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My son turned 3 last month and he’s not potty trained yet. He’ll pee on the potty when he feels like it, but under no circumstances will he poop on the potty. He’s very quick to run and tell me he’s got a poopy diaper when he does, though, with a hint of triumph in his voice. Last weekend (I think it was Sat. night), he took it upon himself to strain and make a little poop in the potty (he likes to use to grownup toilet) TWICE, and I rewarded him greatly with sweet treats, but he hasn’t gone to the potty since, at least not for me. Since I have twins under age 2 still filling their diapers, I’m eager for him to be potty trained. I have changed diapers every day of my life since March 28, 2003 when my oldest was born, and I need a break! (Well, I guess it could be worse - the Duggars are about to have kid #18 and there’s an average of only 18mos between them, so Michelle Duggar has been changing diapers nonstop for over 20 yrs!)
I must say, however, that my little guy has come a long way from 8-12 mos. ago, when he was taking off his diaper after pooping in it and making “art” while in his crib during naptime, whenever he was awake and bored in there. Zip-up blanket sleepers or onesies were enough to dissuade him, and he was over it by the time he moved into a real bed at about 2-1/2 yrs.
As for my 23mo twin girls; well, for the last 2-3 mos. they’ve both been prone to taking their diapers and any clothing over them off. After a while they figured out how to get a diaper off through the leg of a onesie and then I found they will zip their way out of a blanket sleeper, so about a week ago my hubby suggested tape. We had some wide masking tape laying around, and I started putting a strip across the front of their diapers over the tabs. Problem solved! I can get the diapers off by lifting the bottom edge of the tape, putting my finger between the overlapped velcro tabs underneath, and tearing the tape vertically over them so I can open both tabs. I swear I was about to go batty over changing crib bedding 2x a day and outfits as much as 3x each a day.
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