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OMG. Diaper changes are a nightmare!

schnappycatschnappycat member
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I just had the biggest challenge to date with DS. I'm kidding, but just barely. Now that he can crawl, he won't lay still for diaper changes and we just had a blowout. I managed to get his outfit off and his onesie over his legs without too much poop spreadage, but then OMG. He twisted, he rolled, he sat up, and he started crawling away while the poop was everywhere hanging off his butt and on his belly, back, and penis. He layed in it, sat in it, and it went everywhere. All while screaming because I was trying to contain him and hold his legs by the ankles. I couldn't get him to be still enough to wipe it up in any efficient way and the wipes were flying, landing on my newly shampooed carpet. I finally got him relatively clean and chased a naked baby around the room trying to re-diaper him. I managed to get a new diaper on him while he was on all fours, so it's cockeyed.?

How does everyone else manage with this? I think 3 people would have had a tough time with this one.?

I'm exhausted. LOL!?

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Re: OMG. Diaper changes are a nightmare!

  • Erin&RyanErin&Ryan

    Oh, to be a fly on the wall, HAHA!

    DS is really squirmy too during diaper changes if I change him on the floor. I think he knows he can get up and take off while on the floor.

    However, when I change him on his changing table in his room, he doens't move around NEARLY as much - I guess because he's more "contained" on the changing table.

    GL!

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  • GinandTonicGinandTonic

    You could try to use toys as distractions - my son always liked the tube of butt creme (until he got it open and that was another mess). 

    This sounds mean, but it works.  Change the diaper on the floor and use your legs to hold the baby down.  It's hard to explain how I do it so that it's not like torture.  But, it's only for a few minutes and then they're free again.  It also helps with keeping hands out of privates while there's poop down there (because, of course, said hands always go in the mouth).

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  • ckolak:-)ckolak:-)
    That is such a funny story, but only because it didn't happen to me!My DS is also terribly squirmy if I change him on the floor, and also tries to roll around even on his changing table. I have gotten so I hand him something interesting (his vapor rub jar, baby oil, booger sucker, a mitten...) to "hold for Mommy" while I change him. It helps a lot!!
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  • franciscazfranciscaz member
    I agree! TOTAL NIGHTMARE!!! I change his diaper in the crib (safest place) and have to change the sheets 3x a week b/c mid change he will schooch his poopy butt straight onto the sheets while I am desperately holding his legs trying to keep him still.  My two tricks are toys... I give him toys to play with and he loves his FP Rainforest crib soother.  Now a days he only gets it during diaper changes so he has grown to appreciate "baby TV".  GL HTH!
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  • schnappycatschnappycat member
    Yeah, the toys don't work so much. I've tried that. I think he's figured out that I'm just using them to distract him and he wants no part of that. Hee. I guess I can take him upstairs and try his changing table during the day and see if that helps. We typically only use it at night, but I'm sensing I'll be changing my ways!
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  • *Scuzzlebutt**Scuzzlebutt* member
    We've had some diaper changes that have left us both in tears (me and DD, that is)  It's so hard to get them to hold still for TWO SECONDS, lol.  DD is strong......she can flip herself over in no time and then she is standing and trying to walk off the table!!  Sometimes I give her things to play with that are "forbidden" normally - like my keys, my cell phone, my husband's badge/keycard for work, earlier I gave her a baby coat hanger.......anything that she can investigate and play with for the diaper change!!  It's frustrating but DD has gotten a lot better.  It was actually worse when she first learned to crawl.  Now that she can walk, I'm surprised to say it's gotten easier.  Good luck!
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  • FSUSammyFSUSammy
    LOL yeah those are fun aren't they! I give him stuff to distract him. Lately I give him the old contraption I used to use when I was putting his bottles and pieces of it in the dishwasher. He loves to chew on it and it keeps him busy enough for me to finish.
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  • Temp174496125006552Temp174496125006552 member
    I'm sorry, but I'm totally laughing as I'm reading this.  And it's only because I can totally relate.  Most times, it takes DH and I both to change Ben now.  Not only is he a handful, but he is really strong.  My daughter was such a pleasure and just laid there.  She's nothing like he is.
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  • jennhawkjennhawk
    I haven't had this problem w/ dd, but I used to babysit a little girl who would fight diaper changes like that. If I knew she had pooped, I would put her in the bathtub, take her diaper off, then clean her up w/ the hand-held shower sprayer. I still had to get a new diaper on her, but the poop was contained. And so much easier to clean up in the bathtub than on the carpet. Sometimes she hated it, and screamed the whole time, but she got used to it, and actually liked it after a while. When she would poop, she would ask me to "spay ma bub" (spray my butt). Good luck!!!
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  • ebb7ebb7
    Right there with you. DD's new favorite thing is to reach down and put her hand right into her dirty diaper while I'm changing her. Lovely.
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  • jennhawkjennhawk
    oh, and I would hold her by putting one arm under her arms around her middle, and use the other hand for the sprayer. I actually got the idea from my grandma, who would hose us off in the backyard, naked, if we got too dirty while playing on the farm.
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  • schnappycatschnappycat member
    Hmmm, guess I should get a shower sprayer. We currently only have one in the sink. Good excuse to upgrade to a fancier showerhead!
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  • SLH1014SLH1014
    Yeah. It's a struggle for us too.  We just got new carpet so the floor would be softer for him when he crawled.  Since we got the carpet, we just threw a king size comforter on the floor in the middle of the living room (we didn't have a coffee table anyway).  We do the diaper changes on the comforter. So at least if there's an accident, it's on the comforter and not the rug, but so far we haven't had any messes. Also if you're quick enough, you can contain him by just picking up the corners or edge of the comforter and then scoop him up in the comforter and get him in the tub or something. Then just wash the comforter.  Also with the comforter we put his toys in the middle and he plays. If we need to clean up quickly  (for instance unexpected guests) we just take up the comforter with the toys still in it and throw it in the graco pack-n-play.  The comforter also protects the carpet from his spit up (for instance the green stuff that comes just after he's eaten green beans for dinner).  It has kind of become like our ground zero for our playtime on the floor with him.
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  • Bride2bMOBride2bMO member
    I'm so sorry, but your post made me laugh so hard!
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