Fat finger syndrome

Hi Guy's, I'm having major fat finger problem when chord changing especially with C. I know about " practice practice practice" and i do at least an hour a day, once my little one has gone to bed, but these fingers don't seems to be getting the idea !! I've even thought that there might be something that you could stick on your finger tips to give that smaller area contact and a little extra length but no (If anyone does decide to invent this i want 10%!! )
Any tips (no pun intended) ?
Many thanks in advance

i'm still a novice so take this with a grain of salt. i have average size hands with stubby fingers. i always complained about my fingers getting in the way till having a conversation with the guitar player in my church. the guy had bear paws for hands but coud make his ovation guitar sing.
If practice does not seem to fix it, you could always go to the local shop and try out different guitars. look for one with a wider neck or longer scale to open up those fingers. the down side is you may have to stretch a lttle more between frets.

it's really all about practice. Yes, it would make things quicker and easier had we been blessed with longer, thinner digits but practice will get you to promised land eventually.

A classical guitar has a wider neck and will make it easy to fit your fingers on. But changing chords you will have to move your fingers further. I wear a size xxxxl glove and always had the same trouble. Forget it on a Fender, the neck is too narrow. Then I found a Dean and it was a whole new world, a guitar that fit my hands. It was the first time I could play an F. Go to the music store or pawn shop and try on guitars, maybe you will find a better fit. Changing guitars will not fix it without the practice though.

I thought fat finger syndrome was a real thing too when I started playing. Was pretty discouraging. Then googling "fat finger syndrome" made me realize it was a real thing.

One thing I've done is to place each finger on the chord one by one starting on the root note, plucking the string as it is placed, and doing this very slowly. Then when all fingers are down to strum the chord and say out loud the chord name. Observe your fingers, where they are in the position. Strum a couple more times. Then while keeping the chord shape slowly lift off the strings till they lose contact then drop the shape back down on the strings and strum again. Then slowly lift the shape off and slowly away, down to your knee and flex your fingers for relaxation.

Then concentrate on hitting that chord again by slowly moving the hand to position, getting the fingers into the shape, and drop them into place, say the chord name and strum. Repeat several times.

Fat finger syndrome is definitely a real thing!

The suggestions here are really good ones, including looking for a guitar with an especially wide neck. I have a wider-neck guitar myself, and it really can make a difference.

Keep us posted - and Happy New Year!
-Lisa

Make shure that your fretting hand fingernails are as short as possible. Then, for chords, put the fingers very steep on the fretboard (ideally 90 degrees) to make shure to NOT touch the adjacent string. For some chords, you can use alternative fingerings. For example: Do you play a simple open A chord with 1-2-3 ? I bet that 2-1-3 is better for you!