son won't lie still

[carshazzie]

Hi everyone,

My son won't lie still when it's time to have his nappy changed. It doesn't matter if I'm putting him in a disposable or cloth nappy he just seems to hate nappy change time or putting a nappy on, he pushes it away or takes it off me and throws it away. I've thought about toilet traing or pre toilet training at least, but not sure what to do, so I'm still struggling with him at change time to get him to lie down for 5 mins.:banghead:

I've tried giving him toys to pay with or anything else that I find and that doesn't seem to work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks heaps.
Sharon :confused:

[Littletreasures]

no suggestions sorry but my DS does exactly the same thing and it annoys me so bad he even kicks me in the tummy now and it hurts so much.... Let me know if you find a cure:thumbsup:

[carshazzie]

I just tried changing him in from of the television with his favourite movie on. That kept him still, but I don't have confidence that it will work all the time, but I guess only time will tell.

[Shanaynay]

I know exactly what you need - Cheezelkat was asking about nappies that you can just pull on like pull-ups, so they can stay standing up.
Not sure if she ended up finding any though!

[Blueberry Crumble]

God, no kidding I go through this all the time. He is not so bad with nappy changing, but dressing. When I dress him, it is seriously like a wrestling match sometimes. I even have used one of my feet to pit down his shoulder just to keep him from rolling over and crawling away! Sometimes it takes both my partner and I just to dress him. I guess there is more important things in his life that getting dressed!

[OJandMe]

we bribe :o .

With anything and everything. A ride in the car, watching their favourite video, being allowed to jump on the bed. What I find is working well lately (and works when I need them to take medicine too) is a spoon full of sugar or milo. (just a teaspoon... and not really 'full' I wet the spoon first so the milo or sugar just sticks to the spoon, so it's not really a lot.

Otherwise I blow on their tummy while I'm changing their nappy. and let them 'honk' my nose, and ask them questions about where different parts of their body are.

When bribing doesn't work, I find the blowing on the tummy works a real treat! Coz they can't really truggle when they're laughing. :thumbsup:

[mum33]

god..i go through that now and DS likes to kick me in the belly and i am nearly 30 weeks pregnant...not good...

he also does this when he has to be dressed after a shower or bath..

why do they put up such a fight....??

[Blueberry Crumble]

What I find is working well lately is a spoon for of sugar or milo.

:thumbsup:

:laughing::laughing::laughing: Heaps funny

[Natsmummy]

I feel your pain! This is our biggest source of contention every day.

[fairygothmother]

I know exactly what you need - Cheezelkat was asking about nappies that you can just pull on like pull-ups, so they can stay standing up.
Not sure if she ended up finding any though!

Huggies have "Nappy Pants" now... kinda like a cross between nappies and Pull-ups. Don't think they're designed to be as absorbent as nappies though, so you might need to change them more often. They're in the Nappy aisle at the shops, with everything else.


Hate to sound cliched... but the wriggling might just be a phase. My DS went through a very active case of the 'nappy change wiggles', but he's much better now... it only really lasted a couple of months. It got very frustrating though!

[carshazzie]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one with this problem. I too have him trying to run away when it's time to get dressed and I almost have to run after him and tackle him just to keep him still but this just seems to spur him on, make him laugh and then he does it more.

We do get the odd change time where he will sit still, usually at the end of the day, but I think he's just too tired to be bothered putting up a fight by then. :)

I have tried the huggies nappy pants things and yes they don't last as long as regular nappies, are quite expensive and he still runs away in any case cos he loves to be 'nudie'.

[CurlyG]

I'm reading all of these posts and it's like looking into my future! :eek:
My daughter at 8 months wriggles, rolls, kicks her legs and the one that really irks me - she goes completely stiff! I'm sure you can appreciate how difficult it is to change a nappy on someone who is as stiff as a board! :banghead: :laughing:

[NZMama]

My DD2 is the same....she wont even come to me if she sees a nappy in my hand.
In the morning I tend to take her pjs off in the cot and put her top on in there...for some strange reason she dosnt fight me. Except she takes her time to swap her giraffe from hand to hand as she puts her arms in.
She also kicks me in the tummy or very cleverly wraps her legs around each arm and pulls my arms away so I cant undo or do-up the nappy.
I find though if I turn it into a game and talk to her she will on occassion come over and lie down of her own free-will. Her older sister coming to talk to her while I am changing her helps as well as any other distraction....the only time I willingly give up my cellphone. My DD isnt a fan of TV programmes but music so I just play one of my mp3 ringtones, put it on repeat and give it to her.
Im pretty sure I can change a nappy in like 10 seconds flat because of the wriggling :laughing:

[Seekrit]

I give cobey a wipe to play with/suck on :o
Or just a piece of paper to play with...

and sometimes i just let him loose in the house with no nappy on for a while.