"i" before "e", except after pee

Enjoying some "naked time",
before she was mobile

Evie used to absolutely LOVE diaper changes.  It was kind of crazy.  She would be wailing her head off, and nothing else would be working to calm her, but if you laid her on that changing table she'd suddenly stop crying.  We attributed it to the fact that from the time she was one day old, Will sung to her and played games while changing her.  She knew it was going to be a good time on the table.  Other parents were in awe of how much Evie liked to have her diaper changed.  Apparently, this is a commonly fussy time for most babies.

Pulling down the "i"

Well, times have changed.  Evie has been able to stand using a prop (a wall, hand, etc) for about two months now. Ever since that happened, diaper changes have been challenging to say the least.  We lay her on that table and she starts wailing, fighting to get up.  She arches her back and flails her legs.  That makes poo changes especially exciting.  We try giving her toys, singing, making funny faces or strange noises, and it usually works for about 5 seconds.  Then she's back to a new tactic to get off the table. On occasion I strap her down, but it seems to really only make my job harder and her game more fun.  When strapped down, she flips onto her tummy and squirms out from under the strap, getting the diaper and her clothing caught, and at times pulling the changing pad along with her.


Most recently, she has decided her favorite game is to stand up once her diaper is off and start pulling things off the wall above the table.  We have her name hanging on the wall in big colorful letters.  Her favorite letter to get down is the "i".  She pops up, pulls it down, sits on the table and chews it for a minute, then tosses it on the ground and attempts to leap off the table to get the fallen letter.  I haven't decided if this is her way of telling us she'd like us to start calling her "Eve", I guess we'll find out soon enough once she starts to talk.  In the meantime, this game is getting a bit old...