Is it safe to use baby bath seat or rings?

A mom of 3 girls...7, 5, 2.
I know everything is dangerous now but i love the blue bath chair. I had one in each bath chair. I knew it could tip over but i also knew i was sitting right there by the tub. They all three loved the chair and the freedom. I did have to place a folded towel along the seat around the back so they wouldn't slide down too much until they got a little older. I would sit on my bench and read books or sing songs and just let them go at it. I could pull the chair up to the faucet, that was their favorite spot. Give them a cup and they are in heaven. I say if you plan on being in the bathroom, use the blue chair. I loved mine.

My son is 9 mths old, and we use a PRIMO Euro bath tub which is sold at Baby's R US. He can sit up in it and it has a little thing that sticks up in front of him to keep him from laying down in the water. But, I never take my eyes off of him regardless. For ages 0-6mths, the baby can sit on the other side which lets them lounge back in a reclining position, and it has grooves to hold their head and arms in place to make bathing them easier than using a kitchen sink. I've been really happy with it, and my baby loves it still.

I am not a big fan of the bath seats or rings, however I LOVE my safer bather cushion. The first one I bought for our oldest child I had to buy through One Step Ahead, but now Babies R Us sells them. It just keeps them from slipping and it gives you somewhere safe to lay them down to bath them. I love it and it is machine washable.

I wouldn't do the bath rings either. I too bathed my kids in the sink till they were big enough to sit up on their own... it saves your back, too. I wouldn't even own a bath ring. It brings too much risk with it.

We just use one of the no slip mats in the bottom of the tub. You are right here with your son so just put him in and watch him play. My 8 month old loves to play in the bath tub. He and his sister both love to splash together. It gives you a lot of room also.

This may be off base from what you are looking for, but... When my son was at that kind of in-between age, I bathed him in the kitchen sink! It was perfect! By the time he had out grown it, he was totally OK to sit up by himself and play in the tub with no problem.

I even bought a small folding stool at Wally (like $9) for me to sit on (it put me at the right height) while he played in the sink! It was a perfect solution for us.

As far as the rings, my BFF used one with her son several years ago with no problem. I think it's the fact that ignorant people think the seat can "babysit" their child and leave the child alone in the tub that causes problems. As long as you don't do that, I couldn't imagine any problems you would have.

Good Luck!

I don't know how old your baby is but when Kelsey was to big for her infant bath seat we moved her to the sink for all of 2 weeks before that was just a hassle. We then got a really good bath mat and she just sits in the big tub. We run about 5 inches of water and she LOVES it!

I was in your same boat a while back, and I did tons of research. What I found was that they say the bath rings are unsafe because they might give you a false sense of security, you leave your child unattended, and then terrible, unspeakable thing happens... But I agreed that the new ones look awkward and cumbersome.

My thought was that my son would love the bath ring (we found one of the blue ones with the colored rings on ebay), which he did. And I don't leave his side when he's in the bath, so we are safe.

It worked great, and it was perfectly safe since I was right there. He loved really being in the water and beign able to sit up "by himself."

Now he's 18 monnths and the bath is his own private swimming pool - no ring could keep him from doing his little laps!

Good luck & have so much fun with your kids - young and old!

I use a bath ring for my son, did for my daughter too. I agree with the previous person, the bath ring causes no problem if you are right there and don't take your attention off your son. I never even leave the tub AT ALL. He has started to tip over before, but it was probably due to too much water and I was right there to stabilize it before it went very far. I say if you want one, get one. Just use it with great caution and never leave your son's side.

i got ine for my son form target on line it is a bath ring that has an L shaped handle that attaches (temporarily) to the side of your tub . Lots of new tubs have a textured no slip bottom so the ones with suction cups don't work I loved this one and so did my son he splashed away everytime. The only problem we had with it is it is a bit bulky to store and since we only have one bathroom we had to remove it everytime. But it was still worth it!
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