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12 month old screaming at nappy change and being dressed as if i'm killing her - help!

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hannahbuckley · 05/02/2009 19:53

Can anyone help? My 12 month girl screams the house down at every nappy change and when she is dressed, even when her coat is put on. She is so distressed by the process that she will kick me and takes ages to calm down afterwards. I've tried distracting her, walking away, soothing her by singing, offering treats and doing it as quickly as possible. Nothing seems to work.

Does anyone know why she's doing this (apart from this she's generally happy) and whether it's here to stay? Any tips for getting over it?

Many many thanks

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wobbegong · 05/02/2009 20:14

My DD is similar. Old lady walking past observed: "Ah, she doesn't like being mucked around with".

I think it's just that.

It might be a phase, or it might not. Either way, it sounds like part of parenthood. I just try to do it quickly, while singing (total crap) often, and playing peep-o (eg. with jumper going over her head). Very occasionally she'll be distracted by a book to hold, but normally that gets chucked.

Otherwise, ho hum, we'll just have to get used to it.

almeida · 05/02/2009 20:16

Could you dress her in front of tv?

Had this with nappies & used to do lots of quick baths (but tricky when out)

onepieceofbrusselssprout · 05/02/2009 20:22

My dd2 is 18 months and still gets furious if we try to change her (nappy or clothes) and she doesn't feel she needs it!

Does your dd has a dummy? Ours does (sleep times only generally) but sometimes we resort to the dummy at change time.

Our cm changes her on her lap and this seems to help but I find it really awkward to do this myself.

Lol at book being chucked - that happens here.

almeida · 05/02/2009 20:31

Read 18 instead of 12 months!

Hopefully the phase will pass.

BlueBumedFly · 05/02/2009 20:34

Very normal, this to shall pass.... one day.... when you potty train!

I have to do nappies standing up whilst distracting DD with a picture on her wall, we use pull ups in the day and one wrap around nappy for night time so less kicking fights!

EyeballsintheSky · 05/02/2009 20:37

DD 13 months is also like this and has been since birth practically.

onepieceofbrusselssprout · 05/02/2009 20:40

I am waiting for this (and other phases) to pass...

Sometimes I say to dh, well in a year or so she will be walking, talking, possibly potty trained and who knows, even sleeping a bit better!

UmmNuttyMoo · 06/02/2009 01:36

I thought i was probably the only parent whose kid goes crazy at nappy changing and dressing times!I dread doing it and it seems to be getting worse. I have tried distractions such as toys, books,me trying to be funny, objects, clothes, tv, other people, singing etc but nothing seems to work. My kid crawls off as fast as a marathon champion. This can get very very frustrating especially when im in a hurry and need to go out.He moves so much and does acrobat movements in nappy change that most times his clothes get soiled and the towel i use underneath him on the mat gets soiled too. i dont know what else to do......help!!!

Smee · 06/02/2009 12:00

Sick of wrestling, I hit on having a special bag for change times. It always had a mystery object in it - could be a pair of keys or a hairbrush, a paint brush or a toy. Didn't matter really, but he'd lie down because he wanted the bag. Only problem was finding enough different things to put in it.

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