Daegan discovered his penis ages ago. In the last two weeks, though, he's decided it's his favourite toy. He'll randomly grab at the front of his diaper in a Michael Jackson-esque move. Diaper changess.... well.... his hand is hovering as soon as his pants are gone, and the second the diaper front is lifted, he grabs his junk. All of it. Death grip. Which, as you can imagine, is fun when he's got a diaper full of poop.
I've tried giving him something to hold onto, and even if it's too big for him to one-hand the item, he'll pin it against his side with one hand, while his other goes right to his crotch. If I manage to get the diaper up, and am trying to do the tabs up, he shoves it away so he can grab again. And when I say "death grip", I mean it. I hesitate to pull his hand away, because I don't want to hurt his little bits!
Any suggestions on how to keep his attention elsewhere? I mean, I'm sure it feels good, and I'm prepared to have the "only in private" talk as soon as he's old enough to understand, but for now, it makes a quick dipe change take over 10 minutes!
Re: I can't keep his hand off his penis!
OMG. Your sig. I'm dying.
I still use the change table, so it's the side. I try to lean over, and hold him/block with my arm, but with limited grip/dexterity when I'm stiff and swollen, it's a task sometimes. I SO cannot do up diaper tabs with just one hand, so he always takes that advantage.
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Oh gosh this is Collin too!!! I don't understand the fascination with his penis (although DH says it's just bc I don't have one
Giving him something to hold while changing his diaper as well as me singing and trying to keep his attention elsewhere works about half the time though.
Bathtime drives me crazy because it's like he grabs it and then pullsssss so hard. ugh.
This is one of the reasons I was scared to have a boy - penis obsession!
ba ha ha ha ha ha
thank goodness C hasn't discovered his yet!
This thread is all kinds of awesome.
Thankfully, we don't usually have poop-grabbing issues even though DS is a big fan of his penis. We've been doing EC at least for poops and we've "caught" almost all poops in the potty since starting. Clean up is a breeze. I just stand him up, wipe him and then we go on our merry way.
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Haha, I should have said that to my DH last night.
OP - Sorry you are having this issue. Can't wait for this little problem if I have a boy in the future.