Did your baby fight diaper changes? Or, not like to have her diaper changed?
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
United States
June 11, 2008 11:24am CST
When my daughter was a baby (before 1 year old), she did not like having her diaper changed. And, I've heard that's normal. After all, it was her diaper and I was taking it away from her. Mean old Mommy!
But, of course, I always gave her a fresh and clean diaper and that made her happy. One of the things that I found made diaper time easy was soft music or singing to her during the diaper change. And, soft lighting. After all, diaper changes usually happen with the baby laying on their back, facing the ceiling, with lights in the eyes. That can't be comfortable.
I would sometimes give her a little toy to hold or something that would keep her distracted for the entire diaper change. And, by the time, she figured out that I was taking her diaper away, I would be almost done.
Often she would get rowdy and flip over on her stomach. And, refuse to turn back over. Amazingly, putting on a clean diaper is actually easier when they're laying on their stomach. (Of course, I'm talking about after the initial clean up and that's for an older baby, not a newborn.)
If you can learn how to do that trick, then you can actually change your baby while they're sleeping, without waking them up (assuming they like to sleep on their stomach the way my daughter did). If your baby (six month or up) is a stomach sleeper, then you would simply turn the diaper around, so the biggest part of padding is on the under belly side. It traps the wet better. Just experiment lots! I did.
What were your best tricks for keeping your baby occupied and fuss-free during diaper changes? Did you find that it was harder to change the diaper after they got older?
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@kezabelle (2974)
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12 Jun 08
Mostly as small babies I never had any problems changing their nappies, when they got over a year often they would get unhappy at nappy change especially if me changing their nappy took them away from some fun they were having which is understandable I think.
I found the easiest thing was to have everything ready change it quick as I could and allow them up to play again, I found trying to calm them just made things worse. My youngest just turned 2 and really is ok with nappy changing time however if anyone attempts to change her on anything higher up than the sofa she freaks out screams holds her breath gets very very scared as long as we avoid that and do her on the floor or sofa she is just fine.
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@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
13 Jun 08
Yes, mine was the same way too. As a tiny baby she adored everything I did. Then she got past one years old toward toddler stage when she still needed diapers and she did not like diaper changing time at all. Many times, I had to change her diaper on the sofa as you mentioned. She did not like anything high.
@Mythel (157)
• Philippines
11 Jun 08
I have this baby boy he's only 2 months old different from your daughter because my little son always like to have his diaper changed from time to time.he do not want to get wet.If I will not change his diaper immediately, he will cry loudly until i do so, after having diaper changed he will be happy and will give me a smile that is why I always see to it that he's comfortable, fresh and clean all day long.My son is also a stomach sleeper he cannot sleep in his crib...
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
13 Jun 08
My little girl was like your child. She did not want to be wet, either. She just didn't want to wear a diaper. I may have forgotten to mention that part. It was often a struggle, because she would pull the diaper off once she learned to stand. I tried to use those onesies that snap between the legs and cover the diaper. And that worked until she figured out how to unsnap them. At that point, I had to start potty training her! I had no choice. i'm so happy that you have such a sweet angel. Maybe the next one will be easier to change for me.
@Mythel (157)
• Philippines
12 Jun 08
yes! he is my first son, It was my first time of caring a baby.My experiences of being a mom is really difficult.I am still adjusting with my new life, with a very big responsibility but it's okay...before he was conceived I wanted him, and when he,s already in my womb how excited I am to see him and when an hour before he was delivered I would die..after the delivery I was so glad and a proud mommy to my little son. At first few weeks we spend more time for bonding he started to sleep in my stomach.He cannot sleep in his crib he will cry out loudly when I put him on crib.He also wanted to have diaper changed from time to time.He also wanted to be bath early in the morning.When I was in stress or problem one way to overcome it is to hug my little son and all of that stressor and problem will just disappear.
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
11 Jun 08
My youngest daughter is 2 years old. She will climb up and lay still when it's her dad changing her diaper. If it's me, she will throw a fit and try and kick me and get away.
I try to distract her. I usually give her something that is mine to hold until we are finished.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
13 Jun 08
I'm always amazed at how every child is different. Mine just didn't like her diapers or diaper change time.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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11 Jun 08
I never had this problem with any of mine, changing their nappies has always been easy. I have never had to change a nappy during the night either so I did not have that problem either!!
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
13 Jun 08
Wow! What was your secret. I can't remember one night when I didn't have to change a diaper. She would soak those diapers down when I used cloth diapers. I switched to the Walmart brand and then she was usually dry all night. But, when I had to change diapers it was so much easier to change than with the cloth diapers.
@cream97 (29085)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Well not that I know of.. But my youngest daughter will whine when her diaper is being changed. So, I try to gently ease the diaper off of her.. I think that her bottom is a little irritated.. But my other kids are fine. I think. I know that when I would begin to change my daughter's diaper, she would grin and laugh.. So, I guess that is her way of telling me that she was happy to get changed!
@magikrose (5429)
• United States
11 Jun 08
all 4 of of my cubs were actually pretty good at letting me change them. once in a while they would have a fit and I would always have there favorite toy handy for those times. I got really lucky with all of my kids. They were not picky eaters till now, they were not picky about there clothes till now, and for the most part kept there shoes on till now.
@michele_villasenor (624)
• Philippines
11 Jun 08
I never had problems changing my baby's diaper until recently. Maybe because at the stage she is in (1 year & 7 months), she just can't really stay put. But still I am able to change her diapers without much hassle. I'm surprised to find out that other babies are difficult to handle when it comes to diaper-changing.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
13 Jun 08
Mine was the same way. She was very well aware of her diaper situation and did not want a diaper at all at that age. We had to start potty training very early. No choice, really. She just refused to be changed often. She didn't want to sit in a wet diaper, but she wouldn't let me put a new one on her after the other one came off. That didn't make sense, but I was trying! It's way late, here.
@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
12 Jun 08
I have two children and neither one of them minded having their diaper changed. My daughter would actually sleep through having it changed half the time it was just a normal procedure for her. I am sure glad that they are out of the diaper stage now though.
@LouRhi (1502)
• Australia
12 Jun 08
I never really had any troubles changing my children's nappies. However I also did a lot of the little tricks that you mentioned.
Nappy changing time was always a fun time for us. It is not cold where I live so there was never a rush to get the nappy back on and baby dressed. I would always do little arm and leg exercises when I changed my girls. To them it was a fun game.
Talking and even singing to baby as you do things is very important as your voice gives them comfort and they are easy to work with when they know what is going on. I always gave a running commentary on everything I did
@ShealM (388)
• Canada
11 Jun 08
Distractions like a favorite toy, singing, talking and funny faces kept my little ones occupied while I was doing diaper changes. I've pulled that all infamous while they were sleeping quick diaper changes on my kidlets too. Sometimes it was the only way I could get it done without having to struggle with a diaper, diaper wipe and squirmy baby trying to use their new found "I can roll over" moves *lol*.
It's the dressing my youngest in clothes that is the most difficult task, he hates being dressed or changed for clothing - can't stand when the shirt gets pulled over his head, something about it seems to really bother him and he does a funky "baby is not happy" dance all over the place when I try to dress him. He'll actually try to crawl away and hide when he sees me coming with a change of clothes!
