Bath time splish splash

homediva · April 2014

Does anyone's baby not scream at bath time? If you have a water lover, care to share what your magic is?

Emily041285 · April 2014

DD loves the bath! It's the only time she'll be naked without screaming. No tricks here though, just total luck.

maelic · April 2014

LO had her first bath yesterday and she seemed to like it! We'd sponge bathed her before and she haaaaated it. We kept a warm wet towel on her belly and we kept pouring water on it to keep her toasty, lots of washcloths, and two warm towels after (one for drying her and the other to wrap her up tight right away).

She was more confused by the process than anything.

smashton14th · April 2014

My DD loved baths but my DS seems to hates them. I guess it is more of a girl thing to like baths..

heids4787 · April 2014

I gave LO her first bath today. This was the closest picture I could find to represent her feelings about this afternoon activity.

Damn. I was really hoping she was going to like it more than sponge baths :-(

bootsiebabe · April 2014

DS loves bath time too. I try to talk to him soothingly if he starts to fuss and I make sure to regularly pour warm water over his head and body.

MissWhis · April 2014

Emily041285 said:
It's the only time she'll be naked without screaming.

This. She seems to be more tolerating it than loving it, though.

Teresa1896 · April 2014

DS loves them so far. I was surprised, because my DD hated them at first. It is really just luck of the draw, I think.

KendraL86 · April 2014

DS hates the bath. Hates it!! He screams the whole time. He loves the shower though. I take him in with me, sit on the floor and wash him, and then hand him off to DH to dry/dress. It is way less fuss and cleanup for us. And DS doesn't cry. A win win!

joyfullyfound · April 2014

Neither of my kiddos has liked baths in the baby tub as newborns. They have both loved taking showers with us, though, as well as baths with mom or dad (like in the full size tub).

snmetz7 · April 2014

She seems more confused about the process then liking the bath but does not scream or cry. And afterwards falls right to sleep

chichi589 · April 2014

My LO doesn't cry at all I wouldn't say he loves it but I make sure the process is quick enough that by the time he figures out he hates it he's already done and wrapped in a towel. Get in and get out

strawberrytree · April 2014

He doesn't love it but he tolerates it. I put a warm wet washcloth over his tummy and that seems to do the trick for him. It stops the crying, at least.

reillyea · April 2014

I take baby girl in the shower with me now that her stump fell off. She loves it. I have always taken babies in the shower with me and they all seem to like it. If you are comfortable doing it.

homediva · April 2014

My first son loved it but this little guy is not a fan!!! I'll try bathing with him! It makes it hard to wait til my older son is in bed because I don't want the screaming to wake him up, so I try to do bath when I'm home alone with babe (not very often), but I would rather it be part of his bedtime routine!

beautifulstr13 · April 2014

DD had her first tub bath yesterday. She hates being naked or wet so I assumed she would hate it. She cried when I first out her in there then calmed down and liked it. I over filled the tub a bit so I started to scoop some out. That was a big mistake. I guess she only liked it when it was covering her whole body. She screamed the rest of the time.

Dianakdee · April 2014

My DS loves bath times the only thing he doesn't like is washing his hair. I have no tricks sorry he just loves it so far.

janice9821 · April 2014

KendraL86 said:
DS hates the bath. Hates it!! He screams the whole time. He loves the shower though. I take him in with me, sit on the floor and wash him, and then hand him off to DH to dry/dress. It is way less fuss and cleanup for us. And DS doesn't cry. A win win!

This is my LO too. She acts like a bath will kill her but cries when her shower is over!

momofmanyinthemitten · April 2014

Our baby bath is the kind that looks like a bucket. Both DD1 and DS loved it. They don't get cold because they're submerged in water and I'd imagine it's very womb-like. I haven't been able to put DD2 in it yet since her belly button isn't quite healed.