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Hating baths

jkinslowjkinslow
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Adley absolutely detests baths!  She screams like I am killing her and I feel like a monster putting her through it.  She is really a pretty happy baby most of the time and takes change in strides, but baths are evil in her mind.  We have tried everything we can think of: with water in the tub, no water in the tub, bubbles, no bubbles, toys, bringing the dogs in the bathroom with us (she thinks they are funny), on the bath tub sling, sitting up (although she can only tripod for so long -- so we were basically holding her up for a lot of it).  Nothing works, except one song will quiet her for a minute, but then she screams again.  Right now, DH and I put her tub in the kitchen sink and bathe her as fast as we can to limit her screaming fit.

Anyone have any ideas, tips, advice?  Do you think she has a fear of water? Are we also going to be facing issues with swimming? 

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Re: Hating baths

  • joycojoyco

    What we did:  one of us put a bathing suit on and took turns bathing one guy in the tub w/ him.  We would act like bathing was the funnest thing in the entire world.  :)

     

    And no, hating baths has no bearing on swimming.  I say this b/c Spencer hates baths.  Hates them with a mad passion.  Like stands up and tries to climb out the second you put him in the tub.  He LOVES swimming.  He just wanted to splash around all day and protested when it was time to get out of the pool.  

    I don't think it's a fear, I just think they don't understand the whole bathing thing.  Do you bathe her every night?  We're slackers here and only bathe the boys 2-3x a week (Spencer being such a butt about it makes this so).  Cooper used to hate baths the most and now he is content to just sit in the tub for 20 minutes if I let him!

    We no longer bathe with the boys (and haven't for about a month or two).  I do the laundry basket trick where I put the basket in the tub w/ a towel for traction at the bottom of the basket, throw in toys and the baby.  

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  • jkinslowjkinslow
    We do not bathe her every night because I just can't deal with it every night. I am definitely going to try the swimsuit idea next bath.  Thank you!
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  • brideonjuly8brideonjuly8 member
    Do you think the water might be too cold?  I know when my mom bathes S she doesn't get the water quite warm enough and he doesn't like to be in there very long when she's doing it.  I think she's just a little conservative with the hot water.
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  • AmethystBrideAmethystBride

    I don't know what to tell you other than Little Man went through the exact same thing and now LOVES baths, so it could very well just be a phase.  I think maybe what eventually helped was transitioning him into the bathtub from the mesh chair in the kitchen sink.  Once he started bathing in the tub and had his toys, he really began to enjoy himself.

    :-)

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  • rssnlvrrssnlvr
    Ugh, I'm sorry. I know that can be so miserable for everyone involved. I was also going to suggest co-bathing. She went through a thing where she hated her infant tub, so we just started getting in the big bath with her and she loves it. Good luck--hope you can find something that works!
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