Nappy wars

[bagelmonkey]

DD is almost 1. Ever since she could roll over she's been trying to escape during nappy changes. I can't keep her on the changing mat at all. Every time I try to change her nappy she flips herself over & quickly crawls away. As you can imagine, it's a particular problem following a code brown incident, when I'm often trying to chase her around the room with wet wipes. She likes to take the clean nappy and run off with it.
How do I deal with this behaviour? I'm finding changing time exhausting.

Actually just changing DS while he's lying accross my knee, once mastered, worked a treat.

Him:Add in iphone to hold if looks like a potential fail!
Me:Try not to think about the lovely but underused changing table bought to save my back!

there is a changing mat with a harness called the rabbitt (the double bb and tt are deliberate). i think its on amazon, its about£30

Yes, Mspontipine, sadly I have become exactly like those people you describe....! It horrifies me and I (and no doubt my baby too) am traumatised after every nappy change! So desperate for anything else that works. My dd cannot really safely stand by herself yet, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can get a nappy on in a vertical position...

Bagelmonkey, you just described a changing session we had yesterday! Wow, motherhood is the biggest test of my patience, creativity, sanity, resilience ever!!! Hopefully one day I will 'master' it...

Distraction is always good, as is pinning down, but after three babies I find doing it on my lap the best option, people have told me how amazing I am at this but it just seems to work on my 13 mo DD. I lay her across my lap and hold her legs with my left hand and do the wiping with my right, ta da.

I can imagine your frustrating - you are trying to care for her and because of a silly thing it's making it almost impossible. Why don't you reward her by letting her have a "high value" item or singing her a song . I would think the quickest way that brings her back into line is kinder for you and her - whatever that is - as long as it doesn't make you nuts or insane!!

Frustration not frustrating!!

two words: CHOCOLATE BUTTON x

I lie DS across my lap, not too bad unless there has been an explosion.... Also try distraction and holding things. I am currently researching BIG leather straps for the changing table but for some reason they don't seem to make them