Problems with diaper changes and discipline

Re: Problems with diaper changes and discipline

• clussyK member

  July 2012

  kelly321:

  1. Anyone else now have a major fight on their hands when it comes to diaper changes? Sometimes DD's good, but other times it is a nightmare trying to change her. Singing helps sometimes but not always, distracting her with a toy helps sometimes but not always. Am I missing a trick? Anyone have any advice?

  2. DD now definitely knows that there are some things she's not supposed to do. How do you "discipline" your LO when s/he does it anyway? Right now I tell her "no" and if she doesn't stop then I pick her up and put her somewhere else, but usually she just runs right back. It doesn't seem to phase her. Have any of you found something that does seem to work?
  

  1. This was happening for a while but I'd give her a little book or toy and if she threw it, I'd just say "oh well, it's on the floor now. Let's get this diaper changed and then we'll [insert fun activity of choice]". It was a phase that she seemed to go through which, for us, has passed. Just keeping out cool and reminding her that she's fine.
  

   2. I hate to oversimplify it but for us, it was all about repetition. We say "That's not for you, it's for Mom and Dad. It could hurt you" or "That's Skeeter's water bowl. Not for Isabella. Thank you!". When we enthusiastically thank her quickly (right when she pulls away from whatever it is) she liked that praise and seemed to get it. It takes a load of repetition but it worked for us.

  Good luck!
  

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• MisN member

  July 2012

  As for the diaper changes, we went through a bad phase (from about 9-12 months) but have turned a corner.  Now that she is a little bit older, asking her to point out body parts or asking her what sounds certain animals make - then being very enthusiastic when she gets them right,  usually works while I change her diaper.   

  Other times, I can occupy her by talking about our day and her favourite things using words she knows.  "Did we go to the park today?  Did you go down the slide?  Did you have a banana for breakfast?, After your diaper, will we go in the wagon?"  For some reason,  it seems to work.

  In desperate times if she is in a particularly wiggly mood, I give her a special normally "off limits" toy (sometimes even my phone!).

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• kelly321 member

  July 2012

  Thanks, ladies. Unfortunately (?) so far I've tried everything you've suggested, including just giving up and doing changes with her standing up occasionally (not with poopy diapers yet, though). Every once in a while when she has a poopy diaper, she'll actually initiate the change by pointing to her room, and then she's usually good for it. Hopefully as she gets older and realizes that things feel more comfortable with a clean diaper, she'll make things easier.
  

  
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  BFP2: 3/18/12, blighted ovum, natural m/c @ 7w4d
  BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence
  

  
  

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• Elocin member

  July 2012

  I've been having this issue with diaper changes as well. She will not sit still! She's trying to stand, thrashes around, ect, ect. I've done the books, singing, toys, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

  BFP #2 5/31/12 CP 5w2d 6/4/12 BFP #3 7/9/12 EDD 3/8/13 Another Girl!!

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