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Do you bathe with Baby?

Poll Results: Do you bathe with your baby?

 
  • 66% (76)
    Yes, always!
  • 3% (4)
    No, Never
  • 29% (34)
    Occasionally
114 Total Votes  
post #1 of 38
6/30/03 at 2:48am
Thread Starter 
I was sitting in the tub tonight with my 11 week old and wondered if others do this. I have never bought a infant tub for any of my babies. As soon as the cord was gone, every bath they had, was with me
I love this time with my baby. Also, it gives me an excuse to soak in our garden tub
All of my babies loved it. So.........anyone else?
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post #2 of 38
6/30/03 at 3:24am
I have done it on occasion when dh is around to take care of drying baby while I do myself. How do you do this if you're by yourself :
post #3 of 38
6/30/03 at 3:30am
Thread Starter 
Here is how I do it.
I have one of those spongie bear shaped things. I put their towel on it get them undressed. Then we get in and bathe. When we are done we get out together, I lay hin down, wrap him up in the towel and then dry off and get dressed and then I get him.

Nak
post #4 of 38
6/30/03 at 8:08am
I did use an infant tub, but when dd was ready for the big tub, (she was sitting by 4 months with almost no support)I crawled in with her. Being short, it's easier for me to bathe her from in the tub than to lean over the edge. One thing though, is she likes to nurse in the tub. At first I thought it was the sight of my bare breasts, so I started wearing a bathing suit, but even that doesn't deter her. She barely fits on my lap in the tub sideways, so it's not very comfy. I figure someday the "tub-milkies" will go by the wayside, but it usually works out that she's in the tub after her supper, so it makes sense to have milk to sorta wash it down. When she was younger, she often pooped in the tub, but she hasn't in a long time. Phew!
post #5 of 38
6/30/03 at 11:27am
I voted occasionally, but it is more like 'most of the time' I love bathing with her but I do savor a long hot bath alone or a shower where I get to shave my legs.
post #6 of 38
6/30/03 at 11:53am
every night! well, dh and i take turns. so much fun!
post #7 of 38
6/30/03 at 12:24pm
I voted "always" but that's really not totally true. My SO bathes with Gavin when he has a bath. I stand there and soap him up when he's played around for awhile and then take him out to dry him off. He prefers baths with daddy as opposed to baths in his little tub with mommy.
post #8 of 38
6/30/03 at 2:17pm
Well, DH bathes/showers with DD every night and has since she was born. We did with other 2 also. She showers with me in the mornings so I can keep an eye on her. I don't wash her in the morning, she just plays
post #9 of 38
6/30/03 at 2:46pm
I took tons of baths during the last month of being pregnant. I would sit in the tub and talk to my son. It was so cool to take a bath with him sitting on my tummy instead of inside. He loves the water. Now depending on how much I want to get wet will determine if we take a bath together.
post #10 of 38
6/30/03 at 2:51pm
sometimes veronica is in a bath with me, but i dont take baths often....but it was easiest when she was little....i use the sling sometimes now, but i find it easy and fun for her when i take a shower, and she takes a bath at the same time.

she is pretty stable sitting up now, and our tub is an old LONG tub (like 72 inches) so i fill her rubbermaid container i use for swimming and bathing her, and put it at the end of the tub, then i shower in the front part. we have a great time.
post #11 of 38
6/30/03 at 4:20pm
i have always bathed with my beauties. i did it with dd#1 and made extra room in the tub when dd#2 came along 2 years later. with three of us we have tons of fun and get super goofy: i am pregnant with #3 and i think the logistics of 4 in a tub are a bit boggling. bath time is wonderful
post #12 of 38
6/30/03 at 6:44pm
my girls LOVE to take baths, especially with mommy!! alexandra was about a week old when i started taking her in the shower with me. she didn't like her sponge baths, so i would just hold her in the shower and use the foam bear thing to lay her on while i cleaned up. once i was cleared to take baths again i'd bring her in with me. now she takes baths with or without me. the ones without mommy and isabella are more for her just to play in the water than to get clean. she LOVES to be in pools and what not. isabella started too at about a week taking showers with mommy and after her cord fell off taking baths with mommy and her big sis. we all LOVE it. i wouldn't have it any other way!!!!
post #13 of 38
6/30/03 at 7:00pm
When I don't have DH to help me, here is what we do:

I put DS in his big basket right next to the tub with only a dipey on. After I have washed my hair and everything, I get him out of the basket, and we bathe. I have my towel within arm's reach, and right after I pick up DS to get in the tub, I pull his towel across his basket for when he gets out.

