2yo ALWAYS stripping off

I feel ridiculous posting this. I'm not a prude. I don't really care. I actually think it's kinda cute. I just wonder when it will stop...

2yo DD1 must always, always be naked. She strips off all her clothes and runs around naked all day long. She will consent to be dressed if we are going out in the car but as soon as we get home, clothes and nappy can't come off fast enough. Plays in the backyard naked, swims in the pool naked, plays all day naked.

Last night she was put to bed and came prancing out naked with a big grin, having taken off her jarmies and nappy (after having had them replaced THREE times in between bath and bed time). A few stern words from Daddy fixed that, she knew she'd gone too far that time.

It's really only a PITA because she isn't toilet trained and I am having a lot of trouble catching her wees and poos because I've also got my 7 month old DD2 to chase after (who is already crawling and pulling herself up into a standing position). DD1 can hang on for hours and the SECOND my back is turned will wee or poo on the floor. So I've missed the opportunity to catch her with the potty and it could be another 3 hours. Today, she's been awake since 5am and apart from a trip to the doctor has been naked since 6am.

DH and I have almost completely given up dressing her and pretty much just let her run around naked now, it's just the weeing and pooing on the floor driving me crazy. DH is working 6 days a week in the lead up to Christmas so he won't be available for a full weekend to help me chase her with the potty to get her used to the idea for a few weeks yet. She's a busy kid, always on the go, and I'm sure has ninja skills because she can sneak away and wee somewhere in the blink of an eye.

DS certainly always liked to frolic naked (still does) but he never stripped his clothes off once they were on.

She is in fact sitting on my lap in all her nudeness right now.

Sorry this has turned into a bit of a grumble - I just wanted to know if anybody else had children like this and when they get over it.

Sorry Curly, that made me giggle a little - except for the fact she's not toilet trained. I can imagine it's getting messy and stressful for you! Big hugs hun, I have no words of wisdom there but hope she gets to like a nappy or potty soon for you :hug:

The reason I giggled though, is that she reminds me so much of my DH when he was a kid. He was always naked - the in laws have so many nude pics of him it's not funny. Especially when he rode his trike, the clothes would come off and off he'd go! Must have liked the breeze...

I'm guessing she just likes being free, but I hope something gives for you soon

My son went thru this around the same age....i do remember everytime we were home he was naked but not sure when it all stopped but i think it was only a few months that he did it for

good luck

Hey There, my DD - Claudia is almost 4 & she still loves her nakedness & we are living in China now where it's -5 during the day atm!!! Drives me INSANE! Luckily for us, we have heated floors, central heating/radiators & also the reverse cycle units. So the coldness isn't a factor inside. The good news is that she has stopped stripping herself at people's places, or in restaurants (PMSL) & now does it safely in the comfort of our own home. lol

My only advice is to try explain (as best you can with a 2 year old), that BIG girls who don't wear clothes, do their wees on the potty. This is exactly how my DD toilet trained TBH. I used to just put the potty in whatever room she was playing & constantly ask her if she wanted to do a wee in the potty. It didn't take long & it did help that she saw Jessica doing wees on the toilet (& on the potty to show her). I felt some days like I was chasing my tail by consistently moving the potty every time she went into another room, but I'd rather that than scrubbing Number 2's off the floor. I also closed the doors to the rooms I didn't want accidents on (the carpeted ones) & put those kiddy handles on the knobs, so she couldn't get in.

Good luck with it! I'm sure you don't have much washing to do though - as she isn't wearing any clothes. lol

Love Jayne x

Hi curly I have no advice but wanted to say thanks for the giggle even though it's driving you nuts :hug: it does sound pretty cute and you have got me thinking... I am always in as little clothing as possible and that's often nude. Since DS was born I've had a bra on heaps due to leaky boobies but if he copies his dad and I he will be a little rudie nudie too lol Maybe we should start dressing ourselves to set a good example. On days like today though on the sunny coast being nude is the best thing ever! I gave DS loads of nappy free time cause it was just so sticky and hot. Does your DD not get cold in the winter and keep her clothes on?

my DD did that too at the same age, she was toilet trained though ! she is 4 now and still likes to strip off ! but it is usually just her top these days

the only advice i can tell you is someone suggested to me when you put her nappy on to put another one on backwards so she has to reach back and undo the tabs from the back first before undoing the front, might give you a bit of time to catch her in the act and try and stop her.

Or maybe put some masking tape around the top of the nappy over the tabs so she can't take them off?

Oh I know exactly what you're going through! My 2yo DS is the same! Luckily he keeps his clothes on whenever we leave the house except for the other week we were at a birthday party and I looked up to see him jumping on the bouncy castle without his shorts on. Luckily he stopped there and didn't take off his nappy aswell!
Him being naked doesn't bother me except that like your DD, he's not yet toilet trained and I really don't enjoy cleaning up the wees and poos. I've tried many things and like someone suggested, I move the potty around the house so it's close to where he's doing most of his playing.
I also use size 2-3 undies which I put over the top of his nappy. They are a little harder to get off so he doesn't strip off as often and if he tries it takes him longer so I catch him in the act :)

DD will take sposie off in 2 seconds but can't undo snaps. Maybe get a Maz cover or something similar to put over her nappy? They are pretty tough to undo.

BTW, Apparently Mum used to get phone calls from our neighbours because I'd escape the bath, scale the fence (naked) and go play with the neighbour's kids in the court we lived in :rofl: It was about this age

I know exactly what you're going through!! My DD was about 15 months when she started just tearing clothes and nappies off and refused to be clothed when inside the home, but still hadn't quite got to the stage where she was ready for TTing.
It got very frustrating for a while, cleaning up after her constantly, but eventually DH and I pulled out the masking tape and explained that big girls who wanted to go nudie HAD to use the potty or toilet, and if she didn't make it to the potty, she'd have her nappy sticky-taped on to prevent mess. She hated it, and within two weeks she skipped right over the potty and straight to using the toilet!
Now DD2 is doing the same thing, we're working on it (DD1 now uses the potty instead of the toilet every time she sees it out where DD2 can get to it in time, grrr!). Meanwhile DD1 is now 3 and a half and right now is naked in front of the TV (gah!), but she is starting to show signs of being aware of her nakedness and won't do things like strip off in shopping centres any more and always asks to put knickies on before going out in case 'someone sees my bum', so eventually your DD will grow out of it and learn that nudieness is for at home when nobody's looking!

Good luck, I understand just how frustrating it is and I hope this little phase is over soon for you, and that your DD begins TTing to put you out of your misery! Modesty will come later, I promise :) x

My DD is a nudie too, but thankfully doesn't usually take her own clothes off, just keeps nagging me to 'take it off' until I do. She wouldn't use the potty either so we got her a little seat for the toilet and she thinks it's great! She doesn't wear a nappy all day at home now and uses the toilet without many accidents. So maybe try a toilet seat instead?