i agree that it's normal. i put it in the category of asserting independence (well, that's how it seemed here!)...it's no fun having your nappy changed when you were in the middle of a game/playing etc. and it's just another thing that someone else decides the timing of (itms?). i agree with distraction techniques. do you think he'd understand if you explained that he could do something/return to his game after it was done? i often let DS get his nappy, open/close the wipes container etc so he was part of the whole process.
but in the end, i found around 18 months a challenging time for behaviour in general because DS' language wasn't great yet so he was (i guess) frustrated that he couldn't communicate in words. now, a year on, he'll tell me he doesn't need a clean nappy but we can talk about it more & i can offer two places (for eg) that he can be changed & he gets to choose.
i had a friend who changed to pull ups around that time because her DD would refuse to lie down for nappy changes. that seemed to solve their issues (although when I babysat, she would lie down for me - cheeky monkey!)
oh yeah, plenty of kicking and thrashing at nappy time here too. and now DD has worked out how to take her nappy off so sometimes there are extra nappy changes in the day.
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