16 month old and diapering?

Question

Lately changing my 16 month old son is horrible. He won't lay down or lay still, I"ve tried everything. Toys, drinks, books, musical toys, kitchen utensils, but nothing keeps him occupied long enough to change him. I quickly learned how to change him standing up, but now, everytime he sees me coming at him with a diaper, he takes off. I do want to start potty training him, because he always says the word potty, and he likes to play with the potty, also he grabs himself and says potty, but he HATES the baby potty I bought, and sometimes he is scared of the big potty. I'm not even sure if he understands, enouh to do this. Any suggestions dealing with dipaer hassles?

we do have a step stool and the "mini" toilet seat for him.

Answer 1

Buy him some big boy underwear and let him choose em. Not the pullups. And get him a step stool for the big potty. sometimes that helps.

Answer 2

Sounds like my 19 month old daughter. I think it's an age thing and she's just testing me. She's seeing who has ultimate control. I think that in a few weeks she'll settle down again. She's done this before and it took about 2 or 3 weeks before she was an angel at changing time again.

She has a potty and will sit on it but won'd produce anything. She knows pee and poo goes inside the potty but won't do it anywhere but a diaper. She'll use the potty when she's ready.

Answer 3

I have a 2 year old daughter and i have just bought a potty for her to start with the potty training. They say girls are quicker than boys but so far she hasnt bothered. I have started to leave her nappy off so she can walk around the house bare but she just pees on the floor. I have tried to sit her on the potty but she doesnt like it at all just screams. I never potty trained my sons until they were about 3 years old so i may be trying a little soon who knows i think it will just come in time ....sooner i hope rather than later. Good luck and i hope u and both will soon be waving goodbye to nappies!!

Answer 4

LOL I'm going through the same thing!My daughter is 22 months and everyone swears she is ready to be potty trained but she will not do it. And just like you we have tried EVERY thing. Diaper changing is a hassle because they are busy. We think it's just play but if you watch them they are really involved in what they are doing. I tried being firm and even popping her leg for not sitting still (after many attempts to give toys,cup, snack,etc) It's a losing battle. All I can tell you is pin him, diaper him, and let him go. There will be lots of tears but he'll get over it. Now that mine is older the tears have gone away, and she just flips,turns,and struggles till it's over! Sorry I have no answer for you except that he does rule the house. We try to say we are the parents and we are in control but are we really? We schedule our day around HIS nap time,eat at place HE likes,go to stores that are kid friendly,even buy cars that are safe for HIM.The house is even decorated for everything to be above His height.So no matter what people say our lives our in the hands of our kids so lets enjoy them while they think they are in control .And save they big battles for when they are teenagers and know they are in control!good luck and remember Pin,diaper,release.

Answer 5

Usually kids get to the age where they don't want to be still long enough for someone to change their dipear but they have to be taught and it's hard. When he runs from you I think he might be playing with you. You have to make him lay still and ask him if he wants to stay in his stinky diaper all day or does he want to be dry or clean sometimes that helps. I don't have kids of my own but I went through that when I was babysitting my niece and nephew it was hard but it's something you can get through. As far as potty training pick him up and set him in the potty and show him there's nothing to be afraid of but he might not be ready for it. You could also buy him big boy underwear or pull ups that might help.

Answer 6

For the big potty did you get the little seat insert that keeps him from feeling like he is falling in? It worked best for us.

Now for diapering. BE FIRM!! This is the age where your child is testing to see who is in control. You need to show him you are. If he runs chase him, you should be faster. We really use the firm voice and 1, 2, 3 with my son, and most of the time it works. I think we have had to spank his bottom 3 times in 8 months.

Good Luck

Answer 7

hes too young to potty train. take control and make him let you change him you are bigger than him. pampers makes a diaper thats designed for standing changes. pampers easy ups read the package to get the right size because they go down and become basically pullups for potty training. no kid likes to be stopped and get changed play with him while you change him and before. too get him to hold the new diaper or hand him a clean wipe to play with. worked great for my now 4 year old son. boys dont usually potty train til after age three. they mature slower than girls

Answer 8

They have these wonderful things that sit inside of a regular toilet but make the whole smaller for the child to sit it. Can get it at Wal-Mart or any other retailer. Buy that and a step stool, that way he is using the "big potty". My kids loved it!

Answer 9

Have you tried bribing, I mean 'positive reinforcement'? "if you lay still, you can have _____!" Train him similar to training a dog (I know that sounds bad, but it really does work). Play like a Simon-Says game when you are not diapering until he's good at it, then transfer it to diapering: "Simon says Stop!"

"You can't get out of the crib until you let Mommy put the diaper on you"

Instead of diapering him wherever he is, go get him and diaper him in the same spot and be firm about not letting him go until he lays still enough for you to get it done. "Hurry! Let's get it done so you can go play! That will be fun! But first you have to be still!"

Good luck!

Answer 10

I surely have a son who could properly be tremendously obdurate at circumstances. in spite of the undeniable fact that my son is two and is familiar with greater. i found out early that it replaced right into a administration war. So right this is what I do. i take advantage of pampers which has diverse photos on it, like elmo, cookie monster, massive chook and so on. I ask him to p.c.. out his very own diaper and then "help" mama in changing his diaper (as an occasion with tips from taking the grimy diaper off). This makes him a factor of the gang particularly than an opponent. Your son could be too youthful for that. i might attempt letting him p.c.. out his very own diaper, soliciting for help. each and every so often I take a number of my son's filled toys and play "exchange diapers" wherein I ask my son to positioned on a clean diaper on his toy (I dont waste the diaper, purely faux and then take it off devoid of surely beginning it up) and then say issues like "now barney will help me in changing your diaper". yet another threat is that he could be preparing for potty guidance (in spite of the undeniable fact that sixteen months remains a sprint youthful). i might deliver a small potty for him and allow him sit down on it (just to introduce him) and say if he doesnt choose a diaper, he desires to pee and champagne interior the potty. permit him pee interior the potty and sit down on it with a toy. Giving them a feeling of freedom works for me maximum circumstances. yet there are circumstances (like mornings whilst Im preparing for artwork) once I have no determination yet to pin him down and alter it. i wish it doesnt come to that. ultimate of success