fighting my 9 mo old son

Natasha - posted on 07/07/2010

huh! mine has been doing the same thing! than my mom gave me a real helpful tip strightn out your legs and put him between them hook your feet behind his head. give him a toy or bottle and than change his dipar he may fuss but there is nowhere for him to go he will eventually give up, it works so nuch better than the trama of restraining him. good luck!

Erica - posted on 07/07/2010

my daughter has been doing that a lot . shes 10 months old now . i let her hold the diaper and wipes to get her mind off of moving around and that helps out a lot . good luck :)

Sarah - posted on 07/07/2010

my daughter has been doing this for a while too,i gave up trying to force her to stay still now i just change her while shes standing up, shes really good at standing alone, but i hold her in between my knees for balance just in case and she usually pretty happy to just stand there and let me do it...but if its a really messy poop i have to make her lay down and hold her

Chanea - posted on 07/07/2010

maybe we should try glue and duck tape

Chanea - posted on 07/07/2010

girl yes mine is 10 months and we go at it when its time to change the butt i have to hold her wit one hand which doesn't work and change wit the other she runs every time until i've cleaned her mess then she still i. d.k just normal i guess any who ya not alone

Lucinda - posted on 07/07/2010

have you tried singing suddenly, i notice sometimes it works!

Laura - posted on 07/07/2010

I usually give my daughter a diaper or wipe to play with. Sometimes clothing or the tube of diaper cream is enough to keep her interested until I get her cleaned up. If I have to, I'll pick her up diaperless just so she stops squirming and sit her on the diaper to put it on.

Nicole - posted on 07/07/2010

My son is the exact same way. The toys used to work to keep him distracted but now the only thing I can hand him that keeps him still long enough is a clean diaper and a wipe and I tell him he can help mommy by holding these things. He will lay there while I change him and then we are both happy!

Samantha - posted on 07/07/2010

Since my daughter was 7 months old and able to crawl changing her nappy and getting her washed and dressed is a nightmare. If my fiance is home, he stands over her waving a toy to keep her distracted. Other then that I'm getting a bit of an expert at putting on a nappy while she is standing up against the activity centre playing after she has escaped from the changing mat.



I'm going to try the sticky tape trick suggested, thanks.

Amanda - posted on 07/06/2010

I still use the changing table because my son is so squirmy. It is so difficult to change his diaper or dress/undress him if I don't.

Tiffany - posted on 07/06/2010

I have sometimes had to put my legs on either side of my daughter and hold her arms down with my legs. Not hard of course, and if she fights too much then I pick her up so she wont strain herself too much.
But the toy thing has worked until the last week or two, now she doesnt really care what I try and give her. Im gonna have to try the tape thing and see if she likes it =)

Jess - posted on 07/06/2010

Ava does this as well, it drives me nuts ! I have found the best thing is a piece of sticky tape.... a big one, and you hold baby down to the change table with it..... J/K !

I found giving Ava a strip of sticky tape keeps her busy long enough for me to change her. Its funny watching her try and pass it from one hand to the other without getting it stuck to herself !

Alicia - posted on 07/05/2010

My son tries to escape every diaper change too. I have to stretch my legs out on both sides of him so he cant roll, talk to him, make funny noises AND give him a toy to play with to get through every diaper change.

Marie - posted on 07/05/2010

My son is the same way! It's frustrating! Lately I've been giving him his shoes, since he doesn't wear them anyway. He'll play with them usually long enough for me to change him, but daddy is slower and it doesn't work for him. Sometimes, dad will get the diaper on and then give up. Let him go around the house without clothes on. Which is alright I guess.

Teresa - posted on 07/05/2010

My son does and boy is he strong!! Sometimes it takes both me and hubby to hold him down so we can get a change!

Andrea - posted on 07/05/2010

I think to a certain point my all my kids did this some worse than others. I usaully give them something thy don't typically get to play with to distract them such as my cell phone, another clean diaper, anything like that usually works for my daughter.

Sarah - posted on 07/05/2010

My son does the exact same thing. He fights me when I change his diaper AND when I try to dress or undress him. He is EVERYWHERE lol. He cries, flips around, tries to crawl away, kicks, etc. I have to chase him around the room to try and get his clothes on. I don't know what to do either. I try to distract him with toys or something & sometimes it helps a little bit. I guess they are at that age where they are SOO busy & don't want to stop long enough to get changed or dressed!

Kassi - posted on 07/05/2010

My son has just started doing this as well. I'm not sure why they insist on doing it. I'm also not sure there is anything you can do to stop them from doing it. I don't hold him down though I just continue to fight with him. I have taught him NO though and he listens most of the time. So he only fights me for a sec or two now because he knows I'm serious. Not sure if you have taught your son what no means, but it seems to work for me! :) hope that helps in some way!