Me again- tub question

kaf7 · October 2013

When did you guys start putting LO in your regular bathtub? My guy is getting too big for the infant tub but he has just started crawling too and I am worried he will crawl all over the tub and face plant in the water. Advice?

pb_bride · October 2013

We switched when M was 7 months; he had outgrown the infant tub. We have plenty of bath toys and they keep M occupied. He stays seated 99% of the time when I bathe him. When DH bathes him, I was told that M sometimes will stand in the tub. He really hasn't tried too hard to get into a crawling position while in the big tub.

kmc84 · October 2013

My cousin gave us their inflatable Munchkin ducky tub and that thing is fantastic! A can scoot around in it and it's soft, so I don't worry about her banging her face on it

ELF4321 · October 2013

kmc84 said:
My cousin gave us their inflatable Munchkin ducky tub and that thing is fantastic! A can scoot around in it and it's soft, so I don't worry about her banging her face on it

We still use the inflatable duck tub at 18 months! DD loves it. I dread the day she outgrows it because she is going to hate not having something to lounge against when she's in the tub!

ccam · October 2013

We used the inflatable duck too. DS loved it.

TJ1979 · October 2013

Ours isn't the inflatable duck, but it is another version of an inflatable tub that goes inside a regular tub. We used it until just recently.

laura1 · October 2013

With DS we moved him to the kitchen sink when he outgrew the baby tub. With DD#1, we moved her into the bath with DS when she outgrew the baby tub (I honestly don't remember when this was, but she never moved as a baby - didn't crawl or pull to stand until 11.5 months, so it wasn't really an issue). DD#2 moved into the tub with the other 2 when she was 5 months - I put her in a bath seat (kind of looked like a bouncy seat) in the big tub and they all did fine together. Once she could sit up well, we got rid of the seat. Now that she is a mover, she is occupied by the bath toys, cups, wash clothes, etc. She does attempt to crawl and stand, and has fallen in the water, but I have scooped her up before her face actually gets wet. If I am not up for the challenge of all 3 at once (which I can only handle doing like once a week!), I do her by herself in the kitchen sink while the big 2 eat dinner, then do the other 2 after she is ready for bed.

When it is just one, I prefer the sink - no kneeling and leaning over in the tub, and it is a much smaller space! DS was bathing in the sink until he was 15ish months, I think!

Ruthie04 · October 2013

I think we switched around eight months. We never used anything in the tub since we bathe them together, but the inflatable tubs sound great. Even if you don't use anything, you can always use millions of bath toys to distract LO. My boys are generally happy with water books, washcloths, and squirting toys. I do have to keep a constant hand on them to keep them from standing, but it's not so bad. They also make those tub seats and no slip mats, but we couldn't use them since we have a textured tub.

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