Nappy changing

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My 2 and half week old DD HATES having her nappy changed. The way she cries anyone'd think she's being tortured!!! It's so upsetting to hear :(

Shortly after we brought her home from hospital we quickly learned that if we give her most of her feed and then do the nappy change while she's nicely chilled out then she won't scream but'll lay there contented and let you change her.

That was working pretty well up until the last 3 days or so and now we are back to crying.

I am at a total loss as to why she cries. I of course know that babies generally don't like being exposed but why all of a sudden has she reverted backwards?

If any of you other mums have any tips or suggestions of things I can try I would be VERY grateful.

Thanks x

My ds did this too. Can't remember exactly when it stopped but loves nappy being changed now. The changing mat has a mobile and a mirror which he'll now happily play with for ages. However, for the first few (6-8ish maybe) weeks he wasn't interested and just screamed. It was awful so feel your pain. It must be horrible after being so cosy and warm for 9 months to be put down and then made cold!

Distraction did start to work sometimes after a couple of weeks. Realised he didn't cry upstairs. I thought it was the different mat but it was my teddy bears!! Putting a teddy next to him worked for a while.

Just get it done quick and remember:it will pass!

My DD hated nappy changes, until we put a fan heater on her when she's getting changed (learned the trick at a photographers). She loves it- don't know if it's the sound or if she was cold or what. Now the changing table is her favourite place, wether or not you have the heater on.

Worth a try?

Same story here, he used to have tears in his eyes and a wobbly bottom lip no matter what we tried. One day things just changed, and now i actually change his nappy to cheer him up. I wonder if it improves once they get the ability to see your face from that distance?

YY to distraction - we have a high-contrast Wimmer-Ferguson mobile above mat but you can find black and white images online to print out and hang above mat. Good luck!

We've covered the changing mat with an old towel so it's not as cold. Have always sung while changing her nappytoo which seems to help!

I quickly developed the skill of laying the baby on a cushion across my body and feeding/nappy changing at the same time, but I suspect this is not recommended!

Laying the baby along my thighs with head on my knees and feet o my tummy and rocking from side to side whilst changing worked too.

Both of my DCs loathed having their nappies changed as newborns. We tried lots of things but nothing helped really. They really disliked getting dressed and undressed too.

They did grow out of it though. I seem to remember it was much better by 6ish weeks.

Before then I just used to concentrate on getting it doneas fast as possible!

Sorry probably not very helpful.

Just an idea but could u switch when u change baby? It may be uncomfortable for her with a full / half-full tum.
A couple of tricks - definitely distraction, I always make nappy change a play&chat time. I always do it before a feed, the distraction buys me time while the bottle is warming! Also ditto the towel/blanket idea.
My dd is 13wks and I have learned that all the things that used to work suddenly don't anymore, they become wise to your tricks, their favourites are suddenly no longer wanted... u have to be ready to move on all the time!

Same as Robber really. Newborn DC3 hates it too, especially getting undressed. I just do it quick as possible - I think it's the exposure they hate. She stops immediately afterwards!