All change

This blog is partly to remind me of the early days of Freddie's life when I'm old and grey and nostalgic, so when I was recently amused by a friend's description of how she has to virtually sit on her little boy to change his nappy, I thought I'd comment here. Freddie is very wriggly when he's well - (recent nappy changes have just been tearful, angry but relatively easy experiences) and insists on investigating every corner of his changing mat minutely, from every possible angle, including in an upside-down crab posture. I always wish I had an extra three hands during nappy changes - one to hold his left hand which insists on investigating his nappy region, one to hold his right to stop him flipping over and off the changing station onto the floor, and one to lift the lid of the nappy bucket- the normal two hands to change the nappy of course! He often yells in annoyance throughout if he can't be distracted by his aeroplane mobile or a toy, and immediately desists with the racket the very instant he is upright and planted on his own two feet again.