After such a fun bath it never fails that she cries and squirms when I get her changed. I'm going as fast as I can putting on the diaper then the onsie and then her sleeper, but she gets so upset. I know she's tired because she's rubbing her eyes and as soon as I'm done and pick her up she's happy again. I just feel bad, this is supposed to be her quiet nighttime bath routine and she gets so upset!!!
Re: Anyone else's LO cry being changed after bath?
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DS is the same way. I have to put in a LOT of effort to keep him smiling and happy while I get him in his bedtime clothes. I've found a couple faces, songs and funny sounds that sound a little like rap beats that keep him happy for the most part, but he still gives me hell for putting the onsie over his head lol. Sometimes I even stop in the middle of changing him every 30 secs or so to do a little dance jig for him.
I used to try to do it as quickly as I could, but I found that he was actually happier if I took a little longer and focused on doing things throughout it that kept him happy.
Yes - now we give her a bath toy that she loves (big turquoise turtle) and she's been happier.
Same w/ diaper changing - we have a "beep beep" toy that sits over her changing table downstairs to distract as much as humanly possible (picture mucho lights and sounds, etc)...