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Diapering (as in the act of, not supplies for) question
I cannot for the life of me convince Ds to stay on his back so I can change him. He doesn't mind being changed. He just doesn't want to lie down for it. I also can't keep him on the changing table anymore. He tries to crawl off (somewhat violently I might add). He just wants to play. He has rejected the idea of me giving him a toy to play with on the changing table. I normally end up crouching on the floor to change his diapers. Lately I've been putting fitteds on him backwards (because it's easier to do the snaps that way) while he's in the crawling position playing with something. I just keep hoping for the best.
Is this common? How do you combat it? It's getting ridiculously hard to change him! I'm thinking about abandoning the changing table all together. Unless I might be able to use it again down the line?
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Re: Diapering (as in the act of, not supplies for) question
Are you sure you haven't been diapering MY child?
When he's tired he usually stays on the table. During the day every change is a challenge. I've been doing a lot of floor diapering and fastening while he stands up and plays with the shelves. it's been bad lately.
I haven't encountered this with J. yet, but then he is just shy of 5 months. However, my mom worked in early childhood for years. They often had students who were still in diapers. She became quite adept at changing diapers of squirmy kids. She realized that for some kids, it was easier if they just stood to have their diaper changed. Would he be able to do that if he was holding on to something?
Well, we do thankfully get quicker as time passes! But unless she's in a good mood and doesn't mind the change, DD is a complete PITA to change. We sometimes move to the floor. We sometimes do it standing up. Sometimes DH does it from his lap, which I don't understand. But every time it demands lots of entertainment, whether it's toys (both hands should be occupied), greeting cards, giving her a wipe to "help", bracelets, songs, the body parts game (where is your....?), etc. etc.
This is also why our prefolds aren't getting much use these days. Thank god for velcro.
I sympathize! There was a short few months where changing diapers wasn't too bad (after the newborn screaming phase and the current i need to move all the time phase). Once his feet were old news, we were SOL. Toys did nothing to entertain him, so we had to get creative - we keep a chip clip, some medicine syringes, bottles of things he can shake - things he doesn't usually get to play with anywhere else - right near the changing table. As it is, that keeps him happy long enough for me to take off the old dipe, throw the new one on (if I'm lucky). If it's poopy, then forget it - there is a definite struggle.
If he has a sippy cup of milk (like before naps/bedtime), then he will drink that laying down and be pretty still. *Sometimes* if I'm really, really lucky, he'll even be still long enough for me to put his clothes on. But not usually!
have a special toy he is really interested in that he can only hold while getting his diaper changed.
I have been known to change on the floor with my leg draped over baby to hold him still. (It was actually my nephew, never had a problem with C). He cried while I held him down, but was happy as soon as we were done. My sister use to just have his dad hold him down while she changed him (he was AWFUL to change)
i can only change ds on our bed and half the time he's crawled off before i can get a new diaper on him.... which means i have to work super quickly when there's a poop to deal with lol!!
what works for me most times is to give him something that's on the nono list. like a remote or diaper cream, something taboo that he is always trying to get his hands on.... and i'll admit it, sometimes i've even let him suck on a sucker for a second or two just so i can get a diaper on him!
This does not bode well for our diaper changing future.
I've tried toys, my cell phone, brand new toys that stay on the changing table (which simply resulted in him climbing said changing table), no-no items (like a medicine bottle with some beans in it and the top super glued shut), etc. Most worked for a couple of changes but after that he was done.
On a good note, most fitteds seem to work equally as well backwards.
DD did this around your DS age we always changed her on the floor and I'm happy we did when she got so busy.
I just kept trying to give her something to play with and I would keep putting her on her back. At some point she understood to stay still and get up when all done. For the most part diaper changes isn't too hard now but it wasn't easy when she was a little younger.
I didn't read all of the previous responses but here's what I did. It seems very barbaric but it's the only thing that worked for a while.
I'd lay my son down between my legs with his feet pretty much right at my crotch then I put my feet on his little shoulders and give him my iPod. The iPod would keep him occupied for about 3 seconds. For the rest of the time I think just having that slight pressure on his shoulders helped. I never pushed down on his shoulders. I would just put my feet there to make him feel like he had to be there. I'm sure if anyone looked in the window they would've thought I was totally mean mommy but it worked for us. If it got really bad I did not fight him in that position. I'd kind of chase him to get the diaper on the rest of the way. It's definitely not fool-proof but it seemed to help out most of the time. That's such a hard time. Sorry!!