Bathing 1 yr old

[BabymamaOct]

Hi all, just taking a poll-- how r u bathing your baby? Our baby bath is getting too small for our little girl. Shld we get a bigger bath or do you just bath in the tub?? Thanks!

 

[southside852]

our baby outgrew is bath at 6 months at which pt we moved him to the big bath as we didnt want to buy another one. he's been fine n in it and now at 11 months takes a bath with his older brother who is 3.

 

[Biggie]

We have been bathing our 8 mth old in regular bath tub, with a bath seat from mothercare. It's at seat with the bath mat. Our 2.5 yr old still use that too
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[carang]

from about 4-5 months we always used the big tub. i did have the tub seat though and used that until they were about 1-1.5 years old.

 

[lesliefu]

once our LO doesn't fit in the sink (2-3mths old) we use a bathing aid that is placed in the bath tub and the baby lies down on it (it's slanted) at about 1-1 1/2yrs we change to the bath seat - both of which can be bought at B2B

 

[Little bird]

We use the big tub since 1 yr old, bought a seat sucked to the tub n with t bar in the front, bought fm Mothercare, great tool! Just stopped using 2 days ago as my son turned 2.5 yrs n is 'stable' enough. I plan to post for sale - can show u if u want to see a pic ( even if u want to buy new one fm shop)

 

[MarisaB]

We have been using the big tub since about 4 months. Now at 7.5 months he sits on his own and I keep a hand on him just in case he decides to lunge forward. I may invest in this seat you guys are talking about. It sounds cool. How long can you use it for? I hate to buy something he will outgrow in a few months time.

 

[carang]

as you have read, most of us used the seat from about 4-6 months and then all the way up to 2-2.5 years... so you get about 2 years out of it... and then if you have another baby, obviously you get more out of it.

 

[nicolejoy]

My daughter has dwarfism and is now at 14 months the average height of a 3 month old (although her body is longer and limbs are shorter, and she is much heavier). I've bathed her in the big bath with her older sister from the time she was about 5 months old!! I just find it easier. Now, she loves to scoot around the bathtub and stand up to get the toys on the side of the bath, I still have to be in the room with her but she's more or less independent in the bath now (except for the occasional dip which isn't going to harm her ). I never used one of those seats for either of my girls, I found that they were stable enough as long as the water was only up to their belly button (if it's too deep, they will be less stable) and only used the baby bath for the first couple of months. I never knew that people actually used them for that long!!!

 

[nicolejoy]

And with the seat, I can't even imagine either of my girls just sitting in the seat!! How do they play with their bath toys if they are just stuck in one spot the whole time?? And wouldn't it make it harder to wash them too?? I've always thought they would be more hassle than help...