After he gets all fresh and clean, I place him on his towel and wrap him in it. Then, I get myself out, and wrap the towel around me. Then, I can pick him up to get ready for bed.

All the books say that you don't need to bathe Baby daily, and they are probably right. BUT, I think that it relaxes my baby (and me) so much that it is really well worth it! I usually put a drop of lavender essential oil in the bath, too!

And another tip: I know that some of you mamas practice elimination communication... we give DS the opportunity to pee pee and poop before and after a bath. Generally, he will pee pee right before or during bath (oh, well!), and afterwards, he very often has a poop. When we give him the chance to go before the bath, he never poops in there, which can be uberyucky.

Jean
post #14 of 38
6/30/03 at 8:26pm
I always bathe w/ DD. Last week she fell asleep early, and I had one by myself for the first time in a long time

Here is what I do:
I have a bath sling thing that looks like a bouncer seat. I put DD in it at the end of the tub while I wash my hair, ect. Then I take her diaper off, and let her bathe. She loves it, and I feel much more secure holding her w/ both my hands that trying to reach over the tub to do it all. Also my DD has hair that is 2 inches long, so it takes a few mintues to wash the soap out if you are only using a rag. It's much quicker to lay her back and rinse it out
post #15 of 38
6/30/03 at 8:45pm
Thread Starter 

what a great thread this is!

Carrots: I know what you mean. I took many baths my last month with my 2 little ones, can be quite a task! Now that the baby is here they take a bath together and then I run fresh water for us, they help from the side. Much easier.

I am so happy to hear about all the bathing beauties. I never understood moms when they would tell me "my baby hates the bath, all he/she does is scream" My response is always the same "you must not be doing it right then" then I smile like it is a joke.My babies have always loved bath time! It is good bonding one on one time too, if I can manage to get in there without being noticed
post #16 of 38
6/30/03 at 9:13pm
I voted yes, always, but it's actually my dh who bathes with her. I get dd undressed while dh gets the tub ready. He puts on his swim trunks (so dd doesn't, uh, grab stuff) and gets in, then I hand dd over and get a few minutes to myself while they bathe and play. Then when they're finished, I take dd out and towel her off and head to bed. It works great for us. I don't know how long we'll do it this way (she's 9 months now), but I don't see stopping any time soon. Every other way we tried with her bathing by herself was a disaster. She likes the company!
post #17 of 38
6/30/03 at 11:49pm
I wasted money on a baby tub. Baby's first baths were in the sink. Then I got the tub, and used it maybe 3 times. It was such a pain...putting it in the big bath, having to lean over to bath him, a little awkard and I felt I didnt have the best grip from my position. I've been bathing with ds for the last 3 months now, and we both love it. He loves the water! He loves it when I lean him back to rinse his hair (it's pretty long, like 2 inches). He kicks and talks and babbles.

This is how I do it. I put baby in his bouncy seat while I fill the tub. Usually, I will get in first and bathe myself. Then, I can just reach over, take of his dipey and bring him in the bath with me. I already have a towel nearby within reach for both of us. I sit crossed legged and he is in my lap while I wash him up. Part of the time I hold his hands and he half floats in the water, I let him kick a little, he likes this kind of play. Then when we are ready to get out, I place the towel on his bouncy seat, put him in, wrap him up. THen I get out, dry off, and then pick him up and we're all done.
post #18 of 38
7/1/03 at 2:03am
DD hated her baby bathtub so I sponge bathed her for the first few weeks. Since then we've bathed together and love it!
post #19 of 38
7/1/03 at 2:20am
I LOVE bathing with ds. He is only 6 weeks old and I think it makes him feel very relaxed and open about bathing. If he is fussy, I even nurse him in the bath. The only time I bathe him in the baby tub is when he needs to be bathed and dh isn't around to help. I find that I need dh to help lift ds out of the bath and to dry him while I bathe myself, etc. Ds has a hard time transitioning out of the bath and having dh there to wrap him and hold him helps.
post #20 of 38
7/1/03 at 3:58pm
We also do this almost every night - one of us gets in the tub with her and the other reads aloud--so much fun!!
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