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Bath Time Torture
Read all 12 responses: "My 5 year old granddaughter makes bath time torture for the entire family. She always refuses to come upstairs for her bath and has ...
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- I would definitely try getting into the bath with her. My son was always comforted and easier to bathe when it was a shared activity. Besides, all children love to h...
- When my grandson did not want to go take a bath, I made it fun for him to get to the bathroom. One "fun" way was to race him to the bathroom (of course he always win) ...
- Try making bathtime fun. You can go to almost any large chain store and get things like bath crayons that wipe right off the wall (except grout if you have tiles) with...
Dad Doesn't Want Bath Time to Fall into "His Time" with the Boys
Read all 10 responses: "My husband is a wonderfully involved Father who loves to play with his boys. It's been our routine since day one that when he gets ...
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- Who said that Dad couldn't be the ones to give the boys their baths? Who said that the bath time can't be fun? We have 2 girls the same ages as your boys, and my h...
- I'm also a SAHM. It's great isn't it?! My husband works long hours, but likes to spend as much time with our daughter as possible. He has always done bath time with he...
- Can't bath time be part of fun time? Get a couple bath toys, some bubbles and let the boys play for 10 minutes in the tub. Daddy can teach them how to wash themselve...
Bath Time
Read all 11 responses: "The last few weeks when ever I go to give my son a bath he freaks out and screams at the top of his lungs.
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- I second the getting in the tub with him. I don't see any reason why you wouldn't. It's perfectly natural. Just keep it up until he gets over the fear.
- My daughter did this at one point, but I realized it happened right after we had visited my Mom's house that didn't have a mat in the bottom of the tub. She slipped a...
- I had the same problem with my son (he's 2 now). There was no reason. Nothing had happened in the tub and he had always loved bath time before. When he started freakin...
Bath Time
Read all 13 responses: "My 2 year old HATES getting water on his face, which makes washing his hair very difficult. He loves bath time, but anytime I pour ...
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- My 3 yr old use to be the same way at bath timeso here's what I did. Before I lay him down in the tub to get his hair wet I give him a dry washcloth to hold over his f...
- My son hates it too. I just dump a cup of water over his head and have a dry washcloth ready and dry his eyes real fast. He cries for a second but stops as soon as I d...
- My daughter is 6 and still hates to get her face wet. When she was younger, I would fold a washcloth into a triangle and let her hold that over her face. I also have a...
Bath Time Fussiness
Read all 9 responses: "Hello Mommies! I have an 8 week old who used to enjoy bathtime and suddenly a few weeks ago started crying through the whole thing, ...
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- you changed the water temp...did you also make sure that the room temp is not too cold? in winter months the temp does drop slightly here and while we may not notice ...
- This is a new one on me however I would try maybe not bathing her everynight and see what happens. Since she is so little she is not crawling on the floor getting dir...
- Hi, My kids often went back and forth in their preferences for which parent they "liked" best for different daily events. Maybe it was the voice or the touch, I don't ...
Baby Not Liking Bath Time
Read all 27 responses: "My daughter is going to be 5 months old soon, and we have a little bath tub with a hammock. She used that when she was a newborn ...
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- do you sit in the tub WITH her? this was the only way i could bathe my son for those months between baby bathtub and now. and hes fine, happy, and loves water LOL. its...
- maybe it looks like such a large tub to her and it scares her when she's getting wet all over. I bathed my kids in a well cleaned kitchen sick. It was so much fun........
- Both my kids have had phases where they hated their baths - it always passed after a while. Just try to be reassuring and distract her with toys or splashing. Someti...
Bath Time
Read all 20 responses: "Good morning, ladies! My daughter, who just turned 3, has suddenly started freaking out at bath time. I have always been gentle with ...
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- My advice is to first use a cup to rinse her head like this, you can get them at target, walmart, babies r us, etc. it has a rubber top that "seals" to the forehead. ...
- Try having her keep a washcloth on her eyes in case the water drips - like they do at the hair salon!!!!
- I saw a great-looking product at WalMart (I think they may also have them at Target). It was like a cup w/ a handle, but one section of the cup had a soft piece where ...
Bath Time Blues
Read all 11 responses: "My 20 month old daughter loves baths. Actually she hates them too. Let me explain. She loves baths if Mama...but especially if ...
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- you may want to try distancing yourself from inside the tub to outside your tub in steps.. you could try sitting on the edge of the tub with just your feet in during b...
- I have only two suggestions for you. One being that you start to give her showers and make it a game like it's raining inthe bathroom and strip her down and let her ru...
- Well one point about the 'hating showers' is that she probably doesn't like the water splashing in her face. My older daughter hated them. With my younger daughter I h...
Bath Time
Read all 10 responses: "Wondering at what age a Daddy should stop taking baths with his daughter? Would appreciate any opinions. Thanks so much!"
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- Hi J., I would say when your husband starts feeling uncomfortable or your daughter starts to ask questions or wants to touch parts that makes your hubby uncomfortable....
- I asked my pediatrician this question and she told me when the child decides it is time to stop. She said 4 years old is about average. My oldest daughter was about 5 ...
- My husband has never taken a bath WITH our daughter. Other than when she was a tiny infant and needed an "emergency" wash-down, I don't think it's ever been appropria...
Sudden Changes at Bathtime
Read all 18 responses: "My 2yo son is getting his 2year molars in (he's 26 months old) and Im not sure if it's related to the problem we're having.
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- He may be afraid that he or his toys is going to go down the drain with the bathwater. My daughter, who was a good talker at an early age, was able to explain this to...
- I have 4 sons (all grown now) and a couple of them went through the same thing around the time they turned two. One used to love bubble baths but suddenly at that ag...
- Hi S., You may have had these suggestions already: -try shower instead of bath -bubbles? -bath toys, soaps, sponges, fishing? -toys which he can "bathe"? Hope so...
