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We’ve been asked by Pampers to find out about the biggest challenges Mumsnetters’ have faced when changing your DCs’ nappies.

Pampers say “Have you ever left somewhere because of a wet nappy incident or cancelled a trip over fears of changing facilities? If so, you’re certainly not alone. In fact, we recently asked 1000 mums about their nappy changing nightmares and a quarter told us they have been tempted to cancel a trip for fear of a lack of changing facilities, while 36% have admitted to heading for the exit due to wet nappy incident. Not only that but 71% said that finding somewhere to change baby when they were out and about was either quite or very stressful. At Pampers, we understand that all this stress and wet nappy drama means baby’s happiness, and therefore your own, is interrupted.

As a parent, you know that there’s truly nothing more rewarding than seeing your little one uninterruptedly playing and developing. But when disrupted by the irritation of wetness, or a lengthy nappy change, their experiences are disturbed. That’s where NEW Pampers Baby-Dry Pants come in. They are easy to change and provide up to 12 hours of dryness – no other pant is drier! Simply pull them on and then, when it’s time for a change, remove by tearing away at the sides. So now you can change your baby’s nappy whilst they’re standing, bringing an end to the wriggle-wrestles on the changing mat and making negotiating changing facilities much less of a chore! This means that you and baby can enjoy uninterrupted happiness playtime, night-time, anytime!”

So, what’s the biggest nappy changing challenge you’ve faced? What has been the most difficult changing time for you? If you could invent something to help with changing, what would it be?

Share your challenging changing stories on this thread – whether funny, stressful or downright nightmarish, Pampers would love to hear about it!

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £250 John Lewis Voucher!

Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

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The great Tesco poonami of 2011 has recently been challenged by the 2015 John Lewis incident. Both bring back horrific memories for DH and I of poo ruined clothes, the emptying of entire bags of baby wipes and emergency provisions being procured. I will admit that the second incident was made slightly more tolerable by adequate changing facilities. A pull down changing table in the disabled loo sometimes does not cut it. Especially when the bin is overflowing and there's a queue of people outside unaware of what you're dealing with!

Every nappy change with my youngest is a challenge if we have to use public toilets/baby changes. She has a fear of small spaces like toilets & lifts. Throw in a baby change mat that flips out from the wall and she becomes hysterical. I've laid my coat down on grotty toilet floors to change her when I couldn't get her near the baby change unit. If I know she has a poo brewing I will wait for it before we go out. It's not worth the hassle trying to change her whilst out!

My biggest nappy changing challenge was that VERY FIRST NAPPY, it took about 15 minutes to do it! I was charged with the helpful knowledge that "the picture goes on the front". I had practiced on a soft rabbit (which my daughter still has) changing a nappy, but nothing prepares you for that small body, opening the nappy, putting it on, worried that it will leak or fall off.

For me the best thing to have (although not a new invention) was one of those changing mats as i had several occasions of having to change my DD on dirty, cold bathroom floors ... so perhaps if someone could have added a little warmth to the changing mat that would have helped, and when changing baby on a cold floor, fluorscent lit bathroom, would have added some comfort and assuaged my PFP feelings!

Finding my dd at the top of a soft play area with her hand down her nappy, covered in poo! Having to sit her on my lap and go down a child's slide with her hand covered in the stuff, shuffling on my bottom (her still on my lap) down the toddler stairs and climbing through a net with her kicking and screaming about her "poopy hand" at the top of her voice. Into the changing area where I discover she has managed to squish it all up her back, which of course would have been more Manageable if I had bought a spare change of clothes with me, having to put her in her nappy and my hoodie and sheepishly tell the owners what has happened and it might be necessary to check she hasn't got poo everywhere carrying her home kicking and screaming about poo, whilst she was half dressed with people staring at me was definitely the best bit.

Changing DCs nappy on the changing table at grandparents house after a big newborn poo, lifted the legs to clean around the underneath and another massive stream of poonami came out landing on the floor, reaching the cupboard behind and also showering the dog! We can laugh about it now

Why do almost all baby changing rooms in shopping centres etc have around 3 bloody doors to get through before reaching said changing room?! My local one is a nightmare. Trying to negotiate 3 sets of doors, none of which stay open once pushed with a pram is not an easy task so I'm usually stressed out before even beginning the actual process of nappy changing which with a baby who's just learnt to crawl is a blimming nightmare at the best of times!!

Trying to get out the door for the school run in the morning and You can guarantee DS2 is saving his pooey nappy for just before we leave, the joys!

DD very small

Out for lunch, walking home, stench from the pram and had to call into pub on the way past.

It has great changing facilities. Unfortunately DD pooed like she'd never pooed before and my trousers and even knickers were covered.

(Before you ask, I have no idea how that happened)

It was Summer, but thankfully I had a long coat. For the - thankfully - 10 min walk home I was totally commando with my shit covered underwear and trousers in the 'shit bag' which came with my changing bag and DDs shit covered clothes in a nappy sack. And I had really, really hairy legs.

It was the bath for both of us when we got home....

Trying to deal with a massive poo explosion on the tiny grubby floor of café toilet - not much fun!

