i have an almost 2 year old lil boy who has just recently been having massive diarreah messes everytime he goes. The diaper cant hold it, and he has started a habit of putting his hands down in the diaper after he poops. This is when me or my husband finds a fun mess and have to scrub him up and scrub up all of his toys hes touched, clean his bed, etc. when hes playing around and starts to put his hands down his diaper i tell him no. and he stops. but he will continue a few minutes later! keep him in onesies? hes 2! They hardly make onsies for that old. ready for potty training???? help me please!
it could just be a phase...exploration of sorts.... not a fun phase though! why does he have diahrea? Is he eating something different or does he have an upset tummy from a bug? If it is is something he is eating then maybe just adjust his diet till you find out what's doing it. If he is sick it will get better on its own. good luck!
if he knows when he has to go , or atleast after he's gone it wouldnt hurt to introduce him to the potty. I got one for my son not long after he turned a year old. Sometimes I let him run around naked to see if he'll use it. my son has a habit of taking a diaper off when he doesn't have pants on. I've found his mess all over the crib one morning. Best Wishes!!!
Oh the fun begins! Perhaps he is putting his hands down there because it is uncomfortable and he knows it feels different. Kids don't know it's disgusting! i agree with maybe he is eating something that he is not agreeing with, or coming down with something. Sometimes too much apple juice will do that too. He is just being normal, investigating whats going on down there. But if you talk to him and let him know that that is "not nice!" and "yucky", maybe he will get the idea! And to tell mommy and daddy first, before touching it. You may be surprised how much he will understand at that age! Maybe get him some training undies to put over his diaper, and just toss them in the wash! It's not too early to indroduce him to the potty! Good Luck! He will get over this phase
Aww, I'm so sorry! My son had a phase like this when he was just about the same age. It turned out that he was teething, and that's what was causing the looseness??? We used plastic diapers with my son, but what worked for this was to put him into training underpants & super cheap sweatpants. He was able to feel right away when something was there, and I could change him before he got uncomfortable & we had "graffiti" to clean up. We tried the potty at this stage too, but it just didn't work yet. love, mom
thank you so much for the replies, im glad that its at least normal. im going to try to introduce him to the potty. im using code word to him when he poops his diaper, i tell him "dirty" and he says dirty. hope it will help., poop graffiti is really gross!
You may want to find out why he is having such awful poops. Food allergies or a virus could be the culprit. Both need to be dealt with. Two years old, for most children is much too young to even start thinking about Potty Learning. Especially if he is ill. He is probably really in pain, with tummy aches, as well as a sore bottom. Deal with the diarrhea first, let him be comfortable in his body again and wait a while before thinking about Potty Learning. Even kids who are already using the potty have a fall back into diapers when they are ill. I hope your little boy's tummy feels better, and you can please find out why he is so sick.
While the kid might be ill and not quite ready for potty learning, would it hurt to have them sit on their potty chair while you do your business? Kinda learn by example? Not saying your kid's gonna pick it up, but I don't think it hurts to start showing them and let them try to pick it up at their pace. Have you noticed your child showing any kind of body language, or facial expressions before or during a BM? Might want to pay attention to his behaviours to see if there's any change. That way, you'll know the signs as he's going and can deal with it before he starts putting his hands in the mess. Is this after he has a movement? If so, then I'd be cleaning him up rather than telling him "no". If he's just doing it to do it, not sure if I see much of a problem there. Might not be appropriate in front of company, but we all explore ourselves at some point in our young childhood. But I'm a novice daddy with a 10 month old and am just going by my own intuition. We can usually tell that Moire's having a BM while she's doing it and can deal with it before she has a chance to sit in her own filth. But she's very apparent in her show of expressions.
we got him a little potty, and we just started showing him. my hub would sit and show him. im gonna see how that goes. he acknowledges that he just pooped, and so he puts his hands down the back of his diaper , front if he just peed. and then hes been taking his diaper off after he goes. doesnt hurt to try, hes not even 2 yet, he will be in july. But hes always been a little ahead, so were gonna try.
