STOP MOVING...baby won't stop moving when changing diaper

[trulypearl]

  My 10 month old won't stop rolling over or moving when ever I change his diaper.  I tried to give him something to play with, but before I can finish, he is done with it and wants to roll over.  I tried to sing and talk to him while changing but that doesn't work either.  I also explained to him that his diaper is dirty and mommy needs to change it.  He doesn't care! LOL!!!  He can go all day with a wet diaper with I allow him.  When my husband is home he would try to distract him by playing with him or hold him down.  He then would scream very loud.  How can I change diaper peacefully without a fight?   

[nhockaday]

Good luck with that. It's something that most babies will do at one point or another. The best thing to do is give him a selection of toys to play with or have someone or something else distract him.

[trulypearl]

I guess I just have to deal with it.  > Hopefully he will learn to stop moving and just let me change him

[nhockaday]

My son does it sometimes too. Just try not to raise your voice or show that you are angry b/c that may make him do it more!

[Twinergy]

I know this can be very frustrating especially when you are trying to clean up a dirty diaper.  It could be worse, my son discovered every boy’s favorite toy  about that time.  His hands were occupied, he was happy and he stopped wiggling.  This helped with wet diapers, but then the challenge was keeping his hands out of the mess when his diaper was dirty without getting mad and giving him body issues by telling him that’s dirty.   Playing peek-a-boo really helps me.  I raise my elbow and shoulder and hide behind my upper arm, which leaves my hands free to change the diaper.  I also recently discovered if I give them a container (something indestructible like Vaseline container) and talk about open/close while they take the lid on & off they have fun with that.  This works for an 18 month old, I’m not sure how well it would work for a 10 month old.   

[staceycanada]

We keep little things that aren't really baby toys by the change table to hand to dd when she's being changed. She likes things like keys, hair elastics, lego, etc. Stuff we wouldn't normally let her play with. She can play with it on the change table until she is done being changed.

I also hung a musical pull toy above the change table just low enough that she can kick it.

Any little thing helps.

[PY]

I know exactly what you mean!!! My 14 months old does the same thing, she will move and try to stand up everytime I have to change her diaper ...it is such a big challenge to change her diaper...LOL..I feel like I am an army girl and I have to be ready for everything.
Anyways, finally what I do to keep her intertained with something while I do the job, I give her a empty plastic container of one of her lotions that she loves...I know sounds silly but IT WORKS!! she likes to chew on it and that keeps her really busy even after  I am done changing her diaper.

I don't know what your baby likes to chew on, probably you can use something else..good luck

[AprylP]

one thing that I remember helping was trying to make the whole diaper change into a game. Instead of just jerking him down and doing the job, I started saying "Can you help Mommy by putting your legs up like this...Good job..."(tickle his feet, blow rasberries on his tummy)..."OK, now can you hlod them down like this?" maybe it's just because he generally likes helping, but he got to where he knew when to hold his legs up and when to put them down (lots of kisses of course). I don't know if you've already tried something like that, but I just thought I'd share...
Hope you find something that helps

[nhockaday]

I know this can be very frustrating especially when you are trying to clean up a dirty diaper.  It could be worse, my son discovered every boy’s favorite toy  about that time.  His hands were occupied, he was happy and he stopped wiggling.  This helped with wet diapers, but then the challenge was keeping his hands out of the mess when his diaper was dirty without getting mad and giving him body issues by telling him that’s dirty. 

Ha Ha. My son loves that "toy" too. I tell him that he cannot touch until it's clean, but sometimes he still tries. No biggie if he is just wet, but I definitely don't want his hands down there if he is stinky. Oh the joys of boys!

[PY]

I know this can be very frustrating especially when you are trying to clean up a dirty diaper.  It could be worse, my son discovered every boy’s favorite toy  about that time.  His hands were occupied, he was happy and he stopped wiggling.  This helped with wet diapers, but then the challenge was keeping his hands out of the mess when his diaper was dirty without getting mad and giving him body issues by telling him that’s dirty. 

Ha Ha. My son loves that "toy" too. I tell him that he cannot touch until it's clean, but sometimes he still tries. No biggie if he is just wet, but I definitely don't want his hands down there if he is stinky. Oh the joys of boys!

Lol...that sounds interesting!!

[Twinergy]

Ha Ha. My son loves that "toy" too. I tell him that he cannot touch until it's clean, but sometimes he still tries. No biggie if he is just wet, but I definitely don't want his hands down there if he is stinky. Oh the joys of boys!

Thank you for that advice nhockaday.  I was always a little uncomfortable telling him no when he had a dirty diaper.  That is a much better way to say it.

[nhockaday]

Actually, what I did, was when he first discovered his penis, I explained that it needed to be cleaned before he could touch it. I would do that every time he went for it. Now he goes for it as soon as we're done wiping.

[hypatia]

Whenever her nappy is *really* dirty, I fill the bathroom sink with a little bit of warm soppy water, quickly clean my daughter and get her to sit in the sink. She ends up really clean and actually calms down in the warm water.

[rose08]

Hi I have had that problem with my daughter ever since she learned to crawl she just wanted to be moving.
I tried giving her toys but they were boring she wanted to play.

I used to try playing games with her, blowing rasberries on her tummy, making it fun, but she still tried to run away and when I tried to hold her still she would get upset and hold her breath, before letting out a ripper of a scream, like I was killing her  Living in a unit I was worried that I might have next door neighbours knocking on my door. 

Now at 12 months I keep her quiet by letting her play with an empty vaseline container, it fascinates her as I always have one with me for my lips I find letting her play with unusual things will keep her still...especially shoes...she will chew on them (they are quite clean) all day if i let her.

I am using cloth nappies with pins, , so she really doesnt want to wriggle too much...

Just try letting your baby play with something safe, that isnt a regular toy, eg. an empty container that is just right for baby hands.

Best of luck, hope it gets better

[MonkeynoseMomma]

I had the same issue with my little girl, Espescially  after she could walk. She never wanted to be still. She always had a plan and diapering disrupted it. She wanted the wet diaper off, and then she'd make her break for with naked buns. 
I was distraught. If I tried to make her stay she'd cry as if her heart was breaking.
Then I heard of a montessori toddler care program where they diaper standing as soon as the child is able to stand. They also anounce everything they are about to do before they do it. All of this is to show respect and so the child won't feel so imposed upon.
I tried this and it worked.
Diapering standing up wasn't the easiest, but it's better than an unhappy wailing child.
I hope this helps.

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