But thankfully, diaper changing need not be a tiring a feat anymore. Here are some diaper distraction tips to help you change your baby’s diaper without sweating out on it too much. (Some of these tricks may actually work better if there’s a second adult to help you with the diaper changing.)

Diaper distraction tip 1: Hold your face close to baby, babble and make faces while you change him. This is a good maneuver to those who has mastered the art of putting on a diaper without having to look at the diaper because you need to look like you’re talking to him and making him laugh so he forgets that you’re changing him. It also helps if you make funny sounds, this will elicit laughter from his and hold him still while you get him changed.

Diaper distraction tip 2: Wave a handkerchief or fly a paper airplane with your one hand above baby’s face and watch him follow this alien object with awe and amazement. Accompanying this trick with sounds that you can make is also helpful. This will give you a couple of minutes to get his diaper changed before he gets back to his squirming self and tries to get out of your hold.

Diaper distraction tip 3: Give him Wooden Play Sets - Egyptian Adventure to play with and keep him distracted. Flip-A-Block Alphabet with Handle is great tool for distraction because of the many activities it offers.

For example, the waiting room toys called 5 in 1 Anatex Activity Cube has five different sides of different activities that seek to enhance a variety of your kid’s skills such as motor skills, creativity and imagination, spatial concepts and many others.

Wooden Play Sets - A Day At The Zoo and other fun to play with toys as well make as effective devices for distracting baby while you get his diaper changed.

Diaper distraction tip 4: Play games like Babycycle or Baby tickles. In Baby Cycle, you gently move his legs in a bicycling motion while talking to him or while another person gives him a diaper change. In baby tickles, you can use your one hand to tickle his body while pointing out what body part it is (“I’m going to tickle your nose, your neck, your cheeks”). Both games are great to distract your baby during diaper change but are also helpful in enhancing skills. The first game will exercise your kid’s dexterity while the second game is good for his language development and vocabulary foundation.

Diaper distraction tip 5: Place interesting things above his changing table like a hang a big plastic ball, or put a clothesline pinned with many different objects, or hang his old crib mobile just above his head. Just be sure that you have a stable stand from where you can hang these from and ensure that they are properly attached and no object may fall off your baby’s face. To be sure that nothing harms your baby should there be falling objects, opt for lightweight objects that do not have sharp points or edges and will not be painful if it lands on your baby. For example, very light plush toys, cuddly toys or light cubes made from cloth.

Diaper distraction tip 6: Let him look at an unbreakable baby safe mirror for him to marvel at his own reflection. This is often a source of fun for babies because they think they have a friend in those mirrors. This is a great trick for diaper distraction as well as an effective means for self-awareness and discovery.