Anyone else feel like diaper changes are the equivalent of wrestling an eel?
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I feel this. My son has started rolling over and will do it on his changing table. Now I've started having his Nana help me by holding him on her while we do diaper changes. The only time he will lay still is when it's nighttime before bed and his last bottle.
My girl will try to crawl away with half the diaper flapping lol. It definitely is a struggle but today was the worst because she had a poopy diaper and I wanted get as much off before her bath.. ooo did she scream so loud. But as soon as I put her in the tub she was fine.
I have found that putting a small toy that doesn't get in his way in his hands and singing to him helps keep him calm and focused on me and the toy instead of rolling. It doesn't always work but it does about 80% of the time.
My son has been doing this easily for over a month now. It makes me dread changes so much because I literally get tired out from trying to restrain him. Sometimes he’ll cry, other times he’ll laugh at me 🥲😭
Me too!! We have the socks with toys/rattles on them and put them on my daughters hands. She takes them off but it stuns her for a bit- there’s spray diaper cream also that shortens the whole diaper changing process
I feel every message like it was mine .. my boy has been doing this near a month and screams like I am killing him every change he does not want to be in his back so it is a wresrling battle and do it as quick as we can, his dad works at night so when I take him to the bed after his bath his dad is sleeping I try to be quite and quick but he screams and always ends waking dad up
Mine is doing this too 😅 I turn her glowworm on and then give her one of her crinkle books and it seems to help sometimes. It just depends, but yeah, she really likes to try to alligator roll!
It’s a battle!!! My 8 month old does not let us do it at all. Half the time I have to just do it with her standing up. So hard lol She goes thru phases of it where it’s worse bc if she’s teething she doesn’t want to lay down AT ALL
@Brittany it’s like a game for them. I literally hand her stuff and she throws them
Hearing that you all are dealing with it too makes me feel better! Haha I am just trying to laugh and get through it, fingers crossed it's over soon 😅
We've been battling butt change for a month. I've stopped fighting against her and just work around her running off. Thankfully in public restrooms she will lay still because it's weird and different bit at home it's an Olympic sport.