DD has always loved having a bath, often we have had to encourage her into the bath, but once she's in there she doesn't want to get out.
But now, she cries when she hears us running it, and if you put her in, she will only stand up and not sit down...
does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to get her to like the bath again? She doesn't really like showers either, so thats not really an option. Her hair is filthy but she won't let me wash it!
Any way you can make the bath seem more 'FUN' for her?
* Lots of bubbles
* Maybe she can choose some bath toys next time your at the shops ($2 shop is perfect for these kinds of things)?
* They have that new jelly stuff that changes the color of the water?
* Have a bath with her?
* Go in in her bathers?
These are probably things you've tried or thought of but i hope she's back into it for you soon.
Re: her hair can you use a spray bottle and give it a quick wash that way?
Do you use bubble bath? That could make it more fun...
There is a brand called Mustela which you can find in some pharmacies (I see you are in Melbourne, they had it at Pulse Pharmacy in Southland) and it turns the water blue.
But my son was opposite boy and HATED bubble bath LOL! Would scream at the bubbles but happily play in a plain water bath. So if you are using it, maybe get rid of it?
What if Mummy gets in the bath too? DS loved having a nice deep "swimming bath" with Mummy.
Or a couple of cool new bath toys?
The hairwashing can be tricky...you might just have to grit your teeth, get a big plastic jug and get the job over with as soon as possible. DS knew that 3 jugs of water would be used to rinse so we would count them and after 3 it was all over and his face was dried with a towel. Now he has a shower and he agrees to stand under the water to rinse his hair while I sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and as soon as the song is over he can come out and get his face wiped - it's all about knowing how long he has to put up with it. And then afterwards make a fuss of how beautiful her hair looks and smells.
The standing up I don't see as a huge problem as long as you have a non slip mat, a standing child is very easy to wash...once again, the trusty plastic jug to rinse them off.
It's more than likely just a phase...DS has gone through phases where he hated the bath, and then suddenly one day decided he hated the shower and wanted a bath again.
Others have already suggested getting in the bath with your DD and I wanted to say that's what helped my DD! She loved the bath and then suddenly would get upset at the thought of the bath. I went in with her a few times and then she was happy on her own again. The first time I went in I got my DH to pass my DD to me and I slowly lowered her in, like put her feet in for a bit, then put her legs in, etc. If she started grizzling I pulled her back up a bit and waited for it to pass then moved her slowly down again. It seemed to work and the second time she went in slowly but with no grizzling until we moved to getting straight in. Then she was fine to be on her own. HTH!
Lu has suddenly decided there is a monster in the tap. (i didn't even know she knew what a monster was!) so we had a good look, and put magic bubbles in the ward off any monsters.
No advice really, but just wondering if she is afraid of something imaginary......
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DD is terrified of the bath
(i didn't even know she knew what a monster was!) so we had a good look, and put magic bubbles in the ward off any monsters.
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