Baby baths

toppingheyler · October 2013

I shower with my daughter. She is usually a squirmy little one but the second the water hits she relaxes and just lays there smiling. If she were squirmy during the shower, I would definitely sit down with her and do a bath instead. I hold her with my left arm and wash with the right and then switch arms to be sure each side of her was well cleaned. Then I put her on my shoulder, hold with left arm and wash with right, just like I would hold her while burping her. My favorite part about bringing baby in the bath with me is the skin to skin time. Although I do that outside of the bathroom, there is something magical about the addition of water! If I'm alone, I don't wash myself until I've put her pjs on and she's fallen asleep and then I bring her bassinet in the bathroom with me because I'm ridiculous and want to see her at all times. If hubs is home, he's ready with a towel and I hand her off. Just thought i'd share my experience because I really love my showers with my sweet girl.

katiedid0907 · October 2013

We use a big blue tub from target with an infant sling. It has a groove in the bottom so that it fits nicely in the kitchen sink. So I just bathe him in there and can spray him lightly with the kitchen faucet. That's also nice because the water can drain right into the sink with no mess and the baby is at a comfortable level so I don't have to bend over a tub. We bathe prior to bedtime ( unless there has been a poop explosion and we have to do it earlier) which is usually around 9:30 or 10

Soleil3 · October 2013

mommabmb said:

For those of you that shower with your LO, how do you do that? I feel like I don't have enough hands to hold him and wash him down, get soap, etc. and if you're not with your SO, do you do it alone? How do you shower yourself and hold them? This seems so logistically confusing to me! Lol

My shower has a seat. But when it didn't, Id sit on the floor, or stand with my back to the water, Cradling him. But I only use soap like once a week, and i don't use enough to make him slippery, just a little on a washcloth.

lkobriant · October 2013

We use the blooming bath in the kitchen sink. I just keep pouring the warm water on him and he seems to do OK. We bathe nightly as part our bedtime routine but only soap once a week and avoid his hair/head until soap night. So far its worked out for us.

rooftop · October 2013

DH usually help me bathe LO. We fill up the big bathtub and put her in a mesh shower chair with me in the tub with her to keep from sliding. DH either cleans her while I hold or holds while I clean then he grabs the towel and I hand her up before I get out.

MissyCee · October 2013

We have a baby tub with an insert as well. I fill it up until her bum is submerged and keep splashing water on her chest and arms to keep her warm. She loves bath time!

PB102012 · October 2013

LO is 6.5 weeks. She gets bathed about 3 times a week (more if she has a really bad blowout, spit up, etc). We have a bath pad (I think that's the name?). It absorbs the water and seems to keep LO warmer. I close the door to keep the warm air in. LO has been pretty good recently about baths.

Lilmrslay · October 2013

Our LO has a bath with her Daddy every night. It's part of her bedtime routine and it's their time to play and bond and it gives me 10 minutes to do my own thing. I undress LO, pop her in the bath with Dad, he does all the cleaning and playing, then I put her in her jammies etc.

We have a baby bath but she hated it and it all felt so cumbersome. Now she flaps about and practices her 'swimming' and is all smiles with her Dad the whole time. It's her favourite part of the day it seems.

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