My 1 year old hates getting dressed...?

Question

everytime i have to change her nappy or dress her she screams and cries and rolls over and everything to try and stop me from changing her.

what can i do about it?

:)

Answer 1

my son does this, but hes 2 months, i just ignore him and continue to dress him, as soon as im done he stops and is happy again.

Answer 2

My daughter did that for a very long time!  She is 2.5 now but during the Halloween season last year (2007) for about a month and a half before Halloween all she would wear was her costume, which was a flower and it was really cute, but then after Halloween we wouldn't let her wear it anymore and she threw the biggest fit and didn't want to wear anything and she would kick and scream and arch her back and roll around and it was a huge mess.  She grew out of it after about 2 or 3 months (which felt a lot longer than that).

The way I would get her to get dressed is by bribing her with something.  She loves apples and banana's so I would give her a reward for getting dressed.

Also, maybe let your daughter pick out her outfit (it won't always match but she will get to pick it out and it'll make her feel like a big girl).  That was also part of my daughter's fit, she wanted to pick out the outfit she wanted to wear.

Good luck and just know that it'll get better soon!

Answer 3

1)  Does she have nappy rash? Because changing her and cleaning her with wipes and stuff would irritate the rash.  In which case you'll need special cream and if possible to leave her without her nappy sometimes (lol maybe over tiled floors)

2)  Is it hot where you are?  In hot weather nappies can feel hot and sticky and uncomfortable.

3)  If not for both of those too, just do what I do, put something small in your daughters hands to distract her attention, but something that wont get in the way of you changing her nappy.  I give my daughter her bath rubber duck....she likes chewing on that, and sometimes her baby brush which has a thick rubber handle...she likes chewing on that too.  And playing with those distracts her from wriggling about and I can change her nappy without physically restraining her.  lol

Answer 4

kids hate to get dressed see if she can maybe dress herself like a big girl maybe her socks and always give yourself plenty time to get ready dont rush her as for her nappy try to give her something in her hand to occupy her while you change her x

Answer 5

when my son was 1 years old he would run from me and cry and kick i just fought him if we were going somewhere but if we werent going anywhere he wlaked around in a diaper since it was summer

Answer 6

try changing her sitting up between your legs i had to do this with my son for a while seemed to work, i only put him on his back to put on nappy but used my thighs to stop him moving away.

Also try holding the opposite wrist of the way she rolls if she has a prefered side... that really works

GOOD LUCK

Answer 7

ha ha ha, ur question cracked me up gal. Thanks for that:) Reminded me of what my kid did @ that age, well, he still does, (2yrs now), but juz 2 c ur question and esp the smile at the end, I am all smiles. They are cute doing that arent they, though its one more thing we've 2 deal with, runnin around the house bare bottom. Thanks for reminding again, lol.

Well, the things I tried w/my kid, well, I am still tryin, but atleast its not a big problem, its gettin better, or he's juz gettin used to dressing(juz sometimes...lol) are as follows:

1)first sing his fav songs - row row row a boat, itsy bitsy spider, twinkle twinkle, where he has to move his arms and body around and is more interested in acting out or me acting it out to him, while dressin him. Also talkin helps, juz about whats goin on around or things he get excited about, esp animals and books, which he's usually read, esp animals and animal sounds, lol

2)if the above doesnt work, I juz ask him if he wants to try puttin on the shirt/shorts, well, now-a-days it seems to work a lil more

3)tell him that v r goin out, which does the trick everytime(juz when i really am takin him out, well, goin out is juz even dumping trash for him, lol, anything, where we step outta the house thru the doors... ha ha ha)

4)if the above 3 dont work, then leave him bare bottomed a lil while, lol and then wrestle 2 dress up, he likes it if I do it playfully, fights back but at the end business is taken care of.... lol

Gal, I loved ur question again. Didnt even realize I been doin all this till I read this. Good luck and god bless.

:)

Answer 8

make it a game or let your child run round the house with out a nappy on, but put a potty out as it will stop tears when trying to change there Nappie and help them understand that they need to use the potty if there not going to wear a Nappie.

Answer 9

kids hate clothes they feel weird, they'd rather be natural and naked they need to be conditioned into clothes