change time tantrum

DS is almost 13mths.
He's a willful child, who has decided having his nappy changed is not for him. Or wearing clothes for that matter, but I can deal with that.
So change time, it starts as soon as I pick him up to go downstairs he starts whinging. Then when he gets on the change table (we've got it set up so it's blocked 2 sides + my body along the long side so I feel it's safe) it's tantrum time.

The screaming and twisting and turning and standing and carry on you just would not believe! When DH is home I often get him to help hold down the top end while I try to clean up the bottom end, and it's still a struggle.

Then, would you believe it, as soon as the new nappy's done up the little monster goes back to normal and will happily lie on the table playing with a toy.

What can I do?
He's too young to reason with, too young to toilet train. I can't keep this up, I'm wrestling with a 1yr old and loosing.

Mr 19 months is like this, but only for me his carer and Dh have no trouble changing him at all, he lies on the mat like an angel for them, but with me it is major tanty time, and like your child he is instantly happy again the moment the new nappy is on.

I sometimes have to do what busymum is talking about and use my feet to pin his arms down, is horrid and I hate it but there is sometimes no other way. If he's just done wees then I change him standing up/moving around as much as possible, but you can't do that with the poos

I have this issue too, and I have issues getting clothes on and off as well. I do what busy mum and two_boys have said and pin her down with my legs over her shoulders (and hope like hell its not a huge poo but thats another story ). She goes through stages where she is terrible and then she gets better for a while.

DD is pretty good now, but we did go through a phase just lke the one you're describing!

We found having a CD player in the room, with something like nursery rhymes, or a kids music CD (or the new one is wonky donkey ), and telling her that if she lay still, she could listen to it helped. I think she may hve been a little older than your DS, so her comprehension may have been better, but maybe worth a try? (and if she started geting difficult, we turned it off).

Good luck, hopefully it is just a phase!

Um yeah here too

Screaming, crying (with tears) fist clenching, kicking.....hmmmm not cool! It's like I'm trying to pull her toenails out! I just try to distract her, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Man she is strong though!!! And it's harder to restrain her the more pg I get...so yeah I think most changes are gonna take place on the floor where I can sit on her hehe  

Us too! I get everything ready beforehand, nappy out, bucket ready, pants off before starting then, a newish toy and singing/pulling faces as I quicky get nappy on. Still some grizzling, but its tolerable.