Bath Troubles

Rebecca - posted on 05/19/2010

What about taking a shower? Depending on our mood, my daughter & I take either a bath or a shower together every day...I take some toys into the shower with us & a little rinse cup for her hair & she loves it... maybe the change from a tub bath might be fun for him?

Tanya - posted on 05/19/2010

My daughter didnt like baths either with out me so I started taking showers with her. Now she loves it. She would rather a shower then a bath. She gets in there and plays around. I can now run a shower and she walks right in. I also plug the shower so after Im done cleaning her she will play in the water thats like 2 inches deep. All I have to do now is say shower and she runs to the bathroom. It is so much easier to wash her hair to cause I slowly poor water on her hair while she is playing and she doesnt seem to care..

Chatty - posted on 05/19/2010

Glad everything is back to normal....I wouldn't be surprised if that's what scared him. Like I said earlier, it happened to my daughter as well and like you said, it seemed to stop as quickly as it started!

Mysterious lil' creatures aren't they?! LOL!

Anna - posted on 05/19/2010

Thanks. It seems to have stopped as suddenly as it started. Now we are back to trying to convince him he has been in the bathtub long enough and he really needs to come out. The only thing we could figure out was that he saw the commercial for the new Nightmare on Elm Street where something comes out of the tub. I was so mad at NBC for airing it during a comercial break from a kids show.

Angie - posted on 04/26/2010

I know that this might sound odd, but... Did maybe an older kid say something to him that spooked him? I didnt know how much my little guy understood until my husband said "you can only have one phone or keys" and Duncan handed back the keys for the phone.

Also has anyone tried to get in the bath with him? Another idea (weather permitting) kiddie pool out side with loads of bubbles!!

Duncan did this too, right around easter time. It took both of us in the bathroom talking to him to get him calmed down and very short, tearful, unhappy bath night. It took a few weeks to get him back in the bath with a friends 7 year old son. All is good now! Just keep at it!

Reissa - posted on 04/25/2010

Maybe try getting him some really cool new bath toys, or let him bring some of his favorite toys in the tub and tell him they need a bath, and he needs to wash them? Just a thought. Luckily my daughter has not gone through this phase yet! Good luck :)

Jill - posted on 04/24/2010

My daughter is starting to get scared of things she used to be okay with as well lately. I think it is just a phase. I thought she was going through that with the bath because we went through a small rough patch with bath time. Try and have someone else give her a bath, I had my mom and sister do it and she did fine. I do it mostly now. I got letters for her for the bath the ones that stick to the side. So I made it a fun game finding the different letters colors, etc. Get soem new toys and have him pick one to go in the bath with. Make a fun game with a toy so it will motivate him to get in. Change it up and do the bath in the morning instead. Hope these might help out.

Chatty - posted on 04/21/2010

It could just be a phase.....my 19 month old went thru a phase when she was b/w 14-15 months! It lasted about a week and a half and I did the same thing you did....a sponge bath is better than no bath and hopefully it'll pass. Just keep trying every night but don't make too big of a deal if he starts to protest.....be encouraging even try and offer him a reward if he gets in but don't punish him or show ur upset cuz I think that might make it worse!



Wish I could offer you some devine wisdom but I have no idea why it happened to my daughter either but she did get over it.....patience is a virtue! Good luck!