Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
MrsStanger
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Touching issues
MrsStanger
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So ive read previous boards about children touching themselves. Of course it is innocent and she is just curious. DD (16mo) recently had an extremely bad diaper rash. Upon it getting better though at EVERY SINGLE DIAPER CHANGE whether she is clean or dirty i cant keep her hands above her waist! She is naturally inquisitive, but for the life of me i can not find the wording to tell her no. It would be one thing if she was in bath and clean, but after a messy diaper it sets off my anxiety and i just dont know how to contain the mess! Are there wording suggestions on how i explain this to her? I hate to keep saying NO without giving her some sort of understanding. Help!!
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Re: Touching issues
DS knows the term "Yucky" so when he reaches down to a poopy diaper I keep telling him yucky and that seems to work well. I also make sure DS has a toy/book or something to keep him occupied, particularly for messy poopy diapers that take a while to clean.
I just say "hand's up" and move her hands up. She knows what hands up means now and it is usually enough for her to pause and think by the time she decides to reach down again it's cleaned up enough.
I also hold both ankles in my hands and bend knees into the belly and then her legs are largely blocking access down there...which slows her down and gives me time.
oh and I try to avoid using yucky, dirty, ew and all that with diapers as some kids will interpret that as pooping being bad and can later have issues with toilet training and self esteem etc.
I think saying poopy is fine they would understand that enough...as well messy might be ok unless you use messy enough that it has a bad connotation!
At DC I got a good idea where they ask them to identify body parts above the waste to keep their hands up there: eyes, nose, hair, mouth, teeth, head, shoulders, elbows, etc. Hope that helps.