NEED TO PURCHASE TWO EXTRA HANDS ASAP.....or Just a Really Good Solution

I would suggest giving him something to play with or just make silly faces at him to keep him distracted! I know thats what the other moms are saying but I also wanted to suggest using your leg to hold him down. If he is laying on the floor between your legs, if you swing one leg up over his body across his mid section, it would help hold down his hands for you. If he gets them pried out then he probably couldn't reach his private area anyhow (longer distance reaching over your legs). I almost forgot that one of my sister's friends had to resort to that for difficult changes and I have had to use that technique once or twice myself. Good Luck

www.momtomombiz.com

Have you tried giving him something like a remote or other "odd" object? My son did this too and I gave him things he doesn't normally have a chance to play with. Another thing I have done was sing really loud and make silly faces which may only help for a few seconds, but hey every second helps right?

My daughter was awful to change. She would not lie down for a second for me to even get her bottoms off. When dad & I finally get her down, she would keep her legs stiff so that I couldn't lift them up and try toss to the right then to the left while I try to wipe her. It took 2 of us to change her. We started making funny face when she would begin to toss and turn her body. The funny faces kept her from tossing all over the place.

Maybe you should try a little game such simon says. When you are taking his bottoms off..simon says legs up then simon says legs down..and when you get to the diaper..simon says arms up or arms on head..etc. I'm not sure it'll distract him from reaching down there..he is a male..(hehehehe)

Good Luck!

Hello I know where you are coming from i have a 1 yr old boy and he does the same. What ya gotta do is hold his hands and legs at same time but he might get free my son does it all the time. So there aint nothing else you can do it is just hard.

My 20 month old likes to put his hands in a the way while I'm changing him too. What I do is tell him he's stinky, stinky, stinky. That gets him going and laughing. And usually while I am changing him I tickle him a few times. That has him grabbing for my hand instead of the dirty mess I'm trying to clean. I also talk to him about holding his legs up so I can clean the "yucky" stuff off. I say things like gross, ick, yuck, you don't want to touch the poo, oooo gross. It usually keeps him laughing and distracted long enough to get the job done. Mind you, I have to work fast!

I love this question. Great timing. I also checked out everyone's advise. My son's getting over a bacterial infection and when I asked the nurse if he could re-infect himself she kind of laughed me off saying only if he were to reach down into his soiled diaper area and put his hand to his mouth! THANKS! He's 16 months and as you suggested a little boy is very curious to reach around down there as he's getting changed and trying to keep him from squirming and reaching...Aaargh!

We've tried games and he only gets to kicking around in the fun fest of faces too much fun I guess. We've tried board books and remotes and toys and sometimes they work. The best distration I've found is a soft plastic ball that I'll throw up in the air and hand to him. Then we play toss while getting him changed!

LOL -Good luck on your "speedy pit stops."

This requires being acrobatic. Both of my sons did this and I had to pin their upper arms with my feet while I changed them. Eventually they got the idea and gave up. But goodness knows, they still explore themselves while bathing or in other 'private' places, so this method doesn't seem to encourage any neuroses. Good luck!

I know what you are feeling. My son is 16 mos and has been doing that since he was just before a year old. My method may not be as acceptable as others, but it worked.

Whenever he would reach down there while changing, I would tell him yucky and slap his hand and tell him "hands up". If he reached again I would slap it again and say "hands up". He eventually got the picture.

Now, so not to reinforce that his private area is bad, I also (hate to use this word) 'encourage' him to play with it, but only at bath time. This way he knows when it is ok to play with himself and when it is not.
I'll admit, he cried the first few weeks I started this, but it made things a lot easier for me.

I also did this trick on my oldest. It really worked with him, as after a while he would fold him arms behind his head like he was relaxing.