Mum shares ‘best life hack’ to get her son to stay still during a nappy change

"Nothing a DIY private cinema can't fix..." Would you use this 'hack' on your little one?

A mum has been praised by other parents for sharing the "greatest life hack" ever after showing how she gets her son to stay still while she changes his nappy.

Elle explained that changing her toddler's nappy is like "wrestling an alligator", so she had to come up with something to make the process easier.

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A private cinema fixes nappy change wriggling

In the end, she decided to use a cardboard box, which she placed over his head and torso thanks to a cutout on one side.

There was another cutout at the top, through which he was able to watch her phone as she did the nappy change.

As Elle demonstrated the clever trick, her little boy was happily watching Miss Rachel.

And he only looked perturbed by the situation when she moved the phone to show his eyes looking up at the screen.

Image: TikTok

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"Where do I purchase this?"

After Elle posted the video on TikTok, other parents took to the comments section to praise her idea... until she turned comments off after the clip was viewed 1.5 million times.

"Omg this is awesome," one person wrote.

"Where do I purchase this?" another asked.

And a third commented: "This is genius man!"

"This may be the greatest life hack I’ve ever seen," another praised.

"Genius! most useful box in the world," someone else wrote.

As another added: "Literally incredible."

Image: TikTok

"I use to say 'freeze'"

While others shared their own suggestions for keeping kids from moving during nappy changes.

"I used to say freeze now you can't move and they stayed there. We played a lot of magic," one wrote.

As another added: "I would put a leg over them, it's a full on wrestling match sometimes."

"I just put my leg over my son waist he can't move or roll over he gotten used to it," a third agreed.

"I don't put pressure or anything but it works."

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was republished here with permission. 

Originally published as Mum shares ‘best life hack’ to get her son to stay still during a nappy change