why is this happning??

Question

I dont understand why my almost 2year old always runs around naked. she takes all her cloths off and then her diapers......I put one one her then ten mins later its off and missing...when i find it its clean and dry so its not that she does not like feeling of being dirty. her other obsestion is taking all the cloths out of the dresser....chances are her (almost) 4 year old sister has something to do with this, and its not just that my older daughter takes the sheets off both beds and takes the mattress off the toddler bed( its not light)....i dont know what to do with them anymore i have tryed talking nice, rewarding them, yelling...nothing is working....please help

Answer 1

it gets a responce from you, so they learn that by doing these things, you get riled up. If it were my lil ones, which my daughter does similiar things, I would make her help me clean up the clothes, bedding etc, and tell her how it upsets me that she does it. She hates to upset me, btw. After she has to help me clean up, and then sees that she will have to help everytime, and do as much of it by herself as she can, she stops. It no longer seems fun when she could be playing or watching a movie, and the last time that she pulled al of her clothes out, when I asked what she was doing she picked up her fav shirt, and told me she was looking for it. She then put the clothes back by herself, and even though they weren't folded, I was proud of her, and she now asks for my help finding certain clothing items.

Answer 2

Okay your not alone in this my son use to do the same thing. I tried yelling talking nice and everything too now this is what you do. It will be hard on you as a parent but it does work and it will get better i promise. what i am about to tell you will be aggravating and time consuming but if you wanna give it a try it might help. ! find a new place for the close and leave one outfit a day in it preferably one your child will not be able to get off easily (which means you will have to help during a potty break which is what i meant by time consuming.) 2. buy velcro if put it on the todder mattress to where it attaches to the frame of the bed and use losts of it or just in general tie the mattress down and then put a sheet over it. 3. you will have to get mean sometimes such as when they take off the blankets take the blanket put it in a trash bag or up and tell them that if it cant stay on the bed then they dont need it and return it at night when its bed time or tell them everytime something is done bad punish them by takeing away a favorite toy or sometimes u have to take almost all the toys and leave a handful and yes this works on a four year old and whatever you do dont give in to a fit. Tell your four year old and two year old in order to get the toys back tell your one and a half year old she has to keep on her cloths if she wants her toy back and tell the four year old to come tell you if she sees her taking her clothes off that way u can catch her while she is doing it put whatever she has off back on her and put her in time out do the punish and reward if u stay on them constantly it will work but u have to constantly check on them and constantly do the punish and reward system if u catch them doing what they are told to do for just ten minutes while u see that they are doing good tell them thanks so much for being mommys big helpers but the first moment they are turning the room upside down make them give u a toy and make them clean up the mess. good luck and alot of children go through fazes like this.

Answer 3

That is normal. All 3 of my boys always took off their clothes when they were around 2 years and loved to run around naked. You shouldnt get after her for that. Now taking off the mattress and the sheets that is more of a problem. Can you just shut the doors for the day and tell them they are not allowed in their anymore until bed time. Put locks on the doors or something. Or just stand there and make them put the sheets back on. Even if your standing in there forever. I know that age is difficult. 4 and 2 is not easy. I know too that rewarding only works once or twice, when its new and fun, then that gets old too.

Answer 4

well its pretty normal for an almost 2 year old to want to run around naked, my niece does it too, they just do it for attention and the more attention you give them the more they will do it. The next time she runs around naked just try not to do anything let her run around for a while and when she figures that it doesn't bother you anymore she will most likely stop. As for the almost 4 year old, she may be doing that for attention as well but then again she might just be doing it cause a lot of 3 and 4 year old do that cause the "want to test their strength" its really a normal thing what your kids are doing. My mom has pictures of me and my older sister of when we were between 1 and 5, we always streaked and tore everything up, but when my mom stopped paying attention to it we stopped and found something else to do. Try not paying attention for a while, if they start to stop, keep it up, if they don't then try telling them its not right to do that sort of stuff.

Answer 5

Have you considered buying a "pole" for your almost two year old? Just KIDDING!!! Some kids just take off there clothes. They will outgrow it. As for taking the sheets off the bed, do you think they are trying to be little house kids doing house work? Try showing them that they are doing it backwards. They should be putting the sheets ON the beds, not off. Show them how to fold their clothes and put them in the dresser drawers. They won't fold well, but that's ok. Try to show them how to clean their room. They may be trying to do that in their own way.

Answer 6

first and foremost i have to tell you that i love you and i miss you.

ok with that said here is how i see it. my baby girl is naked cuz she likes the way it feels. she isnt confined by clothes. as for my 4 year old niece being a terror well... she is your kid. j/k. love ya. she is being 4 hun. remember matt at that age? eggs on floor. bed flipped, clothes everywhere... make them clean up after they do it. one or two times they will get it. they are jjust being 2 & 4 year old brats. but we love them.

with k and not wearing a diaper let her roam free. put her on the potty every 45 min or so. she will get the idea.

Answer 7

Have no fear it's normal..I guess. My 2 year old is running around naked as we speak. It's only 32 degrees here and she is naked, she would rather be naked then clothed. The less we worry the happier WE are! Good luck

Answer 8

It's developmentally appropriate for your daughter to do this. She's two which means she's at the stage of testing her boundries and trying to express her individuality. She's discovering that she's a thinking, feeling little person away from you and everyone else. This is her way of feeling free and powerful. Just teach her that it's not appropriate in public and let her have fun. I'd work towards potty training though, it could get messy. She'll grow out of it. Be grateful she's not biting!

Answer 9

If she i taking off her diaper like that then it is time to start potty training her. I also have a 4 year old aughter and a 2 year old son. I am potty training him right now since this is what he began to do. He i doing a fabulous jobn right now. tart to potty train and things will get better. My kids alo take clothes out of the dreser but they then pulled out the drawers and climber up them ruing trhe dreser. LOl not really funny since I hadx to buy a new one.......

Answer 10

when they do that, just calmly say, "what a bummer" and then proceed to take a toy away.
if it's really bad, say "well, go to your room, while I decide what to do about this. try not to worry about it."
the key is not losing yr temper, but always giving consequences, and having a catch phrase that u always say when they've done something wrong.