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I am really upset and no one is responding to my post. What am I supposed to do with a 16mo that screams so badly on the changing table that she just threw up?
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04.15.08, 12:59 PM [ Flag ]
- for one thing, stop using a changing table, that is just dangerous with a 16mo. maybe things will be better on the bed or floor?
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  - np: what are you talking about "dangerous"? I still use it with my 2 year old.
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    - on an elevated table with a little strap? that is dangerous and unnecessary
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      - crazy talk
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  - Wha? I still use mine with a 2.5 yo who happily lies there while I change him.
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    - np: obviously OP's kid isn't lying there happily. A child who is screaming and struggling would be better off on the floor.
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  - I was actually on the changing pad on the floor. I gave up on the table months ago.
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    - oh -- so if the floor isn't working, try standing up?
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- distract her with a toy. sing to her. give her your car keys. If taht doesn't work, change her standing up
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  - op: I have tried toys and singing . I am going to try standing up which should be fun when she has a messy poop.
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    - poster from below. you get really good at it. had to change a lying down diaper on nephew the other day and had a hard time with it. Like, how do you hold the legs up and wipe???
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    - it's really hard. My dd went through this phase and I just had to sing and distract my way through it
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    - take all her clothes off, and put something under her feet.
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      04.15.08, 01:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - I am going to give it a try but am not looking forward to it. The funny thing is that when she had colic the only place she wanted to be was the changing table. This has been torture all week.
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        04.15.08, 01:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- change her somewhere else?
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- oh - i don't remember seeing that. maybe change her somewhere else?
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- Some kids do this. My DS has started. It's awful, but I don't think its traumatic. Some kids just puke easily.
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- I'll try to help. I give my ds a toy to play with while changing him and then I do it as fast as possible. Then again he doesn't scream... he just tries to roll over and is very fussy and annoying.
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- we'd been standing up for diaper changes long before that point.
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- i try to have toys or my keys available. something that he only gets during a diaper change. and i go very fast. he still hates it though.
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- I personally got really good at changing quickly or standing up. Kids will cry. If she is crying to the point of vomiting you are taking too long.
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  - It was so long because I could not keep her down and I needed to get some desitin on her. The worse she is, the longer it takes me.
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- i had to stop changing ds laying down at 14 mos cause he freaked out. I do it standing now. My idea is that if dc refuses something, and it's not a big deal just give in...gotta pick your fights. GL!
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  - exactly. they'll be potty trained in less than 2 years right?
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I am really upset and no one is responding to my post. What am I supposed to do with a 16mo that screams so badly on the changing table that she just threw up?

for one thing, stop using a changing table, that is just dangerous with a 16mo. maybe things will be better on the bed or floor?

np: what are you talking about "dangerous"? I still use it with my 2 year old.

on an elevated table with a little strap? that is dangerous and unnecessary

crazy talk

Wha? I still use mine with a 2.5 yo who happily lies there while I change him.

np: obviously OP's kid isn't lying there happily. A child who is screaming and struggling would be better off on the floor.

I was actually on the changing pad on the floor. I gave up on the table months ago.

oh -- so if the floor isn't working, try standing up?

distract her with a toy. sing to her. give her your car keys. If taht doesn't work, change her standing up

op: I have tried toys and singing . I am going to try standing up which should be fun when she has a messy poop.

poster from below. you get really good at it. had to change a lying down diaper on nephew the other day and had a hard time with it. Like, how do you hold the legs up and wipe???

it's really hard. My dd went through this phase and I just had to sing and distract my way through it

take all her clothes off, and put something under her feet.

I am going to give it a try but am not looking forward to it. The funny thing is that when she had colic the only place she wanted to be was the changing table. This has been torture all week.

change her somewhere else?

oh - i don't remember seeing that. maybe change her somewhere else?

Some kids do this. My DS has started. It's awful, but I don't think its traumatic. Some kids just puke easily.

I'll try to help. I give my ds a toy to play with while changing him and then I do it as fast as possible. Then again he doesn't scream... he just tries to roll over and is very fussy and annoying.

we'd been standing up for diaper changes long before that point.

i try to have toys or my keys available. something that he only gets during a diaper change. and i go very fast. he still hates it though.

I personally got really good at changing quickly or standing up. Kids will cry. If she is crying to the point of vomiting you are taking too long.

It was so long because I could not keep her down and I needed to get some desitin on her. The worse she is, the longer it takes me.

i had to stop changing ds laying down at 14 mos cause he freaked out. I do it standing now. My idea is that if dc refuses something, and it's not a big deal just give in...gotta pick your fights. GL!

exactly. they'll be potty trained in less than 2 years right?

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