7 month old who HATES getting nappy changed - HELP!

[IAdoreYou]

Please somebody ..

All i get is kicks and screams and nearly rolls off the change table :eek:

It is MADNESS when Brooke has to be nappy changed and dressed!!!

why is this ?

any tips ?

I have tried ..

DUMMY ( works until she gets her fingers in it and it flies accross the room )
TOY ( gets thrown )
HAT ( works a for a while )

HELP ??

thanks.

[LittleBoysRock]

Hi Lisa,

Just wanted to let you kinow that DS is also 7 months old and he also hates having his nappy/clothes put on. :banghead:

I dont have any advice but hey I feel your pain!! lol

Fingers crossed this stage doesnt last forever!! :fingerscrossed:

[Rhys'Mum]

I thought it was just us!!!!!!!!!!!

My little man started this - at about the same age. Screaming, kicking, turning red in the face, enormous tanties that would last the whole nappy change and be gone the instant he got up.

In our case I think a lot of it is about control. He is dead keen on standing at the moment and hates being laid down except to go to sleep (and sometimes even then). What I have had some success with is letting him stand up to me for a while then showing him or letting him see a toy (sometimes one he can hold, sometimes a pull toy attached to the change table) and laying him down as he bends to pick it up (helping him rather than making him, I think). Doesn't work all the time but is working more often the last week or so. I'm hoping maybe he's growing out of it or just can't be bothered anymore because it never really got him too far.

We also have a wooden hanging mobile over the change table and one over where we stand (yes, we got desperate) and sometimes they work as a distraction (of course not the one we used the time before - I've seen that already).

[IAdoreYou]

Mon - OH thank lord its not just me :eek: its so hard somedays!

I just replied to your 2nd baby question :thumbsup:

[IAdoreYou]

D - PHEW! I'm so glad you guys were in the same boat. I really think its a bit of control here as well.

Just have to keep going I guess!

[Rah]

Hi,
My little DS is the same age and he does a similiar thing, tries to almost climb off the change table when I am changing Him, tries rolling etc. (end up with his jump suit clipped up all wrong...) I worked in a Childcare Centre before I had him and noticed around this age alot of babies seem to do a similar thing, maybe to them it is something new that they can do. (Most babies at the Childcare Centre seemed to stay still again during nappy changes at about 9months, so I am hoping my DS will do the same.):fingerscrossed:

[Mother Duck]

I so remember this! - in fact if you put the same sort of topic in the search there will be an old thread on this very topic!

Mickayla used to do it too.

The good news is that is doesn't last forever

I am trying to remember some of the solutions, I think the main one was distraction.

Rasberries on the feet - lots of interactive noises for them to concentrate on etc etc

Maybe not one toy but maybe new toys just for that time etc??

Maybe even a rusk stick to suck on????

I think it is also really important 1 - not to let it show that it is frustrating you or getting you down and 2 - not to give in or give up

Although I think there were times that I learned to change her standing up but overall I just persisted persisted persisted!

I know this may sound dicky but I remember saying to my Mum at the time "ah but she is just SO strong" - and my trusty ma says to me..."yes, but you are stronger!"

Very true! Good Luck Lovely Ladies! :)

[Rhys'Mum]

OOOOHHHH thank you Jessie, so there is hope!!!!!:smiliedance:

I love your mum's comment. It seems I have been blessed with an incredibly strong willed little man (well he is a combination of his dad and I after all) but I have 30odd years over him and a heck of a weight advantage. When I'm ready to cave I'll have to think of that because she's right.

Thanks for all the ideas, will do a search too, every little bit helps and what worked today invariably doesn't work tomorrow.

[IAdoreYou]

THANKYOU Jessie !!!

Knowing it doesn't last forever is great !!!!!!! :fingerscrossed:

[Foxy]

I got a great idea from a previous thread, someone suggested (I think MarthaM) a small baby mirror. This worked a treat for us, after all, males can look at themselves the whole day!

[HoopDeeDoo]

Noah started doing it around the same age, and now he can walk he tends to sit up rather than roll over so its a bit easier.

The best thing to do with him was to give him something he usually can't play with, a container or a plastic spatula or something thats mummies.

Good luck it's sooooo frustrating but it does get a little easier :banghead:

[Mother Duck]

Good on you guys - sounds like you are in better spirits - I really do remember how trying this was - the mirror is a fantastic idea!!!

Good Luck :)