Babies: 3 - 6 Months
PSA: Bumbo in the bathtub
I posted the pictures of Hadley in the Bumbo in the tub and a person or two said they would have to try it out. It's a lot of fun, but I just wanted to make double sure that everyone knows that if anything it makes bath time a bit harder... it's very very bobbly. I do it with Hadley b/c it's like a little boat and she bobbles all over the water, but just make sure you're ready to really hold onto the seat. Just felt bad if I suggested an idea and wasn't clear that it might make it more unsteady than normal bath time. 
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Re: PSA: Bumbo in the bathtub
That's why I mentioned it... you wouldn't be reaching for the soap and they wouldn't be launching backwards, it's literally like a little boat when in water... you have to keep both hands on it. The only reason I mentioned it at all is b/c I put pics of her in it, and someone mentioned trying it out and I was afraid that someone would think it was like a bath seat, which it is not.
Your friend probably doesn't use much water, especially if she has 2 in the tub... We like to "swim" in the tub!
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I do it all the time! Like with 2 inches of water though. It sits tight on the bottom just fine. Never been a problem.
I'm standing right there. Even if I grab soap I highly doubt anything is going to happen, moreso than if she was in anything else.
Not sure if any of you guys read the warnings on the bumbo box, but it specifically states to NOT use in any type of water.
My sister used one of these once they graduated out of the infant tub. I am thinking of ordering one....
https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Me-Baby-Bath-Yellow/dp/B003YL3EIW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1324571806&sr=8-4
My mom has a few pictures of me when I was little in something just like this.
We use the Bumbo in the tub and have never had an incident, not even a close call. It works really well for us.
Now that DD is too long for the infant tub we use something like this https://www.amazon.com/Safety-1st-Bath-Cradle-Blue/dp/B0032FOOXO/ref=sr_1_1?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1324596465&sr=1-1
She can't sit up well enough to just sit in the tub yet.
exactly THIS!!!!!!!
Srsly. Sometimes it seems like, when an accident post is made, people are ARGLEBARGLE IT SAYS NOT TO USE IT THAT WAY ON THE DIRECTIONS at the people in the article (thinking of you, carseat in shopping cart moms)... until it's something they really really wanna do, apparantly. Come on. They make seats specifically for the bath tub, ya know.
We put our car seat in the shopping cart... but I truly mean IN the shopping cart not up on the level where the kiddies sit once they are bigger... It makes buying groceries a little more difficult due to space issues, but is otherwise safe... I've actually had lots of people that work at grocery stores tell me to put LO's car seat on the upper level when we get a cart at the entrance---they are like "it locks in place"----really bad advice