We went through this too Sarah - DD was fine in the bath but would start screaming the second we took her out. Showers didn't help as she'd just scream when she was taken out! Then we decided to try warming up her towel. So while she was in the bath we would put her towel over the heater and she would come straight out of the bath and into a nice toasty towel. This was the only thing that worked. Then one day, when she was around 3 months I think, I forgot to warm the towel and she was fine! And been ok ever since.
Good luck, its hard when they are so upset but hopefully she will grow out of it.
Ambah (2 next month) hated the bath from the time she was born until she reached the age where she could sit in there by herself and splash around. From 6 days old, she always had a shower with daddy. This was (still is actually) their special time together, they have songs they sing each time, and a special order of things they do (wet hair first, etc. finish with brushing teeth) right to the end when she has to give him a certain amount of kisses (has changed from 12 to 2 to 5) then I get a cuddle when she gets out
She loves her baths now, but more often than not, she'll have a shower with daddy. When they're in there I close up the lounge (straight off the bathroom) and turn the heat on during winter. I take her out of the shower and dress her in the warm lounge while DH finishes his shower.
My bub hated getting out of the bath. He still doesn't like getting out that much, but it's improving. We sit him up in the bath for a little whie before we pull him out, so he sort of knows it's coming. We also give him a facewasher or a handtowel to play with while we get his bottom dry - it seems to keep him happier to have something to cover himself with or throw around. We bath him every second day.
MJ baths in a Tummy tub and is always content afterwards, sometimes after a shower or a big baths she gets really cranky and screams... we find that if we get her out the moment she looks tired or over it, it helps.
The other thing to try is getting a wheat bag and having that on the towel so that it is toasty and warm when she is put on it. (i also use the heat pack in the cot before she goes down at night and if i have to give her a night feed (I love it afterwards )
I now use the TT in the lounge and the towel next to it, as soon as she is lifted out it is straight onto the towel and wrapped up and we play gentle games (like blowing on her face lightly, or raspberrys on her tum or just laughing) for a while before the massage and getting dressed which can make her cold and more likely to have a cry.
Oliver was born in Feb and did the same thing - screaming after every bath. I bathed him every 7 - 10 days (when he got smelly, basically) for the first 14 weeks to lessen the time spent screaming afterwards while we tried to get him quickly into his clothes. After that he suddenly liked baths and didn't mind being toweled off and massaged afterwards afterwards and now baths are fun rather than stressful. So just ride it out and hope it passes.
We tried showering as an alternative but it made him scream more. We haven't tried that again - I bet he would like it now.
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