Standing in the bathtub

Jnmac83 · June 2013

How do you keep your kid from standing up in the bathtub? I feel like I constantly have to say "we don't stand in the bathtub" and sit O back down. He just laughs and stands back up. It makes me so freaking nervous.

bigbootyjudi · June 2013

I'd like to know the answer to this too. G drives me freaking nuts with this...especially because he'll ease himself halfway back down to sitting and then just plop down on his butt mid-air.

AmySmolos · June 2013

I was going to ask the same thing! Bathtime used to be so enjoyable now it's constant sitting him back down and repeating "sit on your bottom please." What used to be a 10 to 15 minute bath is now under 5 due to this. How long does if last?

Sorry no advice obviously but I empathize.

piphigirl · June 2013

I do exactly what you do. It's not a solution, but I assume that she will eventually learn!

rp-chicago-mom · June 2013

It it low enough that he'd fall out? Ours has high sides so I get in with him. Also, it's fiberglass instead of iron or something without give and it has a nonskid floor. If he fell, he wouldn't be hydroplaning and it's fiberglass. Plus, I'm in there with him. I sit in front so he doesn't fall into the faucet. And I do say sit on your bottom about 7,303,383 times. Maybe one day he will listen.

megmb24 · June 2013

Same here. I just sit her back down and tell her no. Pretty sure telling her no is a waste because she thinks it is hilarious.

latnprincess · June 2013

Just what you're doing already! Nothing else to do! They'll learn eventually. It'll be a while though. Wait till they want to WALK in the tub... oy..

Cheerilee · June 2013

At first, I'd sit DD back down and say, "It's not safe to stand in the bath." and I'd sit her back down. After 2 days, I started saying, "It's not safe to stand in the bath. I'll have to take you out if you do it again." I'd follow through. I did this for a few more days. Now, when she stands, I say, "You must want out of the bath" and I take her out. The past 2 nights, she hasn't stood in the tub.

Jnmac83 · June 2013

Cheerilee:
At first, I'd sit DD back down and say, "It's not safe to stand in the bath." and I'd sit her back down.nbsp; After 2 days, I started saying, "It's not safe to stand in the bath.nbsp; I'll have to take you out if you do it again."nbsp; I'd follow through.nbsp; I did this for a few more days.nbsp; Now, when she stands, I say, "You must want out of the bath" and I take her out.nbsp; The past 2 nights, she hasn't stood in the tub.

I'm going to try this!

He stood up the other day and I turned to grab his towel from beside me and turned back just in time for him to flip out into my lap. Scared the ever loving crap out of me. I have to tell him a billion times to sit and even though I'm literally siting right in front of him, it only takes a split second for an accident to happen. Bathtubs scare me!!

Cheerilee · June 2013

Jnmac83:
Cheerilee:
At first, I'd sit DD back down and say, "It's not safe to stand in the bath." and I'd sit her back down.nbsp; After 2 days, I started saying, "It's not safe to stand in the bath.nbsp; I'll have to take you out if you do it again."nbsp; I'd follow through.nbsp; I did this for a few more days.nbsp; Now, when she stands, I say, "You must want out of the bath" and I take her out.nbsp; The past 2 nights, she hasn't stood in the tub.
I'm going to try this! He stood up the other day and I turned to grab his towel from beside me and turned back just in time for him to flip out into my lap. Scared the ever loving crap out of me. I have to tell him a billion times to sit and even though I'm literally siting right in front of him, it only takes a split second for an accident to happen. Bathtubs scare me!!

Make sure you follow through EVEN IF he's not clean! I do the washing part of the bath as soon as I plop DD in the tub so if I have to pull her out, she's at least clean. Once, though, she didn't get a whole bath.

LissaLynn0682 · June 2013

I'd love a magic cure for this, too. My guess is that I'll just have to wait until N outgrows this phase. For now, I just sit her back down and tell her "We sit in our bathtub."

The counselor in me has to state everything positive, lol. I always tell her what I want her to do instead of what I DON'T want her to do.

twoitalians · June 2013

Cheerilee:
At first, I'd sit DD back down and say, "It's not safe to stand in the bath." and I'd sit her back down.nbsp; After 2 days, I started saying, "It's not safe to stand in the bath.nbsp; I'll have to take you out if you do it again."nbsp; I'd follow through.nbsp; I did this for a few more days.nbsp; Now, when she stands, I say, "You must want out of the bath" and I take her out.nbsp; The past 2 nights, she hasn't stood in the tub.

I did something similar to this. The past few nights we haven't had any standing in the tub. Before that, I had to ask him to sit down once or it was the end of bath time and he sat back down.

twoitalians · June 2013

Cheerilee:
Jnmac83:
Cheerilee:
At first, I'd sit DD back down and say, "It's not safe to stand in the bath." and I'd sit her back down.nbsp; After 2 days, I started saying, "It's not safe to stand in the bath.nbsp; I'll have to take you out if you do it again."nbsp; I'd follow through.nbsp; I did this for a few more days.nbsp; Now, when she stands, I say, "You must want out of the bath" and I take her out.nbsp; The past 2 nights, she hasn't stood in the tub.

I'm going to try this!

He stood up the other day and I turned to grab his towel from beside me and turned back just in time for him to flip out into my lap. Scared the ever loving crap out of me. I have to tell him a billion times to sit and even though I'm literally siting right in front of him, it only takes a split second for an accident to happen. Bathtubs scare me!!
Make sure you follow through EVEN IF he's not clean!  I do the washing part of the bath as soon as I plop DD in the tub so if I have to pull her out, she's at least clean.  Once, though, she didn't get a whole bath.

Yes! Follow through! I had a couple of nights of speed washing so he would be clean cuz I knew he only had the patience of about 3 minutes before he wanted to stand.

Tapthathank · June 2013

twoitalians:
Cheerilee:
At first, I'd sit DD back down and say, "It's not safe to stand in the bath." and I'd sit her back down.nbsp; After 2 days, I started saying, "It's not safe to stand in the bath.nbsp; I'll have to take you out if you do it again."nbsp; I'd follow through.nbsp; I did this for a few more days.nbsp; Now, when she stands, I say, "You must want out of the bath" and I take her out.nbsp; The past 2 nights, she hasn't stood in the tub.
I did something similar to this. The past few nights we haven't had any standing in the tub. Before that, I had to ask him to sit down once or it was the end of bath time and he sat back down.

I'm going to have to try this! Bath time used to be so fun, now he is constantly trying to climb out!

smile50208 · June 2013

Without jinking myself, we don't' have this issue. Bath time is daddy and S time. He gets in the tub with him so they sit and play with the toys. Keeps him occupied so he doesn't attempt to stand. ***here's hoping I didn't jink myself***

jessalynn521 · June 2013

A does this all the time. I just sit him back down and say "it isn't safe to stand in the tub". We do that about 50 times a bath.

Bathtime is one of the few times a day A is content, so I don't want to cut that off. I figure he will eventually associate the standing with being put back down into a sitting position and will give up.

TechieGirl1 · June 2013

Lo only stands in the tub if he gets water in his face. He's always entertained though with his toys, and I play with his toys with him. If he's entertained he doesn't want to stand, or at least that's the case with us!

mswood1977 · June 2013

When DS stands in the tub, I take him out so that he learns standing in the tub is a sign that he is ready to get out.

I always wash him as soon as he gets in the tub, then let him play. That way he never misses getting washed if he decides to stand up early in the bath.

xxbabycakesxx · June 2013

I try but its difficult. I just sit him back down and make the baths really quick.

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