Hating bath time?

LolaBelle515 · May 2013

My 12 month old suddenly hates bathtime.

He hated it when he was a newborn, but started having fun around 6 months. Lots of splashing and giggling...and now, he just screams, tries to stand up, and cries until it's over (ie: 90 second baths in our house right now).

Anyone else experiencing this? Any suggestions? We have bath toys, we've tried music.

I use a thermometer to check the temp of the water--usually about 102 degrees. Should I be making it warmer? That's what he used to like.

Would love ideas!

Jmcmahon21 · May 2013

I'm glad you posted this, we're having the same issue right now. He's always loved the bath and now he freaks out standing up and won't sit down.

emnoahmom · May 2013

Asher screams sometimes when getting a bath. I have found that it happens on days he doesn't nap long enough. I thing he's overtired and the bath is just too much.

mommasqueak · May 2013

our DD went through this, but is already back to baths. she would have baths, i would be in the tub with her. around 3 months old she started to hate them and would cry and just get hysterical. so we used to shower. i would hold her, and she still LOVED the water, she just didn't want to be in the bath i guess. about a week ago, we did a lil inflatable pool for her cousin, and put her in it, and she just loved it. so we tried baths again the next day, and she loved them again.

strangest thing.... never could explain it

silvie25mar · May 2013

This happened to us too. Dd is 14 mos and she loved baths as a newborn. Then around 1112 months she hated water over her head and would always stand. It passed so keep trying. And try and switch up the toys to keep the interest. Good luck!

katieh1017 · May 2013

This happened to us. We started putting her in earlier, moved up her bed time and that did the trick for us. She was overtired so moving it 30 minutes really worked.

CocoGelato · May 2013

My DD always loved bath time, but around 11 months we went through 2 weeks of crying and clawing at me to get out resulting in 2 minutes baths. Then, she was back to loving it...

I don't have any explanation for you, but it may just pass as quickly as it started.

mamatobe2012 · May 2013

Crazy, I posted this question a few weeks ago!

My DS out of nowhere started doing the same thing around 11 months old when he got sick for a few days. We didn't want to force him to sit down since we didn't want to make bathtime associated with negative stuff. For a week or two he would cry and stand the whole time. Well 3 months passed and it didn't go away.

I had tried getting in the tub with him a few times during those 3 months but he would just cling on to me. Well I tried again but forced him to sit in between my legs and got all his bath toys around him and he started playing. The next night I got in again and sat him between my legs and snuck out after a few minutes and he was fine. The next night my husband put him in and he wouldn't sit down so my DH forced him to (lots of back arching and screaming) but once he sat down he remembered how much fun he was having. The day after that when my DH put him in the tub he plopped down and was sitting and playing and we haven't had an issue again.

LuckyDad · May 2013

DS loves bathtime, although we are having issues with him standing up. He loves it when I pour water out of this scoop/spout thing we have; he'll try to catch it in his hands or another scoop. He also loves the running water from the tap. I don't tend to clean his face very aggressively at all and try to avoid getting any water in his eyes. Too much water on his face and it's all over.

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