I don't have any guesses about the cause, but I bet it will pass. Until then, I'd do warm-washcloth-wipedowns during diaper changes, or whatever. Poor sweetie! Sounds like she's definitely scared about something.
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Ds is often like this with me (it has gotten better, though....he LOVED baths as an infant (Pisces!) then didn't like them, now tolerates them), however, he LOVES when dh gives him a bath. I hear them in there giggling and playing and splashing. Have you tried that? It also gives you a break!
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ETA after seeing elmh23's post: ooh, bubbles! I know they aren't that great for baby's skin (drying and all), but dh uses bubbles a lot, and that's one of the few words that ds pronounces REALLY well, so I think he likes them a lot!!
ETA after seeing elmh23's post: ooh, bubbles! I know they aren't that great for baby's skin (drying and all), but dh uses bubbles a lot, and that's one of the few words that ds pronounces REALLY well, so I think he likes them a lot!!
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My ds hasn't cried or hate baths, but he's definitely let it be known that he doesn't want them much. lol. I guess he has way more important things to do. lol. And I don't bathe him if he doesn't want to.
I've found that there are a lot of options that work as well as a bath, and take less time and less water
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He likes to sit on the bathroom counter and let me wash him from the sink. I can stand him up in the sink to get him rinsed off really well. He loves looking in the mirror
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I've also washed him in the kitchen sink too. Works well too.
Another idea, that works pretty well is to get a bucket, and sit him on a towel in the living room and wash him while he watches a video. Its pretty easy even though it takes two trips for water- soapy then fresh.
He also likes for me to leave the water runing on a trickle in the bath. I don't fill it much, then leave the water on for him to play with. It ends up using no more than I'd usually use to fill the tub anyways.
Oh, and blowing bubbles is a really fun bathtime thing here, too. I don't let him blow bubbles in the house, so its kinda fun for him to be able to in the tub.
hth!
I've found that there are a lot of options that work as well as a bath, and take less time and less water
He likes to sit on the bathroom counter and let me wash him from the sink. I can stand him up in the sink to get him rinsed off really well. He loves looking in the mirror
Another idea, that works pretty well is to get a bucket, and sit him on a towel in the living room and wash him while he watches a video. Its pretty easy even though it takes two trips for water- soapy then fresh.
He also likes for me to leave the water runing on a trickle in the bath. I don't fill it much, then leave the water on for him to play with. It ends up using no more than I'd usually use to fill the tub anyways.
Oh, and blowing bubbles is a really fun bathtime thing here, too. I don't let him blow bubbles in the house, so its kinda fun for him to be able to in the tub.
hth!
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My dd went through this too for about a month when she was 16 months. We just gave her sponge baths or held her close (we always bath together) and one day it ended as abruptly as it began
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Bathing together and toys really helped us too. Just make it comfortable for now and hopefully it won't last too long
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Bathing together and toys really helped us too. Just make it comfortable for now and hopefully it won't last too long
my DS went through a phase like this, and now, we go to the pool once a week and he is SUCH a water baby
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