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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
blueandgray
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Why are diaper changes a battle?
blueandgray
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DD is 13 months and has a panic attack whenever I get near the changing table these days, or try to put on her diaper after a little bit of naked post-bath time. She gets a death grip around me so I have to pry her off, cries hysterically, constantly tries to flip over, flails her legs (usually right into the open poopy diaper), and is otherwise kind of a monster to change her diaper.
She's had a little bit of a minor diaper rash lately which may be the problem, but nothing worse than she's ever had in the past (and they've always been very mild, and clear up quickly). Is it just a control thing? I've tried distractions with toys, singing songs, giving her non-toy objects to hold (like my watch, or the diaper cream tube)...any other suggestions? Its a battle every time!!
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Re: Why are diaper changes a battle?
This. DD has been doing this for months. I just try and change her as fast as possible and without removing her pants/shorts if possible....its such a headache. She also tries to rip her diapers off so we gotta keep something on her at all times.
She's just mad you're making her do something she doesn't want to do. Life is tool fun for diaper changes.
Like PPs, I just do it and get done, tears be damned.
It sounds a lot more awful but it's 4xs as fast as finding a distraction and then picking up said distraction a million times in a 2 minute diaper change.
I will say if I have time, I will take her diaper off then let her run for a bit. It's good for her bottom and she seems much easier to get the diaper on the second time. However, when real life is in the way I hold her down and get it over.
Because they are torture, torture! - says Dd
My only luck is standing her in front of a window and changing her while she's standing and distracted.
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This. I try and sing and sometimes that distracts her but if I am forceful and just bust it out quick, it's easier on both of us. When I show her I'm not messing around, she's less prone to act out so bad. Whenever DH tried to do it, he kind of coddles her and it's just WAY worse. Maybe just be more firm and down to business? Good luck.
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