14 Month old hates napppy change time.....

[Ozziehoffy]

Oooooh yep, 13 month old and he kicks, screams, cries like a banchee!! I just get through asap so to minimise the damage to my ears and his throat lol. He even throws real tears in sometimes.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Maybe try pull up nappies instead of getting him to lay down?

[Nicambhar]

same thing here, Bella is 20months and has been chucking major wobblies at nappy change time and also with dressing... not good at the moment with some runny teething poos and my white doona cover - blerk....

[Mrs Jak]

Hi allycat, how they love keys and bits and pieces He's over my wallet now though

Hi Ozziehoffy, yep we have real tears and banchee cries/screams too... It takes a lot of strength to keep this little monster from rolling away or getting a foot in his poo! :0

Hi Nic, it's a struggle with the risk of spillage isn't it...

Hi MM, good idea, though I think they do cost a bit more and he poo's about 3 times a day, so a lot of the struggle is when trying to wipe his bum...

[Winter]

DD was like this but grew out of it about a month ago - oh what a difference, phew! we survived!

The only thing that worked for me was having a box of contraband - stuff that she was never normally allowed to play with or things that she had never seen before - bulldog clips, elastic bands, spoons, nappy snappies, USB stick, roll of sticky tape, plastic sandwich bag full of coloured plastic bits etc - and each change I would allow her to select something out of the box to look at, but if she mucked around during the change then I took it off her. I explained the rules and gave warnings but if she still continued, then I followed through. It worked as long as I kept the box interesting, and she was only ever allowed to play with them during nappy time so the novelty couldn't wear off.

Good luck!

Oh and I got very good at wiping a pooey bum while she was standing up if that helps!

[Mrs Jak]

Thanks Winter

It's amazing how much they love contraband Some great ideas there! Thanks again

[Panda74]

Yep contraband! Even the Sudocrem (sample pot size though not a big tub!) for a couple of minutes- very naughty! DS likes to moisturise his tummy... And I have put a cushion down for DS' head as he's never really liked laying flat on his back. And sometimes I'm just not up to the fight and we do standing up nappy changes. Good luck!

[leckert]

my 10mth old must be advanced he's already been doing this to me & DH for a while now
Have been trying to think what I could give DS to distract him while changing - might have to try that "special box of things" idea. Don't know that the nappy changing, or should I say putting on, while standing is going to be an easy one for a while - we use itti bitti MCNs. Although I have become quite good at the cleaning the bum while it sticks up in the air. although we've taken to putting his pants, shoes & socks on down in the lounge room while he's sitting up/standing so he can help us.
And I hear you at the ear splitting squealing/screaming - DS does this at night when we have to change him so it's more of a grin and bear it any time overnight .

[*EJ*]

Mrs Jak I have the same with my 14 month old and have since he was able to roll at about 5 months old. It's always a struggle and i end up getting him dressed in all kinds of different angles (the worst is trying to get the press studs done up under the nappy). I have a couple of things that i bring out with a big 'OHHH LOOK WHAT I'VE GOT!!!!' which sometimes works. For us one of them is a dummy, he's never had a dummy but loves to chew on one sometimes.

Nappy change and getting dressed involves a lot of deep breaths and patience here

[Fuzzywuzzy]

DD was like this but grew out of it about a month ago - oh what a difference, phew! we survived!

The only thing that worked for me was having a box of contraband - stuff that she was never normally allowed to play with or things that she had never seen before - bulldog clips, elastic bands, spoons, nappy snappies, USB stick, roll of sticky tape, plastic sandwich bag full of coloured plastic bits etc - and each change I would allow her to select something out of the box to look at, but if she mucked around during the change then I took it off her. I explained the rules and gave warnings but if she still continued, then I followed through. It worked as long as I kept the box interesting, and she was only ever allowed to play with them during nappy time so the novelty couldn't wear off.

Good luck!

Oh and I got very good at wiping a pooey bum while she was standing up if that helps!

I have done the same as Winter and it works every time. Much easier than trying to sit one of DD's feet and hold her other one so that she doesn't kick me We have my mother's day card, aircon remote, balloons, teaspoons, hairties, etc.

[~Kim~]

ahhh Hi Mrs Jak!!! - I too wondered where you had gone

[Mrs Jak]

Ha ha! Hi Kim Nice to know you noticed I was 'gone' Hope you are all keeping well xoxo

[cheekyfrog]

DS is the same. Got to the point where I couldn't change him on the change table for a while as it was too dangerous and too much of a screamfest so I'd catch him in the loungeroom, throw down a flat terrytoweling nappy and change him on top of that. Worked best when he was watching a Play School dvd. We're back at the change table for the moment but there have been a few cranky mummy faces. Singing nursery rhymes loudly over the top of any complaints keeps me from snapping at him.