How do you do bathtime?

bhilyer · August 2011

Right now we are giving the boys a bath seperately. We are using an infant tub that fits in the kitchen sink.

They both love bathtime and I'd love to bathe them together. Am I crazy? What kind of tub/chair/sling do you have if you do one bath?

cauli001 · August 2011

We have bathed them together since they could sit on their own. We started out with the munchkin bBrand duck tub, but they quickly grew out of it. We then just went to the big tub. We do baths with both adults after dinner every night. If one of us is alone, we either leave one in the crib across the hall and bathe the other, or wait until the morning. I am too scared to bathe them both alone.

Haven1 · August 2011

cauli001:
We have bathed them together since they could sit on their own. We started out with the munchkin bBrand duck tub, but they quickly grew out of it. We then just went to the big tub. We do baths with both adults after dinner every night. If one of us is alone, we either leave one in the crib across the hall and bathe the other, or wait until the morning. I am too scared to bathe them both alone.

This exactly. It's a two-person job. Depending on everyone's mood, I can sometimes bathe them both alone if DH is gone. They're strong and smart enough that they can get up down and around, so I know they won't tip over like floppy babies and not be able to get back up.

The cutest thing in the entire world is how they want to walk themselves into the bathroom. I get them undressed while DH gets the bath ready. I set them down and say "go see daddy!". They naked walk through their room, around the corner, and into the bathroom with DH. Kills me every time.

pizzo84 · August 2011

We've been bathing them together in the big tub for about a month now. It is somewhat of a 2 person job in our house too... My hubs does the actual bathing, but I'm the runner for washclothes, towels, baby undressing assistant, and remover of babies from the tub. I don't necessarily sit in the bathroom with him, but I am within very close dashing distance.

I should say we only have one crawler right now, and no one tries to stand in the tub yet, I suspect that once that happens it might require us to bath them separately again. We'll see.

caden · August 2011

We use these seats: https://www.buybuybaby.com/product.asp?SKU=15003227&

But they didn't work well until my kids could sit up unassisted. Bath time is a 2-person job at my house too. If there's only 1 parent home, there's no baths. It's just too chaotic otherwise.

MrsLnt · August 2011

cauli001:
We have bathed them together since they could sit on their own. We started out with the munchkin bBrand duck tub, but they quickly grew out of it. We then just went to the big tub. We do baths with both adults after dinner every night. If one of us is alone, we either leave one in the crib across the hall and bathe the other, or wait until the morning. I am too scared to bathe them both alone.

All of this, except we went from the tiny countertop tub to the regular tub, no ducky tub in between.

There are lots of MoMs that bathe them both together and do it alone, but, for now, I've got a rule of a 1:1 ratio required around water.

erinruns · August 2011

I'm a single mom, so bath times are always a one adult thing at our house. Until they could sit up well, I bathed them separately. Once they could sit up they both went into the duck tub. Once they outgrew that, I put a bath towel in the bottom of the tub so they wouldn't slip around. It's all absolutely doable, you just have to be organized and have everything ready before anyone gets undressed.

Fancy3Face · August 2011

We bathe them together in the big tub. We have little slings they lay in and they love being able to kick and splash. When I bathe them by myself its one at a time. I can't handle two slippery babies at the same time. When they can sit, we plan on getting that inflatable ducky tub that goes inside the big tub or a tub seat designed for babies who sit well.

nikinikinine · August 2011

I used to use bath seats from summer infant, but now DD tries to catapult herself out of any and all chairs. So now I just fill the tub with a few inches of water and lay them down on the floor of the tub. They will roll around a bit (DD more than DS) and play with their toys, but they rarely stick their faces down in the water, and even if they do I'm right there to roll them over/help them. They are actually really good in the tub and just like to splash and chew on washcloths.

mrsmacias2008 · August 2011

I am the bather and DH usually has the other one waiting. We have still been using the sink but just got the ducky tub. Only one can fit but I think when they get bigger and can sit up on their own we will get the big tub

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