Baby & Toddler

Every diaper change with our crawler is now a wrestling match

willow_puzzle_8546

He flips onto his tummy the second he's on the mat and is halfway across the room before the old diaper is off. Toys, singing, a rattle in each hand, my phone (yes, I know). Nothing buys more than ten seconds. My partner does the daytime ones and has developed some kind of one-handed technique. I do mornings and evenings and mostly end up chasing a half-dressed baby round the bed. What worked for you at this stage? Or is it just survive till he's out of diapers?

3 comments

  • hazel_compass_2633

    Have you tried changing him standing up? Once they're pulling up, lying down is the fight. Pant-style diapers made it a two-minute job when our son was that age.

  • pebble_wave_874

    Ours is the same age and flips like a fish. What works about half the time: one 'special' toy that only comes out at changing time, so it never gets boring. Ours is a small torch. Today it worked, tomorrow who knows 😄

    • quiet_pebble_371

      tried the torch trick last night after reading this. he shone it in my eyes for the entire change. still counts

    • cinnamon_diary_4195

      Replying to @quiet_pebble_371

      Ha, that counts in my book :) The torch phase lasted ages with mine. She's 10 now and still steals my torch during power cuts.

    • dusk_sketch_8982

      The special-toy idea worked for both my girls. One thing from the skin side, since I see the results in clinic: when changes turn into a fight they get rushed, the skin doesn't get dried properly, and that's often when rashes start. A few extra seconds with a soft cloth is worth it even if he's protesting ❤

    • willow_puzzle_8546

      Replying to @dusk_sketch_8982

      That explains a red patch we noticed this week; the evening changes have been ninety-second jobs. Will slow down, and a torch is going on tomorrow's shopping list.

  • teal_drum_8371

    With my younger one we turned it into a 'where's your nose, where's your ear' game. Half the time she forgot to escape because she was busy pointing. She's 9 now and I'd completely forgotten about it until I read this.

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