Dad's I need your tips

He'll get used to being changed, Mia hated it for the first few weeks, now at 2 months she just laughs at me when I do it.

One way I found that helped was to hold her hands whilst my missus changed her those first couple of weeks.
 
My mate was changing his little girl, pushed her legs up to wipe and she farted and blew crap all up his front, once that happens you realise a bit of crying isn't so bad ;)

My son is 13 months and still whinges when he has his nappy changed. Not that I've changed more than a handfull so most of the time I'm distracting him while the mrs changes him.
 
give him a small cuddly toy when he in on the mat to take his mindo off it
worked in our house

or

sing a song to him, its all about diversion i reccon
 
Just do it faster would be my advice. :) When they are newborn they generally always scream when being changed. Perfectly normal. I know you feel like they will even hurt themselves crying that loud, but they won't. Happy fathering.
 
Personally I found best to let my little one just cry and get on with it, they are learning constantly and quickly get out of the habbit...

I know its hard but sometimes you have to be tough, otherwise you just become there favourite toy!

Best advice I can give though is if you value your sleep when feeding or changing at night do not interact other than for doing the job at hand, try not even looking at him otherwise they start to think its playtime!
 
Yeah definitely good advice to live with crying at night for a few weeks, even months. Persist with it and they will learn to go through the night. It will pay off big.
 
singing to them works,, also, get a bowl of warm water and dip the wipes in it and squeeze them before you wipe the baby, they hate the cold sensation of them and that alone makes them cry during changing, when they can use their arms and legs in a few months the giving them a toy stops them wriggling, but at 9 days its usually just the cold wipes and air

and the driving thing, dont do it, just bounce up and down with them in your arms and it sends them off, even the rhythm of walking with them on your shoulder will send them to sleep, or push chair back and forth when they get a bit heavy
 
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PaulStat said:
Anyways I was wondering if anyone could share some tips when it comes to changing the little lad. He absolutely hates it! Screams the house down, in fact he starts screaming as soon as he's placed on the changing table. You'd swear we were torturing him or something.
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Get used to it. My son is nearly 11 months and goes mental when you try to change him. Not so bad when they're younger and can't move, but he can flip and scramble now, not fun when he's covered in poo!

Distraction works - one of you pulling funny faces etc, bizarrely I found that doing an Achmed the dead terrorist impression worked wonders - "SILENCE! I keeeeeel you!"
 
Get a FM radio and detune it to get white noise and play it to the kid at a reasonable volume. It used to quieted down both mine and the niece.
 
Downsy said:
Get a FM radio and detune it to get white noise and play it to the kid at a reasonable volume. It used to quieted down both mine and the niece.
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This is actually really good advice. Apparently it isn't dissimilar to the womb noises they've been used to for the previous 9 months.
 
PaulStat said:
Hello All,

Well it's day nine of me becoming a Dad, so far so good, he's been very noisy today but I think he's just tired, just taken him on a drive and he's fast asleep at last!!!!

Anyways I was wondering if anyone could share some tips when it comes to changing the little lad. He absolutely hates it! Screams the house down, in fact he starts screaming as soon as he's placed on the changing table. You'd swear we were torturing him or something.

We've tried giving him a dummy during changing time but he just spits it out, we've tried with one of us comforting him while the other changes him, we've tried putting a hand on his chest to make him feel safe.

Anyone else had this?
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He needs a distraction he's warm and cosy in his **** stained pampers it's cold when you strip him bare and he's having a right old moan. So a) try to do it in a warm room if possible. b) limit to absolute minimum the bareness (it'll get faster in a few weeks you'll be wiping pampers off and on without blinking)
c) distraction is key whatever he love to look at or touch make sure it's there music and something that rattles to interest him then start.

Also top tip don't for the love of god start driving him around to get him off. You are in for months of misery that way.
 
[FnG]magnolia;16895834 said:
. Also, using a dummy is storing up likely future problems.
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How so? My kid had a dummy for 3 years his teeth are perfect he is well adjusted and he has fond memories of it.
 
Forde said:
Welcome to fatherhood it's all like this! Sometimes I wish they would come out ready to talk, life would be SO SO SO much easier!
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Really...my kid is 5 and I long for the days before he could talk.... hehe....J/K
 
Get someone to run distraction for you - a bright cuddly toy and lots of nice, jolly noise.

Alternativley, as was the case with my little girl, he may not like being laid down on his back (or just the changing table, have you tried somewhere else like the bed or floor? i don't think we changed our more than a handful of time on a table the whole time she was in nappies) - I digress....

May daughter hated being laid on her back - would scream & even wake up if she wasn't fast asleep. We went to see a cranial osteopath & after 2 sessions she was right as rain. Not sure what it does or what the problem was but it sorted it.
 
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