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Babies: 0 - 3 Months
DD Hates bath time!
Since day 1 our DD loathes bath time. It is one of the few times that she actually cries (tears, red face and all). We've tried so many different things, sponge baths, and a few different tubs. She does best with the sponge bath but I don't feel like I am able to get her as clean this way. We try to turn up the heat before we give her a bath so she's not so cold but it still doesn't work, as soon as that water hits her it's all over.
I wish she would enjoy it like I hear so many other babies do. Anyone else have this problem? Any advice? TIA
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Re: DD Hates bath time!
DS hated them until probably about 3 weeks ago.
He was the same way except the screaming started when his diaper came off and didn't stop until he was fully dressed again. Oh and he really ramped it up for the lotion.
Then one day I put him in there and he was fine. I have no idea what changed. The only think I can think of is I started making the water warmer. I have a thermometer that my mom gave me that actually says how hot it is, and the magic temp seems to be 97. I made one bath cooler on accident (91) and he was a little fussy through the whole thing. At 97 degrees he is happy and even kind of kicks his legs and plays a little.
this. LO hates a cold bath. i test it with my elbow and whats comfy for me is what she likes. she screams in a bath that is too cool
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Our 2 year old DD hated them until 9 months old and we tried everything. Sponge baths, bathing with me, showers, bath seats, two infant tubs. My firend took her for a few hours while we were moving when she was 6 months old and she had to give her a bath because she was messy and she said Mal screamed for 15 min. after the bath. I said if I'd known you would give her a bath I would have warned you first.
The good new my older son 12 at the time put her in the tub for me while I was mending a hurt child and she did not scream. I just stood in shock at the bathroom door and asked him 100x's how he did it. I seriously made him do bath time with her while I stood at the door for a week. This must have worked because after that no more screaming.
He showers with me now .... it used to take an hour to bathe him because he would fight and scream . One day I was in a hurry and brought him in the shower with me and he LOVES it . It takes me five minutes to bathe him this way . He gets soooo excited when I put him in the bouncy seat in the bathroom because he knows he is coming in soon , and if I take to long to clean myself , he screams in joy to tell me to hurry and get him lol .For now it works for me , and prevents headaches lol. hth
My DD also hates the bath unless I bathe with her. When I bathe with her she is so happy. She loves it. Other wise she screams like I am killing her.
DS likes his bath time now... or at least he doesn't cry at all now. This is what is working for us at this point:
- Wash his face and then hair/head while keeping him wrapped up in a receiving blanket
- Once he's rinsed off, we dry his head with a towel to keep him warm and then we put him in his tub. Temperature is neutral on the elbow, ~97F I think.
- I use my hands with his soap and wash his front, belly, legs, arms etc.
- I use a container to rinse him off and try to pour water over him a few times. He seems to like the sounds of the water pouring.
- I then hold him over on his stomach and quickly wash his back and the back of his neck and use the face cloth to wash his bum.
I'm probably not doing anything different than anyone else. Once we changed to this routine from what we were doing before he seems to enjoy or at least tolerate bath time without much of a fuss.