Fully qualified Grans?

I have changed a lot of nappies but give me girls every time! My grandsons seemed to make a point of directing a stream of urine upwards as soon as I took off their nappy!
I am coming over all broody but both my grand-daughter and gd-in-law are happy with the two little girls they both have and none of my other eight gc are ready for parenthood yet.

Changed nappy twice this afternoon! DGS still reasonably compliant so not too problematic. High chair folding OK, buggy OK if I do it slowly! also have to remove a wheel to fit it into my Fiesta boot and that can be a real tug of war! By bete noir is the car seat ..remembering where the release button is to get the straps loose!! Had to ask a young mum in the car park last week to do it for me!!

I have only once tried nappy changing with baby DGS The critical thing seems to be getting the nappy tight enough around the tummy and legs so as not to leak but still allow the child to breath. The trick I will never forget is keeping the heels up in the air in one hand so they don't get lowered onto the pooey bum. Ah memories!

Nappy changing:
I too go for the both feet in one hand method. But I lay him on sofa and use my knee as a barrier against rolling.
Buggy:
I can do the light weight one with ease. The bigger three wheeler. No chance
Highchair:
That's DH's job

I used to change nappies with baby on my knee. Like Galen's DD I grasped both ankles in one hand whilst using the same arm across baby's chest and tummy. Sounds simple except with my DC it was terry nappies.
My GDs were put on their backs but never stayed in one position long enough to get a flat head. Eldest used to use her feet on the cot rails to propel herself around the cot taking the blanket with her. I thought small babies stayed in one position, not ours. She used to scare the life out of me, I kept finding a bum where a head should have been.

When all mine were babies, 60s and very early 70s, we were told that baby should be on his or her side to sleep, how things change.

My DD changes nappy with DGS standing up - I'm afraid I find it difficult and have to get him to lie down, which he doesn't always appreciate!!

And make sure the delinquent can't grab hold of the dirty nappy while you're otherwise occupied, and wave it about at random, contaminating surrounding work surfaces and possibly its own face....

Wheniwas
Having made a careful observation of DD performing this activity a few hours ago!
The answer seems to be:-
1 grasp delinquent by both ankles in one hand
2 hoist said delinquent into air while leaving shoulders (theirs) in contact with the ground
3 with free hand remove nappy
4 wipe with previously strategically placed wipes
5 replace with clean nappy
6 repeat as necessary

Ps It is important to place every thing convenient to hand. Also, to place delinquent in inescapable corner!

They do!

I think the skulls round out eventually!

I thought they were on their backs as it is the best way to avoid cot death, which I believe has become much less common since the Back to Sleep campaign. I would rather take the chance of having a live DGC with a flat head (although mine seem to have perfectly ordinary heads in spite of sleeping on their backs from birth until they could choose, and move, for themselves).

gracesmum, is there any other way of 1) strapping a wriggling toddler in a buggy or 2) changing the nappy of someone who has decided that this is crawling time, not nappy-changing time, than the knee, or possibly elbow, in the stomach technique?

Trouble is, *Gracesmum' there are pictures on both front and back these days and if you don't have the specs on, you can't see which one is facing which way! I go with the bigger tabs at the back theory
The 3 year old sets the sun's up clock - easy option....... Maybe she can sort out my next PCM problem too

I bought one of those blackout blinds for when DGS came to stay and ripped it first time! Blackout curtain linings more effective any day (or night!)
The most useful advice I ever got was from Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall's book Good Granny guide regarding disposable nappies -"The picture goes at the front". Then there's the "Sun'sup" clock. A brilliant concept, but can I ever remember how to set the damn thing? (Do not answer)
Baby bags with 2-way zips - plus baby wriggling for Britain. The knee across the stomach technique I perfected for our children seems a little draconian these enlightened days

Definitely on their backs- but only after you've managed to remove the blackout thing off your head because the suction pads somehow don't manage to attach it to the window....when did Mums start needing blackouts??

All gc's have been on their backs and one has the most peculiar shaped head. Doesn't seem to bother DD 'his hair will cover it' . All my DD's were on their fronts/sides.

I thought it was on their backs!

After nearly 5 weeks with DD here in Oz, I have mastered the erection and collapsing of the 'stroller' and can also manage 1, 2 and 4 quite efficiently but 5 is a different story. They have a ridiculous Hauk high hair which 'grows with the child' and getting the baby into it requires at least 3 hands. The sitting space is very narrow and once installed, the baby is pushed forward - try feeding a recalcitrant infant with its chin pushed down onto its chest ! [I give up emoticon]. The other three gc's also each have a chair like this (they turn into a high level/low level chair and then a stool) - SIL is all arty farty and thinks they look the part. All DD wants is a cheap Plastic Ikea highchair like I have at home but he won't hear of it. [what a prat emoticon]

Last thing I read was that babies should be laid on their backs because they can get overheated lying on their stomachs. No doubt more recent grandparents can confirm the new advice.

Oh dear - I have come over all nostalgic for the days when I used to push my grandchildren in those dratted buggies. When I was living with my daughter in Yorkshire I used to take my great-grand-daughter to the park to feed the ducks and we both enjoyed ourselves. Perhaps I will get another go when my New Zealand grandchildren start to have children.

I have a sun-lounger which is the devil to open - there is a knack which makes it very easy, but I forget it every time and end up lying the thing down on the floor and wrestling with it. Who designs these things?

oh the sleep drill has changed? Is that because all the babies were getting flat backs to their heads. My GD still has a slightly flat head bless her.

If you're a grandmother, you're a fully qualified Grans.

My dd uses a sling! There's no way I'm carrying DGD on crutches with a tendency to fall!

Fortunately DS & DDIL also cursed their buggy and had problems with it, so I never touched it. I am nearly more cackhanded than DS when faced the things mechanical

Had to enlist help of a neighbour with young children the first time DGS stayed with us as I had NO idea of how to undo the straps on the McLaren. Buggy of course stayed erected for the duration. Another bugbear (!) is the baby alarm , as I always forget that you can be heard at the "other end" which includes Granny's tuneless lullaby rendition. DGC not so discriminating but assembled company in stitches down stairs!