Tips required on nappy changing for Human snake boy

[codswallop]

Ds3 is Harry Houdini of wriggling as he does his five poos a day -

Please give me ideas to stop him wriggling off

Right Coddy - You get 4 wooden stakes and hammer them into the floor of the chosen 'nappy changing' room. Attach ropes firmly to each stake.
Tie ds's hands and feet to the 4 stakes gently but firmly.....

That should hold him!

Alternatively you could sprout an extra hand to hold him down!

Get yourself a really gaudy clip on brooch from a charity shop and clip it on yourself whenever you change his nappy. That will get his attention. Then give it to him to hold while you do a quick speed nappy change. Always take it straight off him and keep it safe with the nappies etc for next time. It works, honest, as he'll never have it long enough to get bored.

Is there a toy that belongs to an older brother or sister that he really likes but isn't allowed to have? Give him that to hold for 3 mins or so while you change his pants - guaranteed to keep him absorbed.

coddy, I think our ds's are the same child (trying to crawl at 4 months I seem to remember, and now this too, and the 5 poos). Hmmm.

Well, I expect you've already tried but I always had to give him something to play with during the change. I'd have several to hand so when he got fed up with one I could immediately pass him something else. I tried to keep a few things sepcially for this purpose so he didn't see them much and was therefore more interested when it came to the nappy change. Also I sing to him, tickle his belly button etc. It would be great if I had 3 or more hands for this purpose.

Most of this is in the past tense because the good news is that he's now much better about nappy changes (he's nearly 2). I suppose he knows the ropes now. I usually invite him to choose something to play with while I change him and this works quite well.

Will either of your elder ones help out by trying to entertain him if they're around?

Dd loves tv adverts so I flick round the channels to find an ad break, et voila, still.

Probably not listed in the Good Mother Book of the Year however as solution.

make a gina ford mask out of a cereal packet, some elastic, and the photo of her on this site resized. wear it whenever you change his nappy.

lol norma

I find I can manage my "roller" if I change her nappy in the cot.... but it kills my back!

Does it make a difference if you change him on your lap? He may try to wriggle but theres no where really to go.

I have this with DD. Am cruel mummy - I pin her down til she has wriggled and cried so much she has no energy left! Works for me!

dd can be like this.

I usually turn her sideways to me (on a mat on the floor), and pin her down accross her chest with my leg. Also I give her a toy. And I'm not a contortionist!

LOl Norma - yes have tried the toy - sparkly thing a good idea - have tried using brothers but they, rather inconsiderately, go out o school and nursery!! Men

He a;lways reaches up and to (my) right for some reason....

Here goes, lie baby on floor, place your left leg on babies right arm, then place your right leg on the babies left arm, does that make sense so far??? then away you go as fast as you can, making as much noise as you can. P.S. YOU MUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE ALONE..... otherwise the men in white coats will take you away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok have duly changed him

Did I get it right that baby was Upside down on mat - i.e with his head twds you and then I pinned the edge of his jumper down with my knees and changed him like that

He thought " Hmm, novel move mUmmy" and then muttered to himself " But I will thwart you" and crawled off

thanks all

Use a changing table. They know they are at a height and don't wriggle.

I'm a total knee changer - I hardly ever change nappiers on the floor cos I just find it so uncomfortable. Ok so they occassionaly fall but I find they don't struggle as much at all - maybe because being up a level they can see more.

You never get poo on you - well almost never. I would try your knee if you can.

Coddy, sorry how old is DS3??

8.5 months

I used to pin their arms down with my feet, similar to Survivor's method.

Agree with Northerner, use changing table. If DS3 wriggles on table, hold ankles firmly together in one hand while changing with other.

Also have houdini ds. When I hold his ankles firmly together, he just spins over, so I am left holding ankles in air while he lies on his tummy. If I mistakenly let go of ankles at any time, say to prise bumcheeks apart to remove poo, he tries to lever himself over the edge of the changing table, smearing poo everywhere: shoes, me, the changing table, the new nappy... If I change him on the floor he just crawls off...

Please tell me this is just a stage.

But take heart Codswallop - at 11 months he's only pooing four times a day now

My little darling was just the same - I gave up on proper nappies when he was about 18 months old and starting using Pampers pull ups as I couldn't get a nappy on him. The best was I found to take his nappy off was to virtually sit on him - lay him on the floor, straddle him so that his head is behind your backside and legs in front of you - then sit on his tummy! When he was a little bit older I gave up the battle and waited for him to tell me when he was ready to be changed. A bit of a pain ... and a pong ... but then he was ready. He's fine now that he's 2 ... my problem is now that he won't do a poo in the potty or the toilet and insists on having his nappy on to do it.

I want one of norma's Gina Ford masks!! I'm sure it would work with nappy changing times for me and my super wriggly gal.