Rogue baby, is this normal?

[Momotheathlete]

My nine month old is completely feral. She's my first and I have no idea if these things are normal? Are phases? Or I'm stuck with them for the long haul?

1. Screams hysterically when having her nappy changed or getting her dressed. Literally acts like I'm trying to kill her
2. Flips herself over every time I go to change her nappy. It's impossible not to get poo all down her leg and even less possible to put a new nappy on
3. Wants to stand up constantly, in the bath, when we are out (won't go in a high chair, doesn't really like the pram), but obviously can't stand or walk. She just pulls herself up wherever and whenever, and so she hurts herself fairly often (I try and control it but can't always)
4. Has started recently throwing her head forward (like a more dramatic nod), especially when tired

I should say that for the most part she is a lovely girl. Smiles at everyone, loves other people, is generally happy. But I'm getting frustrated at the bits above. Are these standard phases?

Yes unfortunately it's normal

Completely standard

Pretty standard. I’m convinced their brains develop independence quicker than their bodies can assist with it. I found my daughter was ridiculously angry with life until she could walk and talk.

Yes, you've got a standard issue one there!

Similar to pp my dd was a nightmare until she could walk (thankfully at 12 months).

What size nappy is she? I found pull up nappies a lot easier once dd started resisting changes. You can rip them at the sides to take them off.

Yep. DTDs were the same at that age! Poo everywhere

Yes it normal. I think age 10-18 months is a particularly animalistic stage.

Yep. Do you warn her before you change her nappy? And also I always talk through it. It’s a bit ridiculous and on the lines of ‘oooh now I am going to lift your legs, hmm that smells a bit poopy there young man, now watch out for the cold wipe of doom, there we go’ etc. It acts as a distraction but can only really be used if you are not in a hurry.
I would get a toddler bath seat for the bath for safety. Sometimes you just have to distract and distract and at other times you have to say, sorry mate you’re going in the buggy and that’s that. I use a mix of persuasion and dictatorship with my toddler.

Thanks, this is useful, and good to know it's normal. I'm just exhausted after today, and it doesn't help that she is teething. There have been tears from both of us.

My oldest was like this. If it's any consolation she's now (at 17) very very bright and determined and I swear she will do anything she wants in life.

My other two were so so so much easier.

Also apparently I was like this. I think DD was sent as my punishment.

Oh yes. She will be a bit less dangerous once she can walk but still pretty feral for a while yet. It's a bit of a mad stage.

Yes sounds par for the he course, just wait until she can take her own nappies off

Dd2 would not sit down in the bath at that age, and when I gently folded her legs and popped her down she literally withheld breath and went blue with rage. She’s never said boo to a goose before or since.

Yes that is normal!
Do you have the arching the back to avoid being strapped into the car seat yet? That's a tricky one!

I used to have to change DS on the floor and put one leg over his chest (not heavily!) to pin him down as he would fight to get away from me.

Totally normal. Re nappy changing: Sounds odd but can you do her nappy backwards on the floor? Her body wedged between your knees/legs firmly enough that she can't properly roll over and her head by your crotch and lean over her to do it upside down? I had a charge who was exactly the same and her mum would change her like that, I didn't myself as I felt like I was going to sit on her by accident but I did do it with DD a few times around that age!

They are mad at that age though. I really do think the PP who said that their mind is now independent than their body can manage is spot on! They really seem to know what they want but not do it!

Sounds like you need to learn the restraining nappy change position. Each of their legs under each of your arms in a sort of triangle formation. Possibly doesn’t work if you are v. Short.

I think it’s nature’s way of losing any lingering pregnancy weight and making sure you don’t get pregnant again too quickly

I have a feral DD1. I used the same method as queen for nappy changes.

Count yourself lucky, mine walked at 8.5 months old.

DS is 19m and still feral. Sorry

I wish rockin. I didn't get that memo from Mother Nature. I have feral DD1 at 20mo and a 12 week old [cries]

And yep, I’m still doing backwards nappy changes

I have a 17m DD who is feral at times. Drinks from the cats' bowl if she can and ducks her head in the water. Nappy changing nightmare. Wriggles and flips. Managed to get a pull-up off today and ran across the rug weeing. Stands in her cot shouting loudly. Will try to stand in buggy. Runs off. Wanted to get in the metre deep hole in the drive the builders have dug the other day and had a meltdown because I stopped her.

Use pull ups and hide a distracting toy to pull out at the last
minute as you take off the dirty nappy in the hope she stays still for 10 seconds.

This reminds me of dd1. She was climbing walls as a toddler. You couldn’t keep your eye off her for one second as she’d be on a chair, heading for the window, table, worksurface and anything dangerous.

My 13 month old is the same, climbs on everything and will launch himself off. He has bumped himself more times than I want to admit, I try to catch him or get him down before he can descend but he is just so damn quick.

Also completely wriggly when doing this nappy. Tried those pampers pants which are easy to get on but less convenient to get off when he's done a poo.

Constantly hitting, grabbing, fingers in eyes. Can't stop him.

I do like the term rogue baby though.