Fighting diaper changes?

I can't seem to get them to lay still to change their diapers. I sing, give them a toy, etc.----but they writh all over. I even moved to pull-ups because I can't get the tabs to stick correctly on regular diapers. Any tips for getting through this?
Thanks!

 

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I can't seem to get them to lay still to change their diapers. I sing, give them a toy, etc.----but they writh all over. I even moved to pull-ups because I can't get the tabs to stick correctly on regular diapers. Any tips for getting through this?
Thanks!


I wish I could help! Michael is STILL that way! He hates his diaper changed and it is worse than he was at 1 yr. He twists and fights, even turns upside down as I'm holding his feet. It is awful. He also HATES anyone touching his "package" (family jewels) or whatever you want to call them!! The only thing I've found that helps is if I have a sippy cup full of milk right there and he will drink his milk as I change him. I know it is very unsanitary to have "food" and diaper changes around each other, but it is either that or get clobbered when he kicks his very SOLID and strong legs at me!


Bridget

 

I remeber those days!What helped was ...........blowing bubbles with a huge piece of bubble gum in my mouth, letting them hold my sparky rhineston necklace, or a soft squishy tube filled w/liguid and glitter. I've seen them sold at the dollar store and Five Below.

 

My boys wiggle, writhe and scream when I try to change them. I can't count the number of times I've had to chase a naked, running boy down the hall while trying to fasten a diaper on him. I find it helps if I keep a couple of normally taboo 'toys' for them to look at while I change them: a remote control, a tube of sunscreen, or other things they always want to play with but are never allowed to.

 

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I find it helps if I keep a couple of normally taboo 'toys' for them to look at while I change them: a remote control, a tube of sunscreen, or other things they always want to play with but are never allowed to.


Ditto this suggestion. When it got really bad (13mos?) I resorted to changing them only on the floor, with my leg flung over their torso. They HATED this, but it got the job done. After about a week I didn't really even have to put pressure on them with my leg, just threw it over them (but really not even touching them) as a reminder.

We have now gone back to the changing table (about 17m) and I keep some "special" toys up there. The big hit now is a little photo album I picked up at the dollar store and filled it with family photos.

 

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The big hit now is a little photo album I picked up at the dollar store and filled it with family photos.


I love this idea, Siri!!!! Some of my other tricks include 'flying' them around face down and letting them "pick out a toy for your diaper change" - works very well with my two....and going through all of the sounds that they know while we do it (ie. 'What does a cow say?'...moo, moo, moo, 'What does a cat say?'...(one sweet, quiet, drawn out) meeeooow, 'What does mommy say?'...give me kissess...and then I attack! , etc.

Good luck! I have to say that second to all of the whining, this is one of the most frustrating parts of my day!...okay, right along with dinner and teeth brushing!

 

Mine went through that phase - ds more so than dd. He's now a little calmer & less wiggly, but he's started into pinching & hitting me at every diaper change now. I just tried to get through it as quickly as possible and talk to him during the diaper change. Toys worked at 1st, but then he just started throwing them. They both do a lot better on the changing table, I noticed. After awhile, he just started calming down a little.