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5-year-old boy who refuses to have his diaper changed. Need advice
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<blockquote data-quote="emns" data-source="post: 765039" data-attributes="member: 33216"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I think you're probably right about what you're saying. I've noticed that sometimes he tries to provoke me, and he knows I can easily get upset. And I guess that's what he finds amusing. I don't know how to handle this. </p><p></p><p>My mother thinks I'm very nagging and that I stress him out. She believes that I check if he needs a new diaper too often, a few times an hour, which disturbs him. Instead, it's enough to do it once every 1.5-2 hours. She thinks he's old enough to tell himself, like he does when he's hungry. I personally feel like I'm someone who likes to be in control, so it's hard to change, but maybe that's what irritates him? I should probably take it easier as you suggest and wait for him to start feeling uncomfortable and tell me himself, instead of running around and chasing him as soon as he's pooped. </p><p></p><p>His new behavior of sometimes rocking/sliding on his bum after pooping is something I don't understand. I react immediately, and he finds it very amusing, of course. I don't know if he finds it fun or if he's just trying to provoke me. I've tried explaining to him several times that diaper changes will take ten times longer if he keeps doing that, or that he'll end up in the shower. But he just finds it funny. Maybe I need to give him less attention instead?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emns, post: 765039, member: 33216"] Hi, I think you're probably right about what you're saying. I've noticed that sometimes he tries to provoke me, and he knows I can easily get upset. And I guess that's what he finds amusing. I don't know how to handle this. My mother thinks I'm very nagging and that I stress him out. She believes that I check if he needs a new diaper too often, a few times an hour, which disturbs him. Instead, it's enough to do it once every 1.5-2 hours. She thinks he's old enough to tell himself, like he does when he's hungry. I personally feel like I'm someone who likes to be in control, so it's hard to change, but maybe that's what irritates him? I should probably take it easier as you suggest and wait for him to start feeling uncomfortable and tell me himself, instead of running around and chasing him as soon as he's pooped. His new behavior of sometimes rocking/sliding on his bum after pooping is something I don't understand. I react immediately, and he finds it very amusing, of course. I don't know if he finds it fun or if he's just trying to provoke me. I've tried explaining to him several times that diaper changes will take ten times longer if he keeps doing that, or that he'll end up in the shower. But he just finds it funny. Maybe I need to give him less attention instead? [/QUOTE]
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