How to change nappies on mobile baby- desperate!

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My DS 9 months has been crawling for a few months and as a result is pretty confident and into everything. It’s made nappy changes difficult for a while but lately they’ve become impossible. He will not lay down for a second. I’ve used everything I can think of as a distraction and now he’s bored of it all. He just wants to crawl away. It’s led to some dubious nappy changes and he’s woken up in the night wet a few times as I’ve not been able to get a nappy on properly. He often ends up needing a full clothes change as he’ll move into his poops before I can clean him up properly, and a full clothes change is worse.

Are there any hacks to doing this that I don’t know? I can’t put him in pull ups as he only wears size 2 or 3 nappies and they’re not made in this size.

Can I ask why can’t you just tell him firmly to stay down and just use your elbows to pin him down?
you’re the parent - not sure why you’re letting your child dictate things to you.

Change him on your knee. Honestly once you get the hang of it you'll never want to do it any other way. Both of mine were wrigglers and crawled away at any opportunity. DS1 thought it was the funniest thing ever.

Your knee allows more control, I can't even describe how though, lol. My kids are teens now so it has been a while. My friends used to be in awe at my knee changing skills.

Some babies are just rascals. If you didn't/don't have one you won't understand.

I’ve tried the high sided mat and it doesn’t work - he rolls over on it and lays on his stomach or tries to crawl off the end!

He is only 9 months old, I don’t think he understands ‘no’. Or if he does he thinks it’s funny when I say it!

Before having kids I was much more used to changing mobile adults with disabilities, so as soon as mine could be supported to sort of stand I would change them upright as it was easier.
Even when they were quite little but wriggly, nappy against me, hold the babies back against my body with one hand while they 'stand' on a surface and do the nappy with the the other. I found it easier than trying to pin them down.

If right handed, grasp both feet in your left hand, using elbow to control body.
When they start to twist, lift their feet so they have no traction to flip over
Never let go of feet
It's a battle of wills but you are stronger

Gosh this took me back and ds is 23 now. I remember the pinning him down to change so vividly. If dh was there or my friend one of us would pin down at the dront while the other did the change. I'd not I also used the pin down with legs.

Got easier when he could stand as he would stand against the sofa and I would change with him standing up.

I switched to nappy pants when my son was around 9 months old. Unfortunately it's trading one inconvenience for another, as you do have to take trousers/shoes off completely to do nappy pants.

But with regular nappies, he was leaking because I hadn't managed to tape them and fluff the ruffles properly. So doing one nappy pant change that involved trousers and shoes was better than doing more frequent changes (and carrying around lots of spare clothes) because he'd leaked.

Just keep varying the "forbidden interesting items" - like you said they work a few times before they get bored. Kids Electric toothbrush was a good one. Mines been crawling from an early age and EVERY single nappy change tries to flip over and crawl off! He's over 1 now and still doing it.
I use pull ups if we're out the house and change him standing up (once your baby is bigger this may help) but even though it's more hassle I do prefer using the tab nappies as they just seem better and they are cheaper. Buy the smallest pull ups you can find- you may be surprised that they fit. Because they're stretchy the range is different and a 2 in one place is totally different to another! Go off the weight range.
You Just get alot faster at doing it. For a really bad poo though where I really can't risk him crawling off there have been times where I've put something on my phone to keep him in place! I save that for when I really need it, though.

You need to be able to do the business with one hand while holding both ankles up with the other hand.

Edit: I agree with on the lap/knees too, (combined with holding ankles), I learnt this from experienced childminders at toddler group.

I used to sit on the floor with ds between my legs and pin his arms down with my legs while I changed his nappy.

So I tried holding his ankles this morning and he still twisted away, in fact I think it made it easier for him! He’s having a lot of dirty nappies atm which is just a nightmare.

Why not just pin him down with your leg?

we used to pretend that we had lost the baby - is he under the mat? no, is she on top the wardrobe? no. Weirdly each of our three babies would then lay still and "hide" from us. There are rules. You cannot make eye contact with the child, you have to be actually looking under the mat etc and can only surreptitiously glance at the nappy to check that cleaning and fastening are on track. it sounds really daft but might be worth a try. Good luck and I hope you find a strategy that works for you.

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Something like this? I'm sure there was a British couple that did similar on Dragons Den or something but I can't find their product.

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Here. Basically your problem!

This.
I couldn't have changed a nappy on either DS from 6 months onwards without this technique.
Sit next to baby on the floor. Left leg over the middle so your hands are then free to change at leisure.