Part 2 of my things that Pyper doesn't like (the first one was cutting her nails) is that she hates what we have to do several times a day ... you guessed it ... changing her!

Everyday when we know that Pyper needs to be changed its a paper, scissors, rock moment as to who changes her. It's not the smell that makes it tricky but also that she just hates having her nappy changed. She arches her back and then throws her head back. This happens every time we change her, and so the only thing we can do is to distract her with something like one of her favourite dolls or a new thing she hasn't seen before. But this doesn't always work as we might be out or not have her favourite doll with us.

Sometimes it's just a two-person job no matter what (which can be problematic). So my suggestions are to make sure you are ready to go and have everything in hand and also to make sure you have a little treat or toy that your baby loves.

I guess there is a tricky age-range when changing a nappy is just difficult (basically when they start crawling / walking to the time you can talk to them and explain that there'll be NO DINNER unless they hold still). Check out the video below - I wish I could talk to Pyper like that ...

-Scott

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