Toddler Antics: Do You Have a Little Nudist?by Heather Long | More from this Blogger 28 Aug 2006 05:30 AM I was on the phone with my sister in law earlier today and had to laugh when she let out a little squeak of a sound. My industrious minded 11 month old nephew shed his diaper through his onesie and had pulled it out to run around and was working diligently at getting the onesie off. It's a New Stage in His Life All toddlers go into this stage eventually. They shed their clothes and diapers and love to run around naked. There is nothing deviant about the behavior, in fact, my daughter fell in love with the idea of stripping naked at about the age of 1 and by the time she was 18 months, she didn't shed her clothes at the drop of a hat anymore. I think half the reason that children strip off their clothes is the novelty of it. After all, your baby is still learning and exploring the world. Taking off their clothes is a new step for them whether they have buttons, snaps or zippers. In other words, they are stripping down because they can. It's also a very different feeling to be out of the clothes and touching the carpet, the floor and other areas of the furniture. If they like being naked ... Don't worry about it too much unless it's frigid or they are in an area where an accident could create a big mess. One way to compromise may be to put the diaper back on, but leave them out of their clothes. Babies and toddlers run around in the diaper all the time and there's nothing wrong with it. In the meanwhile, hang in there - eventually they'll get to where they love their clothes again or at least, the novelty of being naked will have worn off. But just wait for it, starting around 18 months or so, my daughter would start to dance around chanting 'naked butt, naked butt' when it was time for her bath. At the age of 5, she still do it. When did your little one discover the joy of going clothes free? Related Articles: Learn more about Heather Long  Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. Relevantbaby tags User Comments  Valorie Delp (49340) 28 Aug 2006 05:53 AMOne little nudist? If I were only so lucky! I have two full blown nudists and two nudists in training! And we live on the first floor next to a busy street. . .just the right target for the nude antics ;-)  mommytotwo (526) 28 Aug 2006 06:40 AMI have two little nudists, ages two and four. They love running around naked before and after bath time and they don't care who is over to see it! LOL!  Heather Long (16954) 28 Aug 2006 08:00 AMI love little kids -- they're so great and so natural. I think that you qualify for colony status there Valorie! Valorie Delp (49340) 28 Aug 2006 10:18 AMYou crack me up Heather! Colony status? I'm laughing so hard I can hardly type! Hee-hee-hee-hee!!! msummer (30) 03 Mar 2009 09:07 AMMy daughter went through this of taking off her clothes. She took off her sleeper at nap time and before I got to her in the mornings - what a mess! A friend gave me information about a sleeper that kids can't get off. I gave the product a try. Yahoo! Something finally stopped her from doing this. It's called the Little Keeper Sleeper - check it out. It worked right away and I never had to clean another dirty crib! The website is www.littlekeepersleeper.com Community Tags exploration, nudity, nudists, toddler antics, taking clothes off Discuss this article
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