Keeping Diapers On...

i have had this problem also. My friend suggested to me to use little boys underpants (the smallest size they have). i put them on over the diaper and it worked for me. i hope that you are able to find something even if my suggestion does not do the trick for you.

I did the same as Tonya we went to pull ups day and night ones at night. The excitement seemed to be in the tabs (like a stripper with those pants that ripe off) my kids loved pulling the tabs and letting it drop. We didn't have the problem anymore plus the kids felt more grown up and it made a great difference to start potty training they started wanting to pull down these pulls ups and potty like mommy. Yes it was months later but it was their idea and they did really well with of course some accidents. Best of luck...oh yeah I've heard of people using duck tape and well to me it's a mess to work with.

Hi J.---I am in your shoes right now with my 18 month old. He throughly enjoys removing his diaper and running around!! LOL
Anyway--we switched to the store brand pull-ups. They were a little more expensive, but Wild Man can't figure out why there is not a tab for him to pull at!!! This has saved a lot of clothing changes for us!! Thus far, it has worked great!!

Good Luck!
-T.

hi there! maybe it's time for potty training!!! when they start taking their diapers off, they probably don't want to have a wet diaper on their bottoms, i know the thought of potty training probably scares a lot of people but i had a really smooth transistion for my oldest daughter. i just stayed at home for two days, all day, no errands to run, and put her on the pot every thirty minutes, even if she said she didn't need to go. with that consistency they should catch on very quickly!!! hope everything goes well!!!

I had the same problem, but with my daughter and I only had one child at a time so I don't know if this will help you. But Try to put the sleepers on backwards. You will have to cut the feet off the sleepers though. It was the only was I was able to make sure they kept them on. I think you are in more trouble because they help each other.
K.

Have you tried sitting them in timeout or seperating them in different rooms and cribs when they do this? Maybe if they knew they'd get into trouble and not be able to play with each other would make them think twice. nd if their in 2 different rooms you'd be able to use the other methods that they recieved help from one another before. Its a phase and wont last forever so if you seperate them when they do it it's not like they wont even get to play together agiain and it will save a ton on diapers. Another option is they may be ready to potty train...if u dont have one already, get a floor potty and put some real undies on them and try to coax one into using the potty with the other. Or u could make it a race... to see who can rip their diaper off first and make it to the potty.

At home let them run naked...but explain that at home is the only place they can do it. They have to wear clothes to go out. Also my daughter actually went through this gross phase where she would poop her pants but not yell to tell anybody. She would disrobe and then paint the walls with the poop. Learning to put her sleepy clothes on backwards (zip it up in the back) happened really fast. Also if they are twins and in the same crib they maybe undressing themselves. You may try the baby safe clothes pins. We took the zipper to the top and then clothes pinned it. Even as mischievous as she is, she still couldnt get it done. Also be very stern with them and explain that it is not appropriate and that everybody else wears clothes. Hope these ideas help. I know how frustrated I was....just hope they dont learn to poop paint...although my daugther was younger when she took her clothes off.

J.,
Once my 2 children learned how to undress themselves it was all over for us too. So, to keep from having a constant clothing battle I let them take em off occassionly - only while we were at home alone. May not be kosher, but it worked. It also helped with potty training for us. Without a diaper on they would go to the potty as oppossed to using the diaper. Some accidents did happen, but they were few.
Another thing I did was to give special treats for keeping their clothes on (stickers worked well for us, but use whatever you think they'd like).
My husband didn't much like my methods so the few times he watched them during this phase (and yes, it's a phase) he'd put duct tape around the diaper. It's a bit stronger than the diaper's tape and a little harder to get off. Our children were also reminded repeatedly that they could only go without a diaper at home when there was no one else there. When we left the house or when we had company their clothes were to stay on.

Hope this helps :)

J., if they won't were diapers, see if they will wear pull-ups and tell them that they are their "big pants". They may be getting to the stage where they want to start potty training. I have also found that the cheap pull-ups from the dollar store are just as good, if not better than the name brand, and you'll save at least $4 per pack. As for the clothes, if you're at home, let them run around in the pull-ups. Who knows, maybe they'll go ahead and potty train and you won't have to worry about diapers any more for the twins. I hope this helps!

hi J.,

my name is A. and i went throu the exact same thing with my twin daughters. The time outs were not helping, and they were not quite ready for potty training. They also quickly figured out how to get the pull ups off. they helped eachother with everything. So the only thing we found that worked for a while was duct tape. It comes in lots of colors and we had to wrap it all the way around but not too tight, of course.
It sounds pretty bad but it didn't hurt the girls and it helped me keep my sanity.

good luck!

Honey sounds like you are a very busy woman. Cut cost somewhere else, turn up the heat and relax. They will grow out of it. Sounds like asserting independence to me. Good luck and keep up the good work.

L.

Discipline - time-out. They are old enough to be punished for behavior they know is unacceptable.

On blanket sleepers- put them on backwards- I do it all the time!

Becuase they assist each I do not know what else to suggest to you but good luck!