Nappy changing nightmare!

oystercatcher

Be firm.
Who's in charge ?

RAS

I tended to operate differently, since the little one had tried to scoot off the changing mat.

So I learned to change her on the floor (no where to fall) and used one knee to nail one leg to the floor.

lesley1960

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

Oh dear! I must have been a monster mum
My daughter used to try and stop me changing her nappy at this age and I just told her off and worst case I would pin her to the nappy mat at the crucial moment to keep her still

lol me too

Alikay

I used the ankle-holding technique too, coupled with a stern look and a sharp "No" when they stopped wriggling and tried the the Bucking Bronco routine instead

Melon78

I've always changed mine on a mat in their cot, they really can't escape that far lol. My 14 month old daughter is constantly trying to escape so i now have a little bag hung on a peg above her cot, she has an obsession with bags so loves me getting it down for her (she is only ever allowed it at nappy change time!). Inside is a set of toy keys, little purse and a few little plastic bangles that she adores putting on and taking off - keeps her still for the couple of minutes needed to clean her up.

HTH

Felicity

I agree with the 'be firm, who is in charge' approach .... a lot easier said though sometimes.

Have you tried getting her involved with the process?

I give my son (17 months) the wipes and tell him what a good helper he is when he is passing them to me. Loads of positive attention.

Children love to help out at this age, as I am sure you know. If she feels she is involved then it might distract her and feel like its a joint effort.

OK, there might be too many wipes come out at time but it is easier to put them back in again. My son has just got the handle of 'ok we are finished' and he will stop.

Good luck! This is a wonderful, but very trying age as our little poppets seem to test the boundaries to the extreme!

Also please remember to keep your sanity if at all possible! We seem to lurch from one phase to another at the moment (just come out of the hitting phase, phew!!!) and they never really last too long, although it does seem like forever at the time!

Money_maker

Great thread, made me laugh, all doing same as me! My lo also likes to look at clean nappy (lotsa pictures on it).

scruffy96uk

I find that if it's not a dirty nappy let her stand up and just pop the nappy on while she is standing. Put something in her cot (a toy/anything that they like) just far enough away so she struggles to reach it get her to hold the cot bars and she will attempt to get the item while you pop the nappy on. Or even let ther stand infront of the telly what ever she can stand for more than a minute doing!! Turn her round check it's on right and hey presto nappies on just like that lol :rotfl:Oh and practice makes perfect:rotfl:

Katyag

Like a previous poster, Ive always changed DS2 on my knee and hes 20 months now and still manage it fine, DH cant understand how I do it as he cant! He wriggles but i do the ankle hold too or if its a long nappy change (ie big mess lol) then he occasionally gets the remote for the lights to occupy him.

Cookie_monster_7

Raksha wrote: »

It's been a long time since I changed nappied (youngest is now nearly 12), but I remember holding both ankles (with a finger between to stop ankle bones rubbing), so long as both feet are pointing the right way, the rest of the body has to stay that way up too. Granted, there was a lot of wriggling going on in the middle, but a firm twist on the ankles got it all back in place....... (Now I sound like some kind of monster!)

I hold her ankles. But she turns her head and torso round and lifts her bum off the mat. So I still have her ankles but she's halfway off the mat and squirming and screaming. She is so strong that sometimes both me and oh struggle to get a dirty nappy changed.

As for showing her who's in charge oystercatcher. I have held her arms down. Looked her in the eye and said "NO". What else can you do at this age to show them who is in charge...I'm not going to smack her.

However I will try the pinning down on the floor with my knees...not tried that yet. Some great suggestions thanks!