yep, sounds just like my little nephew! No actual tears ...Just total refusal to remove the filth off ....

Yeah its beyond frustrating...

Hes going thru this stage where he screams and throws tantrums every single time I dont let him get his way... Right now hes screeching at the top of his lungs because I wont let him have free reign down the hallway where he makes his way to the toilet to play in the water. Hes nuts.

He is just testing you to see how far you will let him go with this. Keep your cool and I bet it subsides in a month or so. He will be tired of doing it and he will eventually realize that you are the boss and you are not giving up thus making him give up.
Good luck till then though!

honestly my nephew is gonna be 3 in feb...And this summer was the worst...We would take him to the zoo and he would throw himself on the ground and pull screaming fits and tantrums when it was time to leave...He was unstopable .....Uncontrollable...He really proved that terrible 2"s does exist....We dont spoil him and his older brother never did those things.....No meant no and the kid never freaked out...It all depends on thier characters....Jacob is probably like my nephew "tough characters" .......Its not abnormal...In time you'll see he will start to comply when you say no because he'll understand that he wont get this toy or watch his tv program if he continues...

Now he cries when we wont give him his older brothers school book to "wead" (read)lol.......I wunna wead!!!!! But the tantrums are finally over....I hope... Be patient with jacob ...Its hard but he will change ..Hes just testing his boundries now....

I'm not there yet but i've got a mountain of nieces and nephews. Based on that experience I would say it's normal (the hissy fits with the diaper changes) and it's totally boy. The girls never screamed about diaper changes, thank god! They did however scream about other stuff... That's what's waiting for you! *sinister laugh* j/k.

Lol, thanks, .Kay.

Hey, it's waiting for me too and then you can torment me!

My .Melia has started to kick her legs while I change her diaper. She finally stopped crying when I change her but now she wants to kick and play and squirm while I try to change her. But it's still fun. I love changing her and bathing her and feedign her and everything......I love being a mother......Hopefully the fits will not be that bad.

Hay my sons names jacob an hes just turned 1 we hav the same problem I hav to hold him down to change his nappie an dress hum its so frustrating but hopfuly he grows out of it

You think thats bad I just take teegans nappy off and she either pees' or poops all over me ! I honestly just think she waits on me taking it off b4 she goes )

Lmao...Actually the best advice is to ignore him. Don't let him see you get frustrated. He's at the point where his brain is in more control than he is. It's something that allll toddlers go through.

Maybe you oculd ask him if *he* wants to wipe his butt. I'm sure he'll feel more of the independance he's trying to have.

Ask him to wash his hands after he's wiped his butt, and so on.

This is actually something that they cannot help. They're not doing it on purpose. They feed off of the emotion that you give him when he reacts in this manner. Ya know?

If none of this works, just say "fine, i'm not the one with poopie in my butt" and walk away. I bet, he'll come to you and sya poopie as in he want's you to change it.

I saw this on "surviving motherhood" on the tlc channel. It worked wonders for the mother!!

As for the temper tanrtums, you should use short direct corrections. Like come here now! Or stop it now! Nothing like "hey, I don't want you to do that because you'll break it hunny". They don't respond as well as we would wish they did.

With the tantrums, let him go. Make sure he's in no physical harm and let him see that him doing this, has no effect on you at all. He'll realise that that doesn't work anymore. So he'll maybe try to converse with you instead of spazzing out!!

I hope this helps a little. All the little man wants is independence probably. With the new baby coming, he'll need to start practicing!!!

Sarah

Well .Sarah aren't you just the mother smarty-pants.


Lol I am really just joking.

Lol....Hahha...Yeaaa you right!!

This exact same problem was on that show. And my info was from the "expert moment" that they gave the mother.

It's a gooood show yall!! I loooove it!!

A bunch of moms get together at a coffee shop an d discuss their personal problems and get advice from other mommies!!

Sarah

Lol, my 1 year old does the exact same thing. And he has been doing that since he was 9 months old. I've tried to learn to laugh about it when he starts up but it is not easy to do. So latley I have been trying to keep him occupied while I change him. Use a toy, sippy cup, blankey or whatever to keep him busy and see if it works.