Tips please. Struggling with diaper change. Active baby

I have a very active 14 months old. And for the past two months diaper change has been a struggle. She hates it and she won't lay down. As soon as I put her down ,she is up and runs away within a few seconds. I don't get to even open the diaper. So mostly I end up changing it while she is standing. For wet diaper it is easy but the game changes when poopy diapers. It's so hard and sometimes if my husband is around he will hold her.
I started taking her to the washroom and making her stand in the tub or basin. And wash her right away. That's easier.

She started daycare this week, and they are not able to deal with wet diapers. My baby hasn't pooped there yet. I don't know what will happen then.
Daycare told me to work on her discipline. How can I convince my baby to stay still for diaper change?
I'm so worried and concerned.

Please share if anyone is in the same boat or any suggestions to make things easier.

I have tried introducing potty, she was cooperative and would pee in it. But then she got a flu and was quite sick so I didn't force her. Now she doesn't want to sit on potty either.

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Pull-ups! They changed our whole diaper changing situation when she decided she wanted to roll like an alligator.
As far as daycare i don't know how to help with this...

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What Kristen said! We switched to easy ups way early to avoid the lay down diaper changes! You can also give elimination communication a try if you feel up to it.

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Did you try giving her some toy in the hand? Usually I just give my baby some toy that makes sound so he can play with it. Or you might want to give her some special toy that she can only play while changing her!

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I've been a RECE for many years, and for kids who don't like to lay down to be changed, we change them standing up. Depending on the worker, they will either ask the kid to touch their toes or have them bend over their lay to change a poop. Sometimes, we offer a toy, and once the change is done, we put the toy for the washroom. We also will need songs too.

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We also had to move to pull ups as soon as my son was about 1 years old for this reason but it’s still tricky to change when he’s had a poo. We try to give him something he hasn’t seen before to hold if we need to lay him down because just giving him a toy doesn’t work.
As for day care, she’s only 14 months so the discipline comment seems to be out of order in my opinion. They should be prepared to deal with this sort of thing.

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Same thing I was going to mention like said a toy or object she likes for distraction…that’s what I do with mine at times..I also try to sing or play Disney music on a playlist I have had prepared from years ago and I jam out while I get her changed… whatever gets it to work lol… also saying no to the child, you don’t want the child to control you at the same time…I try to open the diapers and get an good amount of wipes out ahead of time before it’s time to change..it’s helped me since day one so I’m not fusing and stressing myself out as I get my daughter situated. My postpartum is mixed with mild anxiety..I try not to get it where I can lose my mind.

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@Kristen thank you. Yes i got pull-ups .I hope they help. Thank you.

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Thank you all for sharing your experience and tips.. I got the pull-ups , I hope they will help.
Toys and songs don't work much on my child.😅 she runs away carrying them.
And why are these Lil ones so powerful.

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We sing her row row row your boat , keeps her distracted and still and now she is starting to learn some words it’s helping even more 🙂
Yesterday I even said said to her “come on let’s do your nappy” and she came over to the change mat and lay down , I nearly died of shock 🤣
Good luck x

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We did stickers , I’d hand my son a sticker lol and he would play with it while being changed it was years ago but worked

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It's all about the distraction lol my daughter gets something she isn't normally allowed to have like my cell phone or my car keys or the TV clicker. Her toys aren't exciting enough to get her to lay still but something forbidden sure grabs her attention 😅

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