How to stop a baby squrming etc while changing & dressing
My DD is 9 months and recently learnt how to go from back, to tummy, to sitting, to standing all in one very quick motion. The trouble is that she does this when I'm changing and dressing her. Now I've started getting creative with dressing her but I'm struggling with changing her and have on a few occasions had to call for DH to come and help me.
I get the nappy off, wipe her bum but then as soon as her bum is clean she flips over onto her tummy and either tries to sit/stand up or crawl and reach for things and almost falls off the change table.
She gets so upset while I'm trying to put the nappy on or her clothes on because I'm stopping her from moving around how she wants.
She's too young to understand the concept that it's time to put clothes on or a new nappy on now so we have to lay still. I try to make it fun and talk to her or sing to her but there are far to many other distractions going on around her. I've also tried taking her into the lounge so she can just lay on the floor watching TV which works until the kitten comes in and then DD is off like a rocket to play with the kitten.
Please help, I'm sick of fighting with her just to get a nappy on!
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