Bathtime questions

Mouseygail · January 2011

How long did you keep your child in the separate infant tub? I'd love to find something to let him sit up in the tub now without me having to support/protect him the whole time. I looked online and found some bath seats...anybody tried these? Am I being silly and jumping the gun? Should I just keep him in his baby tub for now?

This is one of the things I was looking into (doesn't look comfy...):

marcuej · January 2011

We kept Stella in her baby tub till she could sit up on her own. We tried a baby seat but it didn't work for us. It cut into her legs and was too hard. She had a hard time playing in it too. The one you show looks nicer than the one we had though.

browneyedgrl4282 · January 2011

The twins started using a tub seat like that around 5 months but by the time they were trying to pull to stand we stopped using it, so say 9 months! Brady was not able to use this as early because of some delays he had.

I don't think you are jumping the gun with this at all. The one I used had more cushing around the bar in that goes inbetween the legs. For some reason Preston thought it was funny push forward and hit his penis against it.

JillRock96 · January 2011

We used a seat like that for Ava when she was probably 6 months or so. I hated it -- so big and bulky (and annoying if you share a shower with your LOs). I also found that it made it really difficult for me to wash her body.

For the twins, we kept them in the infant tub a bit longer (7 1/2 months, maybe?), until they were really able to sit up well by themselves. Now when I bathe them (separately), Ijust put a few inches of water in. I sit them up and keep one hand on them (I'm there for support, but I'm not really holding them up at all) while I wash them.

HTH!

brideinOC · January 2011

With water all around, it's not bad, I don't think. Claire never complained and I think she enjoyed the freedom. Claire is a pretty big girl, so she didn't last long in the infant tub.

leslies75 · January 2011

Once Jake was too big for the infant tub, but could sit up, we moved to the blow up ducky tub.

https://www.amazon.com/Munchkin-White-Hot-Inflatable-Duck/dp/B000066665/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=baby-products&qid=1296442873&sr=8-1

It was perfect for containing him until I was brave enough to move to the full size tub at 1 year.

MrsRyan61804 · January 2011

When Jack started sitting up, I guess he was 4.5 months, I started using the bath seat. He loves the bath so much more now.

kimberic · January 2011

We got one of these and they LOVE it!

https://www.amazon.com/Safety-1st-Kirby-Inflatable-Tub/dp/B001MTELJY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1296443201&sr=8-5

I just turn it upright and stick it over by the faucet to get it out of the way. It also has a hook to hang it up.

Christakim · January 2011

We kept Ella in her tub until she was sitting up VERY well, so probably 8 months old.

Mrs.Reem · January 2011

leslies75:
Once Jake was too big for the infant tub, but could sit up, we moved to the blow up ducky tub.
https://www.amazon.com/Munchkin-White-Hot-Inflatable-Duck/dp/B000066665/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=baby-products&qid=1296442873&sr=8-1
It was perfect for containing him until I was brave enough to move to the full size tub at 1 year.

Ditto It offers good support for sitters and keeps them from bumping their noggin on things or falling over.

Temp848906437505510 · January 2011

I kept Alana in her infant tub until she was probably 9 or 10 months because, frankly, it was a lot easier for me to stand and bathe her on the sink than down in the tub. When the splashing just got too out of hand, I moved her, in the infant tub, into the big tub. That lasted about a week until I just moved her into the big tub.

Waiting4baby08 · January 2011

We kept Gwen in an inflatable tub for a long time and really just started in the past couple months using the regular tub. It was so easy to just fill that up and bathe her and she was safe. We kept her in the baby tub for a long time before moving her into the inflatable one, though.

ardilla · January 2011

We bathed them in the baby tub until probably close to 10 months old. They were (and still are) smaller for their age, and we wanted to make sure they were completely stable, safe sitters. At that point we started bathing them in the big tub.

dundasgirl · January 2011

We moved Reed to the big tub really early and didn't use a bath seat at all. We just put about 2 inches of water in the tub and laid him back in the water...I supported his head with one hand and bathed him with the other for awhile. Then I just started laying him down in the water like he was swimming (we had taken him swimming in the pool by then)...at about 6 months...Eventually we bathed him sitting up, but again, we just supported him. We did have one of those soft bath mats that you put into the tub, but i found it really annoying. I used it maybe 3 times.

What about bathing him in the sink?

Mouseygail · January 2011

Thanks ladies!! I was shying away from the inflatable tub since our bathroom is tiny and storage is a problem...but after reading reviews of some of the products, it looks like thats the way to go for us...our tub bottom has non-slib stuff on it, so I'm guessing the bath chairs wouldn't stick to it anyways. Thanks!

(and Dundas, I would have loved to do sink baths, but our kitchen sink is ancient and the enamel is worn off...so its stained and skeeves me out too much to put my baby in Sad )

mrsolsenk12 · January 2011

We also moved to the inflatable tub around 6 months. He liked it and it helped him adjust to sitting in the tub. It defated really easily if need be but ours came with a suction cup so we could hang it on the wall of the tub to dry. It got a hole in it when he was about 10 months and so we moved him into a big tub.

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