anti-diaper changing

SarahB2006 · November 2010

DD has suddenly started refusing to let me change her diaper. She does the "alligator death roll" and will not sit still. This morning she had a major poopfest going on and in the middle of trying to change her she is up crawling around with no diaper on. I'm scrambling to put a diaper on her and then she pees. On the carpet. Ick. It seriously took me like 20 minutes to get a diaper on her and put her pants back on. Anyone else having this kind of trouble??

m0132 · November 2010

Yes. Almost every single time. Occasionally if I ask her to hold something for me and act like she is being such a big helper she gets excited and stays still but most of the time she is yelling at me and trying to roll over to get up and get away from me. Not fun these days..especially if we are out..she does WAY worse if we aren't at the changing table.

mattandbekah · November 2010

Oh for sure. I have an elmo video on my phone that he loves, so I give that to him and he holds still, only for the length of the video. But...now I know I can do a diaper change in 47 seconds!

suscq · November 2010

I have to use the changing table with DD. There is no way I could keep her contained on the floor.

BlairWaldorf · November 2010

Yep. I hand him something to hold & then put one hand on his belly/hips to hold him still while the other changes him.

I need to add that to my resume - can run queries, write in HTML, & change diapers with only one hand.

smilelari · November 2010

I've gotten pretty skilled at putting a diaper on a standing baby. He stays still longer standing than laying.

uofibabe · November 2010

You never know which way DS is going to act during a diaper change. Sometimes he's fine looking at a book or a toy and other times it's constant rolling and I just have to tell him NO!!! and hold him down to get the diaper on...not the most fun job in the world...thats for sure!!

dragonsmercy · November 2010

I've gotten to the point where I'll stick her on the change table and hand her a bottle. She'll stay quite still, except for kicking her legs, then!

chloephoebecali · November 2010

I dread diaper changes. She screams and moans the whole time. If we are on the ground, she forcefully rolls over and I have to change in crawl mode. If she is on the changing table, she insists on standing and walking towards her dresser to walk on that. It is all miserable however I try.

SarahB2006 · November 2010

We started on the changing table, but she kept rolling over and over I tried to change her on the floor. That was a no go too. I try to hand her things to hold but she just throws them then rolls over. I too have started putting a diaper on a standing baby. Not the easiest thing to do!

Mee83shell · November 2010

We have the same issues. we started giving Bryson something to hold like our cell phone (key pad locked of course) or the diaper rash cream, or something random that we don't normally let him play with.

This usually gives us enough time to get a quick change in w/o any issues.

emberlee3 · November 2010

Yeah, this has been a struggle for months for us.

He throws a fit even if he's standing up. Sometimes if he's really worn out before his nap, or still groggy when he first wakes up, he'll just lie there. At all other times, it's a huge ordeal.

CTJourney · November 2010

Yes, diaper changes are a big game in this house. He needs to have something in his hand, and he gets bored quickly with whatever we give him. It used to be my cell phone that kept him still, then it was a remote control, then the tub of (unopened) vaseline. Lately, I hand him a bag of (unopened) marshmallows. Whatever works to keep him still long enough.

2bejunebride06 · November 2010

For a while changing diapers at our house was like WWF. DD would scream, roll, and kick all at the same time. It was unbearable. After a few modifications to the diapering routine, we are doing better, but we still have our moments. Things I do differently now are to:

1) Do more diaper changes on the floor instead of the changing table. I got a few of those big waterproof pads and I put those down on the floor then do her diaper change.

2) If I do a diaper change on the changing table (normally the morning diaper change and bedtime diaper change), I have books that she can hold and "read" while I am doing changing the diaper. Much to my dismay, she loves Elmo, so I normally keep an Elmo book or two on the changing table and she grabs the one she wants right away. Busy hands and eyes make the diaper change go so much easier.

3) I ask her to help more. I often ask her to hold the wipes or diapers and say "thank you" very loud when she hands them to me. Sometimes she eats the wipes, but I guess you can't win them all.

Hope that helps!

TTC76 · November 2010

That is my DD, pee I can still change.Poop is like a whole other story , she just rolls around and she is strong. It is not funny and I have no idea what to do

robynlesley · November 2010

SarahB2006:
DD has suddenly started refusing to let me change her diaper. She does the "alligator death roll" and will not sit still. This morning she had a major poopfest going on and in the middle of trying to change her she is up crawling around with no diaper on. I'm scrambling to put a diaper on her and then she pees. On the carpet. Ick. It seriously took me like 20 minutes to get a diaper on her and put her pants back on. Anyone else having this kind of trouble??

Almost every diaper change since DS was 11 months old.

If I give him my iPod to hold, he occasionally will lie still?for a minute! I barely have time to put his diaper on and dab ointment on his butt.

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