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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
How hard do diaper changes get?
I though I would ask the experts who have been through this. I have been wondering what diaper changes are going to be like when our DD gets older. She is 6 months now and I am just curious on what to expect. I can just picture what is to come. 
..Since its slow, let me here your all time experience
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Re: How hard do diaper changes get?
At times, it can be an olympic sport! lol
But I give him something to play with (i.e. A&D, a wipe, a diaper) and he is entertained for 30 seconds and I have to hurry up and change him in that time! If I take longer, I may end up having to chase him across the room while he's half dressed!
I may be in the minority, but honestly they are easy for us. DS isn't too much of a wiggler, we still change him on his dresser/changer w/o a problem.
Depends on the kid I guess. If your LO is a wiggler now, once she's totaly mobile, you might be in for it!
Very hard for us right now. I try to give DD a book or toy to look at while I'm changing her, but it only works about half the time. We hung the quilt from her nursery set above the changing table, and she wants to stand up and look at it.
Appreciate what you have right now. The other day, DH changed DD's diaper while she was standing up and facing away from him.
This.
This!
This.
And forget about it being easy to dress him.
Us too! I keep a supply of items he generally isn't allowed to play with at the change table and he gets to play with one while his diaper is changed ... it helps a little
Pretty much.
It is very hard...DS HATES it and gets super squirmy! Some things I do are...if I have time I change him in spurts. Take off clothes, clean him, let him run around naked for a bit. Put diaper on, let him play. Then get the rest of the clothes on a bit later. He doesn't mind the 30 sec. or so each step takes, but he can't stand it when I do everything at once.
Before bed...the thing that works wonderfully, is I give him his toothbrush with a bit of toothpaste. He loves chewing/brushing his teeth so he'll let me change him while I do that!
50/50
Sometimes DS is a breeze, and sometimes its very difficult.
I try to distract him with toys, etc. but in all honesty they don't work very well. Sometimes he's just in a wriggly mood.
Sometimes I change him when he's standing playing with toys, and sometimes he lets me lie him down to change him.
For DD, they are very rarely hard.
For DS, they have been bad starting around 9-10 months and just get worse as he gets bigger/stronger- lots of screaming, rolling ,squirming away...it sucks. GL!