Desperately need ideas to keep 1 y.o still @ nappy change time!

[Calluna]

Bellabambina- I'll try the pillow.

Rumpledelf- that's what I end up doing most times but he screams and I feel so mean

Ryatha- I'll give it a go, but I doubt it will work, he just looks at me for a second, then continues with what he's doing, whenever I say "no". he's so determined and stubborn! lol

ETA- must have been a good day to be born, one of my baby buddies bub's was born on the same day too.

[deletedit]

Ah, so you're after a *nice* way to do it. Good luck with that ...

I have a stubborn, argumentative child and a highly cooperative one. You get one to do stuff (if she ever does stuff, some things we've been trying to get her to do for years with no luck) by working yourself into a frenzy arguing, and the other just does stuff that you've done once before. Nappy change time for over a year has basically involved her telling us her nappy needs changing Right Now, gets a nappy out of the box, climbs onto the change table and waves her legs in the air. Something DD#1 never did. - catch is if you're too slow DD#2 starts taking the old nappy off and trying to change her bum herself, which gets messy if its poopy ...

So if you've got the stubborn variety, just expect pain until the phase passes or its toilet training time

[Calluna]

Yep, stubborn is right lol. He rarely does anything we ask, everything has to be on his terms.
for nappy changes at best that means you can take the old nappy off but your not putting a clean one on. If I was living in a house that wasn't almost completely carpeted I'd just let him go nudey lol

[Ryatha]

DD2 giving me grief this morning so I just snapped the nappy together and put it on like a pair of nickers. She seemed to think that was quite funny. I'm even thinking about making up some training knickers that are essentially nappies but aren't as adjustable so she thinks I'm putting big girl knickers on...

[Calluna]

Is that with mcn's? There's no way I could do that with a sposie it just wouldn't sit right lol.

[Roryrory]

Ah, so you're after a *nice* way to do it. Good luck with that ...

Yeah, that!

If you have a lively one, I don't really think there are nice ways......

[Calluna]

surely there's some hope?

I dont remember any of the daycare kids being like this...