I am so done with diaper changes!!!

huggybugboy wrote: Good grief! Miles has started a new thing and will NOT let me or dh change his diaper. He freaks out, trying to roll away or goes to sitting immediately and then starts screaming. Today it was impossible to change him and he had two blowouts! I have given up on changing him on the changing table. I put him on the floor and literally had to strap him down with one of my legs while I tried to get him cleaned up. I was practically sitting on the kid and he was still trying to escape!!! I just dont know what to do. I have tried every kind of distraction known to man. The only thing that almost works is dh holding him from one end and me changing the other end. But there's not always two of us! AAAHHH

Is it too early to potty train??

CantWait replied: Fustrating isn't it....Anthony went through the same thing for a short time. It gets better I promise..no advice though, except to keep holding him down, that's what I had to do.

CAMSMOM1 replied: It's so funny that you posted this message! I am going through the same thing, and was thinking of posting the same message!
I never had problems changing Cam until recently. Now he wants to grab things, skerm around, kick me, scream, tries to crawl away. I don't know what to do either!
He'll tell me he has a poppy diaper, and then runs away from me when I try to change him. He gets so upset when I change his diaper. It's always a struggle. It's funny that he doesn't do this with Grandma, who watches him during the day.

If you learn anything that works, let me know! Hopefully it's just a phase! I've been wondering about potty training to, but I heard it's to early. I wish he was out of diapers too, no more fights and fuss, and less money!

holley79 replied: I remember Trevor doing that to me also. The only thing that worked was putting my leg over him to change him. That was until he bit me. I don't remember his little sister pulling that though. I wonder if it's more common with boys then girls.

I hope it gets better for both of you.

C&K*s Mommie replied: I am sorry that you are going through this for what by other replies, may be a short phase.

We introduced both of our girls to the potty around 15 mos. Kellie (our youngest) recently had mastered going during the daytime for about a week, all on her own. Now she is more comfortable with the pullups again, and that is fine with us.

I do not think it is too early to introduce the potty. He may learn then regress back to diapers/pullups, but he will be back on track to learning the meaning of a potty soon. As long as you do not push it, and let him take his own time, he should be fine.

Maddie&EthansMom replied: UGH!! Isn't that frustrating?? Every now and then Ethan will do this and I It takes 2 to change them, I swear.

I hope he outgrows this phase for you soon!!

coasterqueen replied: Yep having that same issue. When Kylie started doing it I put her straight into pull-ups and she never had issues with me putting those on her. I would do the same with Megan but she's too tiny and they'd fall right off her. But believe me as soon as she gains enough weight to be in them that's what she's wearing. Kylie wore pull-ups instead of diapers by the time she was one until she potty trained.

C&K*s Mommie replied: Kellie was very small, too. She actually just started filling our some. She still has no rear end. But we would use the Pampers Easy-ups made in the 1T/2T sizes. But now because Christian wears them at night, mostly or on extended trips, Kellie wears her big sisters pull-ups in size 2T/3T or sometimes 3T/4T (Chris buys them and gets forgets what size to buy)

huggybugboy replied: Hmmm....I never even considered using pull ups. Are they really easier?? I think he's probably still too small too, he's wearing a size 3 still. Its just sooo messy trying to change a poopy mess when he is squirming everywhere and trying to escape!!

C&K*s Mommie replied: IMO, on one hand they are easier, for potty training. And your child can stand and not have to lie down, when getting them put on.

But for the most part, IMO alone, they are a hassle sometimes. 1) since they are used mainly for PT'ing kids they--they do not hold as much (pee) as a diaper would 2) you have to take off the pants in order to put a new one on 3) with diapers you can fold the tabs back over to "close" the smelly diaper for disposal, with pull-ups you roll it over- and hope that you do not trip on your way to get a bag to put it in .

Not to scare you, but that is the truth that I found out on my own. Kellie, if she were in diapers, she would either be in a 2 or a 3 also. The twos were a little snug, but the 3's were almost too big for her.
So I would give it a go. They average to be somewhere around the same price, as diapers. Maybe if you broke it down per pull-up it would be a few cents more per pull-up versus a diaper.

coasterqueen replied:
The first step to pull-ups are the Easy Ups which is what we used first with Kylie. I'm not sure the sizing. Just check the next time you go to the store and see. I was thinking it was close to the same as size 4 in diapers. I know we went through size 3 diapers with Kylie but was thinking at size 4 we went to the easy-ups, or maybe it was after size 4. I know we never got to size 5 or larger for sure.

Megan is still wearing a size 3 as well.

For me they were easier as far as getting the diaper ON them. But cleaning up the poop, well no, not any different. Megan had a blowout this morning that was so bad it was all over her back, in her armpits and all the way up to her hairline of her neck. She was squirming everywhere so what I did was stand her straight up on the changing table. Held her arm with one hand and used the other hand to scrub her back and her behind down. Then I layed her down to clean her bum area. This worked better for sure.

It's a no win situation I can tell you that.


Edit to say that the easy ups/ pull ups did take away the stress of Kylie trying to rip her diaper off while I was trying to put it on though, which is HUGE. Megan is teh same way. I'll get one side attached and go to attach the other side and she's already ripping the other side off.

MomToMany replied: I guess I'm lucky that Kayla doesn't do this. She loves choosing which diaper she wants to wear. I guess getting them involved somehow helps.

coasterqueen replied:
I don't see how you can get a 10 month old "involved" in diaper changing. Maybe when she's old enough to appreciate things like that but at 10 months, I don't see it.

MomToMany replied:
Well, I remember letting my kids playing with the diaper or wipe while I changed them at that age. Guess my kids are just mellow

fashionmumofboys replied: I hope this passes soon for you. I can imagine how frustrating it must be.

Hillbilly Housewife replied:
I always gave my kids an extra diaper or wipe when changing them too!!

Sure distracted them, I'll agree to that.

coasterqueen replied:
Yeah I do give her something to play with but she likes to twist side to side, upside down AND play with it. Guess I have great multi-taskers because they both were that way.

I was just saying I don't think I or huggybuggy's mom could get our babies involved in picking out which diaper to wear even if we used cloth, just not at this age.