Derek thinks he is five. Last night I was reading him a book and he said, I'm five! And I said, no, Zack is five. Derek said, I'm Zack! I'm five!
On a similar note, in the last week or so, if Derek is out of my sight for more than 35 seconds, I know just where to find him. His bedroom. He will be standing on his bed, diaper removed, trying to figure out which holes to put his legs through on a pair of Zack's underwear. Yikes! At first I said, no, no no no no no no! I started making sure he had a onesie on at all times, because he can't undo the snaps. But now that it is warm, that is just torture for the kid, so he has been onesie-less as of late. My next brilliant plan was telling him that Sure! he could wear underwear if goes potty. So everytime he takes off his diaper (at least 3-4 times/day) I take him to the bathroom and make his sit on the toilet. He screams and screams, I'm done! I'm done! And I have to try and hold him on down because hey! I am trying to teach him a lesson here. Not working. The night before last, I had put the kids to bed. Derek was still a little restless. I left him there to go finish the dishes. About 5 minutes later, Matt went in to lay by him. He was still lying in bed, being very good. A few minutes into that, Matt calls down, "Laur? Is Derek supposed to have a diaper on?" Great. In the few minutes between my leaving and Matt going in, he had removed the diaper, stashed it somwhere and gotten back in his pjs, seemingly innocent of any wrongdoing. So far I have only happened upon this once when it was more than a wet diaper, but seriously! He is barely two! Anyone have any suggestions other than starting potty training a week before we are going camping?
*The title of this post is how Zack refers to Derek anytime he does anything mischiveous*
On a similar note, in the last week or so, if Derek is out of my sight for more than 35 seconds, I know just where to find him. His bedroom. He will be standing on his bed, diaper removed, trying to figure out which holes to put his legs through on a pair of Zack's underwear. Yikes! At first I said, no, no no no no no no! I started making sure he had a onesie on at all times, because he can't undo the snaps. But now that it is warm, that is just torture for the kid, so he has been onesie-less as of late. My next brilliant plan was telling him that Sure! he could wear underwear if goes potty. So everytime he takes off his diaper (at least 3-4 times/day) I take him to the bathroom and make his sit on the toilet. He screams and screams, I'm done! I'm done! And I have to try and hold him on down because hey! I am trying to teach him a lesson here. Not working. The night before last, I had put the kids to bed. Derek was still a little restless. I left him there to go finish the dishes. About 5 minutes later, Matt went in to lay by him. He was still lying in bed, being very good. A few minutes into that, Matt calls down, "Laur? Is Derek supposed to have a diaper on?" Great. In the few minutes between my leaving and Matt going in, he had removed the diaper, stashed it somwhere and gotten back in his pjs, seemingly innocent of any wrongdoing. So far I have only happened upon this once when it was more than a wet diaper, but seriously! He is barely two! Anyone have any suggestions other than starting potty training a week before we are going camping?
*The title of this post is how Zack refers to Derek anytime he does anything mischiveous*
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Claire went through this phase around the same time. Thankfully she grew out of it, though once (thankfully, while I was out of town and Cody had to deal with it) she woke up with a poopy diaper, decided to change it herself, used about 100 wetwipes, danced around the room with poopy hands and a poopy behind, spreading poop all over the place. OH the humanity.
That probably didn't help you. My only thought would maybe have him wear shorts that have a belt- harder to take off.
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