Naked nearly 3 year old!

[cassi*girl]

Well it must be the night for me to SCREAM for help tonight.....!! I have another thread about my DS who is 3 in July.

He has started just last night and tonight getting himself TOTALLY undressed when we put him to bed. He has NEVER EVER EVER EVER got himself undressed before and I don't understand why he is doing it now.
We go in there to kiss him goodnight before we go to bed only to find him playing quietly in there totally, yep TOTALLY :eek: naked.
WHAT is that all about can anyone shed anylight on it??????

He hasn't wet or poo'd yet, thankfully, but I can only imagine it is a matter of time!
Not to mention how cold he may get.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Sandi :)

[draught]

My 3 year old has been through stages like this - one this week in fact. It turns out she is fascinated with learning how to do up the buttons on her pyjamas so she has felt the need to strip fully (although this time round she is leaving her nappy on:fingerscrossed: ) and then re dress herself. Obviously a different thing to what you are going through.

Earlier on she would regularly strip naked and we would find her in the morning, cold and often wet - and once with poo sandwiched between her teddy bears:eek: We overcame it by using all in one pyjamas that were much harder to get off. Then she stopped trying for a few months. It is very disconcerting the first time you find them naked though!

I suspect I haven't helped much but did want to say that you are not alone - others have been there before!

[Sarie]

People wonder why we go grey huh?
DS1 (who was 3 in April) won't ever stay covered by blankets. Even on the coldest night he will say he's too hot. The last couple of nights, when it has been really cold, he's taken his top off and this morning he had no pants on. But on the wee and poo side he's fully toilet trained so there aren't any problems there.
I think they just try to make us angry at times, pushing the boundaries is a game for them I guess, see how far they can push us before we give in.
Stand firm redress him and put him back to bed.
I watched super nanny tonight too, if he keeps undressing maybe use the same technique she used for putting the boy to bed. Talk to him the first two times and then from the third time just dress him and put him back to bed. It's an attention thing, even if you're angry with him it's that attention he's after.
:hugs: hon!
I have been told it does get better soon!

[cassi*girl]

Thought I would say a big thanks to you all.....you are so lovely and I really don't feel so overwhelmed today by all that DS is putting us through!

Last night he only undressed once. We told him it was bed time, put his nappy on back to front, put jocks over the top and redressed him. Put him into bed, kissed him goodnight and left the room.
We also took out of his room the Fisher Price Learning Centre thing that he LOVES to play with (and uses it to stand on and turn on the light) which he was very upset about.........he screamed/yelled/cried for about 5 minutes then obviously took himself back to bed (fully dressed :thumbsup: ), pulled the doona up and went to sleep. PHEW!!!!!
So only one undress last night...........maybe because we didn't go on about it like we had before he sees there is not much point???

Will get DH to do the same thing again tonight as I will be at work. :fingerscrossed: it will work.

Thanks again.
Sandi :)

[Sarie]

Great news Sandi, I'm glad it worked out for you. Gee they can really get you down at times can't they!
:hugs: to you hon!

[cassi*girl]

Well we have had 2 nights with no naked-ness which is great! Fingers crossed he is over it, although I doubt it!!! lol.

Ahhh yep they sure do wear you down.

Sandi :)

[EskimoMumma]

wat about designating "nakey time"???:detective:

[Mister Noodle]

My 3yo niece does the same thing - she'll just randomly fling clothing on and off when she's playing. She's toilet trained, though, so I don't see it's a big deal. (obviously another story when she's out, but she doesnt' seem to do that)

[Mum2Bug]

My DD is 16 months old and has started doing this too. It just seems to be a phase they go through although I am yet to figure out why they feel the need to do this in the middle of winter!

[Mister Noodle]

Heh.

Come to think of it, me and my sibs used to do exactly the same thing.

We lived in canberra (I know, I know), and we used to get up on a winter morning, run out into the garden stark naked, and roll around on the grass. The frost made it all crunchy, and we used to find this terribly funny, apparently.

My dad never tires of that story... :rolleyes: