and agian at 3am ish if either of us woke up. It stopped in the end, but its such hard work while its happening!

clairec79

agree with the clothes on backwards

With the kicking the covers off I saw some ready for bed sets on La Rediroute (spelling may be off), they aren't cheap but the duvet cover zips onto the fitted sheet so the child can't kick them off