my kid despises having his nappy changed. the neighbours probably think i'm torturing him the way he screams.
everytime i lay him down for a change, he twists and turns and tries to get away. he's always on the go, so getting him to lay down for a minute or so is hard work. its real annoying when he's pooped, as it gets everywhere :?
this is more of a vent than anything, but any advice? offering a toy doesn't help, neither does singing (probably makes things worst, heh)
nappy (or diaper!) changing struggles
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Sat, 2004-05-15 00:38
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nappy (or diaper!) changing struggles
Can you hang anything from the celing? I had some butterfly oragami like things hanging from the celing, and it worked for us.
I have it over his bed now, and he still loves the B' flies...
mirrors maybe too?
good luck with the wiggle worm.
ames
Is he standing or can stand if he holds on to something?
When my boys got older they prefered to get changed standing up.
Sometimes though, they'd be so difficult to change they'd need a shower at every dirty nappy change.
No advice but diaper changes are like that here too! He screams and tries to get up and run away. For poopy diapers I usually need someone to hold his feet- I'll ask a stranger if need be! If I'm home alone I'll just stick him in the sink and wash the poo off instead of trying to hold him down by myself. Also, I usually let him run around without a diaper for a few minutes and it makes him more inclined to let me put a dry diaper on him.
I have the same problem, for really poopy diapers I usually have to pin my daughter down by putting my feet on her arms or something so she won't twist and pull away from me. It's awful. I don't really have any advice. Hopefully it is just a phase.
Well, I don't have any advice as to how to keep the little rascal still. However, I did use large towels spread on the diaper changing surface (floor, bed, couch) so that if there was a poopy mess, I could just toss it in the wash. At least the mess was easy to clean up!!
Good Luck!!
we have that problem. it takes everything i have to get him into a position to change him for poops but if it is just a wet diaper, i usually just let him stand, since i let his diaper area air dry before i put a clean one on. when we have a poopy diaper to deal with, towels on the floor work...but the squirming around, getting poop all over his feet is so irritating.
Hey, I am not really experienced with babies but what would my parents would do to keep the mess and preventing a diaper rash is washing the babies bottom in the bath tub, the baby standing. Maybe a little splash of water on his tush would relax him. While you are changing the nappy, let him hold a new nappy. Who knows maybe it'll work.
Something that worked with my son (although I won't do it with my daughter) was a quick smack on the leg. It never hurt him, but he would calm down enough for me to change him. I don't believe in spanking for my kids anymore, but if you want to try it, it worked for my son.
Cheyanne has never had this problem until now that she is 1. I have to pin her legs down and have some one hold her hands so she dosen't hurt herself or me. She screams like I'm killing her I feel so bad after I'm done changing her but I don't know any other way to keep har still. Dose any one have ideas. My aunt who watched her for a week couldn't belive how she acted even though I warned her diaper changes would be a struggle. Her kids didn't act like that so she didn't know how to react to changing her she did the same thing I do. She even apoligized for doing it, I told thats the only way I can change her also.
To each his or her own, but that is just awful. How do you know that does't hurt him when you give him a "quick smack on the leg"? What's the difference between a leg or a butt, I don't see it.... sorry. But there is better ways to communicate with your child than a quick smack.
Ames
ummm word? ITA with ames ...
I found that a few things worked- but not all the time
I used distractions- pulling out a small toy and giving it to her, or something to amuse her while I was changing her.
Making it into a game, chasing her around nekked for a minit before "tackling" her and tossing her onto the bed/couch.
Talking to her about it- "Stay STILL Zoe! Come on!" (ok that one didn't actually work, but it was a good try...)
Other than that, they grow out of that stage...
wow, thank you for all the suggestions. hanging something from the roof sounds like a great idea (why didn't i think of that before? so simple!) and if that fails, i'll practise changing him while he's standing up.
glad to hear that they grow out of this stage!
Trey has started to try and roll away when I'm changing him, but fortunately if I get him to hold the new diaper for me, he stays still until I take the new diaper away, at which point he's happy laying there if he gets a toy to hold.