changing my 11 month year old daughter is horrible. sometimes i feel like crying. as soon as that diaper comes off she freaks out and twists and turns, and putting a new diaper on is a job in itself too. she also does this when i try to put cloths on her. will she ever get over this, or when she walks will she just run from me???? it's like she's having these nasty hissy fits and stiffens uo her whole body.

dd daughter does this with me sometimes. it sucks! cause she is only five months old! i noticed that she does it if she is 'hyper' and is eager to get away and practice crawling, or when she is not in a good mood. i have noticed that if i change her in her crib under the mobile that it helps to distract her better. i hope someone has some suggestions or advice cause i'm curious too. sorry im not much help just wanted you to know that you're not alone!

My son is 6 months and does this.. I was hoping it was only a phase

i'm new to this board, can you tell me what the abbreviations mean, when people say dd and ds????

yeah, and it does suck, lol. i was wondering if they get over this phase anytime soon. my daughter does it EVERY time i have to change her. and nothing will work at all.it's like i almost have to force her down, and she flips out. she just so wants to get loose from me and crawl around naked!! :dizzy:

Hey,

My cousins baby used to be like this. Well she was about 3/4 months ago. She never liked me or my mum change her nappy but she was ok with her mum doing it.

I don't think why she was like this but she's ok now. She still has a hissy fit but not as bad. I think it's a self concouis thing but i don't know.

I hope you get your baby sorted soon, if he/she still does it then take her/him to the doctor or midwife or someone who can help. He/she will be ok.

Good luck X

i'm new to this board, can you tell me what the abbreviations mean, when people say dd and ds????



DD= Dear Daughter DS= Dear Son DH= Dear Husband, etc.. :)

I am not to that stage or age yet, but have you tried to make it fun by playing games or talking silly with her while changing her. Try to tickle her or make noises with your mouth or silly faces. Maybe a toy would distract her? I do these things now with my alomost 6 month old. She tries to roll away from me so she can look at other things!

I can't help you out really but I think it must be something about the age. lol DS is a year old, but he started doing the same thing at 11 months. I dread changing his diapers! It's taken me upwards of 10-15 min sometimes. Everytime I get the diaper positioned right he squirms around and I end up having to start from scratch. I've tried everything too. Making faces/noises, giving him toys ect. The only thing that works is giving him a bottle to do it but obviously at his age we're trying to get him off the bottle so that's not really an option any more. He seems to be worse when I do it than he is when his dad does it. I'm hoping it ends, but I have a feeling it won't till he's potty trained. I know how you feel.

My son is only 4.5 months old, so I haven't tried this personally. Spencer likes to kick his legs when I'm changing him, but it's not a problem. I've always talked and sang and played with him during changes, and we get through them pretty fast.

I have a friend with a 19-month-old son. She explains to him in plain language that it is time to change his diaper. She says that she knows he's in the middle of doing something, but that it will just take a minute. She stays very calm and reminds him that the more he kicks/twists/flails, the longer it will take, and he stops. She has been doing this with him for as long as I can remember.

Sometimes I think we forget that just because they can't talk that doesn't mean that they don't understand what we're saying. Hubby and I have "Your Baby's First Year Week by Week," and it says that babies know the meanings of a few words as early as six months. They just can't say anything because they haven't developed the muscles and coordination necessary for speech.

My ds does the same thing. He's 11 + months. Its very frustrating especially when it's a dirty diaper and you have to keep him from grabbing/squirming everywhere. You need 3 or 4 more arms!

Also when I had dd they didnt have diapers with just velcro but that seems to be the norm now. I like them except my ds has decided to be a streaker it's really bad at night when he takes his diaper off!

glad to see that im not the only one :) i really don't think she will stop until she's potty trained, i give up all hope. i have tried everything, i have evan gotten other people to come into the room and dance and act like fools. guess it's just something we will all have to deal with:dizzy:

My son did this for about two months around the 10 mth old time frame. I would hold himdown and tell him to settle down. I did not seem to work and I was afraid that he would hurt himself. But now he is one year old and I tell him to settle down and he will wimper but lays still, even hold his legs up for me. Good luck I change him on the go alot, just to keep him happy.