Oh... My... God... I am not really handling nappy changes ATM. Over the last few days E has decided to turn into screaming, wailing, twisting, turning, trying to throw himself head-first off the change table, will not let me put a nappy on him at all costs baby. But this morning was nearly impossible.

Distracting him with a new toy doesn't work, singing to him doesn't work, playing peekaboo with a cloth doesn't work, remaining calm and talking softly doesn't work, I'm embarrassed to admit that completely losing the plot and screaming at him doesn't work (no surprise there, all it ended up with was both of us crying our eyes out), taking him off the change-table and sitting him on my knee doesn't work, the only thing that does work is the two person change - ie: one person to literally and quite forcefully pin him down whilst he thrashes about and screams, the other person to change him. Which probably isn't helping the situation, it must feel like torture for the little guy, it sure feels that way for me.

Unfortunately DP is at work so I'm on my own, I'm scared that if I try to physically hold him down I'll hurt him, and my back and shoulders are absolutely stuffed so I physically can't wrestle with a nearly 11kg boofhead anyway. He's actually too strong for me. It took nearly 25 minutes to change him this morning and by the end of it I was in so much pain it wasn't funny, and E was so distraught by the whole thing he's only just calmed down now. And it wasn't even a pooey nappy, I'm dreading poo.

Short of actually tying him to the table, I really don't know what to do. I know that it's probably just a phase as he is just starting to walk and is hating anything that stifles his ability to run around like a maniac. But in the meantime - PLEASE HELP!!! (lol)

WOHB: a slightly lopsided Cute Tooshies and Sugarpeas wool Cover (and funnily enough, fitteds and covers are actually easier ATM, because they are a little more resistant to being poorly fitted than an AIO)