Children will actually let you know when they are ready to be on the potty. They may try to imitate Mommy and Daddy, but that doesn't mean anything. One year is too early. It sounds exactly like the "anal" curiosity, perfectly normal at that age, just like oral stage..which seems like it will never end. And about vaccinations. I have three children, and the only "knots" I ever remotely felt were after the dip/tet. I did so much research that I could probably write a book on the subject. I spoke to every well- adjusted student's parent about their pediatrician (I'm a teacher) The Dr.'s gave me wonderful advice and THEIR books. I also took a class in infant, toddler and child massage. It really is a wonderful thing. People assume babies and children don't get tight muscles and never get sore just by stretching. In my state they give this class for parents adopting foster kids, but I was very determined and I know people in public health (sorry, I know everyone doesn't have that opportunity). Look everywhere. Ask every pre-partum masseuse, every Doula, mid-wife, even a pediatrician. Don't even try to do it without knowledge, as you don't mean to, but it is an entirely different massage. P.S. I am a montessori teacher, which I consider a wonderful experience, with real life learning, not "if you "act out" as I child does, they will be somehow "punished". In a montessori school, we go by the child's own learning experience. How fast is he/she learning math very slowly/quickly, or vocab. or history?, which public schools STOPPED teaching, only civics. They don't even teach where WWll happened! We teach everything and make it fascinating and hands-on learning, with constant field trips earned by bake sales, or anything else anyone can do (legally LOL) to earn money to help or children. I even play the guitar not very well, but people give if they see it's for the kids, plus they play better than I. Plus washing cars..........Children need some other children to learn with, they need to learn to socialize, which they get from even a small (maybe 10) other students. I have students every year who's children grow where parent's thought they had a hapless, lonely, angry, child. Home school is most definately not for everyone .
I agree with Maggie Sugar regarding the issue if addressing the diarrhea FIRST. Kids as little as yours can go down hill fast from dehydration caused by diarrhea. My son has had problems with the loose poops in the past. I dealt with it by changing the foods that he was eating. My son has a sensitivity to oatmeal, wheat and soy. So he eats rice bread for toast instead of wheat, and drinks rice milk instead of soy, no big deal, but his poops are firmer in texture. The oats gave him a real thin watery poop with undigested grains (sorry for the description, but it helps to diagnose types of poop)... this indicated to me that the grain was shooting through the bowel, most likely because it was irritating it (sometimes it had mucus in it, another big sign of irritation). Pasty poops are not diarrhea poops, but if they smell acidic, it is also shooting through the bowel at a quicker pace... which means that the intestine doesn't like that grain... or other food substance. Sometimes toddlers have a condition called "toddler tummy" where they develop sensitivities to foods... grains are a common antagonist here. Thats why I talk about it. Others can be cheese, dairy, eggs... cantaloupe... look up food sensitivities. This is different than food allergies, where the body's reaction is more dramatic and inflammatory. Sensitivities are a irritation that causes a "milder" reaction (though it can lead to some serious stuff).. With regards to the potty training " it couldn't hurt" suggestion. Humans physiologically do not have sphincter tone (meaning the muscle that is the anus, is without tone and coordination) until the age of three... Also cognitively the child is working through impulse control. Having to touch everything... same with sitting, sitting for a period of time (like a minute or 2) you are asking this child to do things that developmentally, he/she isn't ready for... May cause your child to run in the other direction. Being around mama, and papa, for the spontaneous peeing and whatnot is a whole other situation, but actually pressuring them to sit and stay when not ready will create an adverse reaction to the situation. Remember that having the diaper may feel more secure, it's always on and feels warm and secure ... something thats been around that area for as long as they can remember, so don't be surprised to the attachment. Running around in the nude is a great approach, as well as allowing them to mess themselves in underwear and pants, but when they are closer to 3 and not when they almost 2...
