When Changing Diapers Becomes Torture

This happened to me and my son as well. I swear I got to be the fastest diaper changer in the west! Lol. I just had to be really fast and try to pin him down as well as I could while I changed him. This phase lasted for about 2 months, and then suddenly, it stopped. I used to say things to him, like "stay still" and "no,no" and whatever else I could think of. Try giving him new toys that he hasn't seen before, or even things that aren't toys, but are ok to play with. We didn't have the strap on the changing pad, I think that would have been very helpful. If you can, try that. Good luck!

When all else fails...change him on the floor and put your leg over his tummy so that he is right under your knee. My son also went through this phase and i literally had to pin him down to the floor to change his diaper. I usually gave him a wash cloth to put on his face for us to play peek a boo or like others have mentioned a toy or other object he hadn't seen before but those distractions didn't always help. Once he realized that i was going to win every time because he couldn't get out from under my leg then he stopped fighting it but it took a while. Like everything else.. it's just a phase to work through.

OK, what you do is this: put him back down and just say," please lay still so I can change your diaper." Then, when he moves, do it again, and again, and again, and again. I found myself laughing the first few times, but after doing this a few times, my daughter stopped trying to escape.

I plan on doing EC with my son around the 8 month mark, so if I was you, I'd keep it up! I did a little EC with my daughter, and wish I would have started sooner --we started at 9 months but then I took a long break and didn't start up again until 15 months. She's 22 months and almost fully trained (I'm hoping this is the week we move to undies at night time too!)

Both my boys did this and the youngest still does. If it's just a wet diaper, standing up while changing always works. It's easiest if you have them standing next to a chair so they can hold onto something and look at a book or toy. Just put the diaper on from the back and reach around to fasten. I also use this method in public restrooms. If it's a dirty diaper and they can't stand to change it, i just put my leg over them to hold him down. He eventually stops trying to get out. Obviously we are on the floor when changing him! I put a washable rug on the floor and lay him down on that.

Try all the products you are using on yourself. When my children struggled, I tried out the baby wipes. Even though they were labeled "alcohol free," they stung like hot chili peppers! Changes WERE torture!

I have the same problem! I do a lot of diaper changes while the baby is standing up. Sometimes it works to do some tickling and tummy kisses, and then they'll lie still for the diaper change. My daughter loves "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and for a while it worked to sing it and she would usually lie still, but that phase seems to have passed. Mine are super wriggly, and it sounds like yours it too -- I stopped putting them on the changing table because it didn't seem safe, even with a strap.

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My daughter...used be very squirmy...age a year about...I got very good at changing her while she was standing...hard at first but it gets better the more you do it. Also, you might want to try to strap him onto the diaper change table...I got a diaper changing pad...that had a strap...so there were times when I had to strap her on it....much easier to change her and safer.
good luck.
bye K.

hello, my son is the same way!! i can't remember when he started to be so wiggly, but it's been a while and now at 1, he still hates diaper changing, especially in the middle of the night!!! he screams/cries and kicks his legs at me, but i do what one other mom said, is to give him something that he's never played w/ before that is safe for him! sometimes i give him a big calculater to play with or an empty cup! that usually helps to stop him from kicking me at least!! i've just learned that you have to put the new diaper underneath first, then do your changing and wiping, then take the old diaper off and secure the new one! at least that's what i do! it works for me, sometimes it doesn't because he's just hates it, but it gets done either way! =) hope this helps and good luck!!

My son is like that and the trick I use, which might seem unconventional. Who said he had to be lying down to put the diaper on, right? After all, he hates lying on his back when so much is going on. So, I get the diaper and "pre-pin" it like an underwear, then pull it up like pull ups while holding him next to me. Works like a charm even when those legs are kicking!

Singing worked for us.

when my daughter was little I had the same problem; then I read a book called "it worked for me" that suggested to put (or install) the mobile on the changing table so when you are changing him he is looking up at the animals and listening to the music.
This worked for me as a charm!