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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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My daughter had an amazing talent to poo up her back and the neck of her baby-gro

Some of the most bizarre changing facilities I've come across are in Tate Modern. Whilst the changing mats are in a stylish brushed stainless steel, someone (who has obviously never changed a baby before) has installed them at almost shoulder height, if you're 5ft2 like me. DD had a poonami which was contained in her nappy, but which resulted in almost an entire pack of wipes being used and a full outfit change because of the very odd angle I had to change her on.

Projectile poo, 3am, Barefoot. Do I need to say anymore?

When my daughter had just learned to roll, she was so delighted with her new skill that she did it all the time. All. The. Time. She would whirl round and round on the changing mat, and I had to whip off her nappy and slap a new one on during the brief periods she was lying on her back! I got very fast...

i found distraction is the best key fora successful and calm nappy change. my purse,my phone anything to hand!

My ds seems to wait until the most inconvenient moment to piss all over himself and his clothes.

I've had to dry his clothes with a hand dryer and rush home as fast as possible to change him into something clean because I've run out of clean clothes.

Having to change my 3 year old niece on the bathroom of a dirty pub because she was too big for the nappy changer. I do feel for parents who face this struggle everyday with older children in nappies, better facilities should be available. My 2 Dds aren't too bad but that poo smell lingers underneath your finger nails no matter how hard and how many times you scrub!!

For a successful nappy change - don't get my dh to do it! He is a lovely, gentle man. This results in very gentle, lengthy nappy changes that almost always result in him getting weed or pooed on! Fun to watch but not to clean up.

DS was a tiny baby, about 5 weeks old, when we decided to drive for 3 hours to have a little getaway in Wales. We were 5 minutes from home when we realised he smelled whiffy, then further inspection revealed full leakage onto the carseat. We pulled into the local garage which seemed big enough to have changing facilities. It didn't. It was a full changing operation and only had the car (full to the brim with our luggage and food for the holiday) and the cold toilet floor. I spread out my skirt on the floor so it was softer and then put the changing mat over that. It was not nice... Made it really tricky as I was still feeling a tad uncomfortale after the birth. It was the first time I realised places just don't cater for babies/children. Since then I avoid a lot of places for similar reasons.

My sil had a disabled child though who is 6 years and in nappies due to her disability. I know it is a lot, lot, lot more difficult for her.

Going out with 3 children 3 and under.. If 1 needs a change it's tough to find baby change big enough for pram and 2 other children.

We went to dp's distant relatives house when ds was only a few weeks old. I hadn't been there before and was amazed at how gorgeous the place was, obviously very expensive furnishings. Dp had ds laying across his knees, when realised he had had a poonami, and the very watery poo had leaked and was running down his leg. Less than an inch away from white fabric sofa! I managed to babywipe dp's jeans which was fine, but where to change ds? Dp asked his relative, who offered a towel to lay on her bed. Which was lovely of her, but I had seen the fancy bathroom towels and her fancy bed sheets and was at getting poo on anything we couldn't afford to offer to replace if stained, so when she wondered off to talk to other guests, ended up changing him on toilet seat. When we saw state of toilet seat after glad we did, it had been up his back and everything. Thank God god it wiped clean easy enough. Also so glad we had pj's in changing bag. Decided then it was time to go home... And always took a fold up changing mat in changing bag after that, and spare set of clothes.

The sound of DS poo hitting the door at the opposite side of the room during a nighttime nappy change is etched in my memory.

The biggest challenge for me has always been a combination of cost and guilt. Nappies are a necessity and so the cost is inevitable. Keeping my daughter clean is really important but I do worry about how many nappies are going into landfill. I keep meaning to switch to reuseables but as a working Mum I don't seem to have the time to investigate.

I went to a fancy wedding when DD was 5 weeks old. I couldn't find any baby changing facilities at the venue and, to my shame, I used the floor of the ladies toilet (I had a changing mat with me). Other wedding guests were in and out using the facilities and trying to struggle around me in the small space.
Now I would insist that they find me somewhere suitable, a private room or bedroom or similar.

I remember my daughter having one of those explosive nappies that went right up her back, I stupidly tried to take her vest off over her head and managed to spread it all over her face, ugh, straight into the bath for her!

Whilst changing my baby son's nappy on the floor of a disabled toilet, my toddler brought the disabled handrail down on my head with a wallop.

Kids hate lying down on changing facility and kick and scream so I usually have to do their nappy with them standing up. Pulls up work well in these situations but end up leaking easily

Changing nappies with a frozen shoulder is no fun.

DS was born 16 weeks prematurely and weighed 1lb 5oz at his smallest. He wore the teeny tiny Pampers nappies that are only available in neonatal units. He was also absolutely covered in wires, tubes, monitors, splints etc etc. So changing his nappy was a major task every single time, especially on the many occasions when he decided to do a projectile wee or flying poo that shot across the incubator and rained down the glass walls!

At a friend's house, I put my 5 week old baby on a beautiful cream velvet-covered chair that had been a wedding present. My baby picked that moment to have his first ever nappy leak. It was hideous - it went everywhere. I was frantically sponging the baby, the chair, the carpet, the lot with wet wipes. I'm not sure it has ever really come out of the chair completely, but thankfully my friend still speaks to me.

Doing a viewing on our dream house, DS was just a baby and did poo- nami all up his back, in his hair and over me, it was dripping everywhere and DP was cupping his hands trying to catch the tide of shit so it didn't drip on the brand new beige carpets.

We ran out and never returned!

my son is ten months he is such a big boy its like a carry on film im getting the wipes he is crawling off then trying to get his nappy on he is always all over the place .... then he is crawling off and weeing as he go he is an absolute nightmare!

Poonami in baby cinema at 4mths old. I went through all my wipes and 6 nappies. I borrowed wipes to clean baby and myself up. Nowadays my baby just turns over and tries to stand whenever I try to change her nappy. She is like a whirlwind!

We really thought DD had grown out of the "pooing up the back" phase. She's 3.6 & TBH she's almost potty trained (she was late to get it), but had a pretty nasty bug this week so we put her in pullups, just in case. She feels more confident in them.

Anyway, this evening, she'd clearly soiled it, so DH went to change her. He sometimes thinks it's funny to whip her leggings off & flip them up in the air, it makes her laugh. He wasn't laughing tonight. She'd pooed up the back, somehow got it in the outside of the pullup as well. When he flipped her leggings up, he failed to register until the last second, that it was also on the inside of the waistband - just before it flicked across his face. A look of disgust spread across his face, and I spotted a small smear of brown on his forehead. He wailed pitifully, & I nearly wet myself laughing. (Clearly, I am an evil wife.)

DD didn't help matters by asking "what's that smell?" To which we answered, truthfully, that it was her nappy.

It occurred 2 hours ago. DH is about to break into a new bottle of whisky. Medicinal of course.

My little one became very active during nappy changes as soon as he learnt to roll over.. that was a challenge in itself - a challenge which only intensified when he learnt to crawl & I spent many hours each week pursuing him with wipes trying to clean him & prevent faeces being spread about the house! He is still as stubborn as you like & I had to change him standing up until he was potty trained! Many friends were astonished that I resorted to this - but I was delighted to have found a solution that worked for the both of us, however bizarre it may have seemed!