I'm no good at nappies, it takes me forever, it has to look just so then I know it won't leak. Add an uncooperative two year old in to the mix and I end up a sweaty mess. He kicks his legs so much I am covered in bruises and waits until he has nappy cream on to roll over and get it all over both our clothes.

These pants sound perfect, I am starting to think about nappy training and he likes to sit on the toilet several times a day even though he hasn't done anything on it yet. It would be very nice to just pull his pants up rather than having to lay him down to fasten him up again.

Trying to change a wriggling baby rolling naked off the changing mat and all over the floor - it's a disaster waiting to happen!!

I had to change DD1 at the side of the road in Australia once which was quite an experience. Generally though, the worst experiences always related to poo up the back, usually when DD had pooed whilst strapped in the car seat or in jumperoo (the path of least resistance!). So nappies that stop this would be amazing!

My biggest challenge was changing my 13 month old's nappy on a train. There was no baby changing facilities anywhere, and not wanting to gas other passengers with the stench I duly headed to the toilets. It was carnage. My daughter won't sit still for a nappy change at the best of times, and wrestles herself away, so trying to change her in filthy train toilets with the movement of the train was a nightmare. I had to hold her by her waist and change her whilst I was standing holding her against a wall. Utter nightmare, and ended up with wee everywhere. Not something I'd try again.

A nappy explosion during a long 4 hour car journey with no service anywhere in sight!

The most challenging one when DS was tiny was when the nappy didn't appear to contain one bit of poo, his babygrow in the other hand had one orange leg and had to be thrown away now he's older the challenges include kicking and doing the death roll!

Random runny poo waterfalls.could some kind of spare overall or dress/wraps be provided by dispenser.often the poo has ruined all her clothes and spares as can occur often.

Dirty changing areas are still too prominant

Changing a wriggling toddler - changing rooms are just too small and dirty. In the warm weather it is easier as we can find a quiet spot and do it outside. It's getting a bit cold to do that now.

Last week I was at a wedding whilst my husband stayed at home with our 8 month old daughter Bella. I invited him and Bella to join us at the wedding in the early evening and to then take me home. He arrived at the venue and realised Bella had done a poo. He took her out of her car seat to change her in the dark on the back seat of the car and realised it had come out of all sides of the nappy and was even in her socks! He kept calm until he realised that there were no change of clothes in the changing bag! He messaged me to say he would have to go home! I suggested he visit the local supermarket 5 minutes away instead. He had to wrap Bella up in a blanket, take her into the supermarket to buy her a new outfit (he did well choosing!) change her in the supermarket toilets and then make his way back to the reception... he was there an hour later than planned! Needless to say the car journey home was pretty horrible with the car stinking like baby poo! I was presented with a bag of poo covered clothing on my return home!

How about after 3 days constipation my 4 weeks old at the time finally was doing it.
After 3 hours of crying she was able to let it out. I was changing her with a big smile on my face at last she must be feeling happy now. And just when put my hand down to fold the nappy and take it away from under her she decided that she didnt finish yet.
I was stuck one hand holding her legs up and the other freeze covered with her poo the few seconds that came after felt like an hour.
I decided to wash her then i put her in bath just to realize few mn after that there is things in the water other than soap.

Worst one for me was in the hospital the day after baby was born via section! Took his nappy of to change him and little did I know he hadn't finished!! So this massive gloop of black poop shit out in a massive glob all over my hands and hospital bed so I had to ring them to change the bed whilst I was changing him, then I held his legs up and he ended up peeing in his own face God bless him!!

My worst one was with DS3, I carefully packed a bag with a change of clothes for him, nappies, wipes and nappy bags and went into town in a kind of 'I can do this baby thing again after so many years, no
problems!' Si there I was browsing in a shop and he started making the tell tale grunting, screwed up face look of a baby pooing, no problems I thought, I went into the library to use their baby changing facilities and as I took his nappy off he pooed with such force, liquid poo that sprayed me from my knees to my chest, I'm not exaggerating he'd been constipated for a few days so this must have been backlog. I'd not packed any change of clothes for myself so I had to use a whole pack of wipes on my clothes (and hair!) and do the walk of stinky shame back home.

My biggest challenge is always keeping DD's other body parts away from the poo once I've got the nappy off. She'll be bouncing her legs all over the place, and as soon as I hold her legs in place those little hands will be trying to work out what's going on and also in risk of getting pooey. So I'll hold the hands away too, but then I've got no hands left to do the actual nappy change.

Our worst was on holiday in Devon, on an hour long car journey to the beach. We were about 30 mins from our destination when the car began to smell 'a little off', our 6m old DD had poo'd......a lot. We frantically tried to find somewhere on the sat nav to stop and clean her up, we finally found a tesco. On lifting her out of the car it became apparent how much it had spread, out of her shorts and up to her shoulders. Hubs carried her inside, at arms length, much to the amusement of passing shoppers who gave a smile or giggle when they saw the poo through her white t'shirt and pink shorts. Thank god for a spare change of clothes!

Can pampers make an all in one nappy bodysuit? ;o)

I just think from 8 months or so changing is so difficult if lying a child down! My DS just wants to get up or worse still, sit down when changing him. I use pull ups to avoid utter chaos!!

Ah, the worst cases I've dealt with were the small baby 'bottom explosions' where it simply wouldn't be contained! Thankfully they didn't happen too often!