How many people DON'T have a bath in their house?

[peanutter]

we've lived in one place which had shower only, and I've vowed never again. ever.

partly because I love love love baths, but also because it's such a fricken nuisance trying to dry bubs and me at the same time - particularly if it's AF time, or particularly cold, etc ... if there's two people available it's not too bad, but if you have to do it solo, that's a real pain in the patuty.

but we did survive without a bath for a couple of years, and I guess it would come down to what the options were, etc.

[Gigi]

oh peanutter, i just LURVE your turn of phrase!

[HotI]

We didn't have one for 5 years and last year did a bathroom reno and put one in- bliss! DD often has a shower with one of us in the morning and then a bath by herself or with DH at night. When she was a bub (before we had the bath) i would sit on the floor of the shower and hold her, when she got bigger she would sit in the bumbo, and now she sits on the floor. we still have a few bath toys in our shower for her to play with.

[Catastrophic]

partly because I love love love baths, but also because it's such a fricken nuisance trying to dry bubs and me at the same time - particularly if it's AF time, or particularly cold, etc ... if there's two people available it's not too bad, but if you have to do it solo, that's a real pain in the patuty..

I don't find this a nuisance and I have two girls to get dressed after our shower They just run around nude until I can get them dressed. And when they were little I would just put the towel around me and them dry them and dress them on the bed

[Frangipani]

We do have a bath and there is no way i could live without one. Especially at the moment- my 3year old and 16month old only really have baths- as i'm usually home alone at bathtime- i couldn't imagine how i'd go showering them both (shower ain't that big). Plus my 16month old son is not a fan yet of the shower. I also love and sometimes just need to soak in a nice hot bath after a stressful day at work.

But when it was just DS1 and I we used to have mainly showers- we could've done it all without a bath- and we still used bath toys- the squirty ones make less mess in the shower. We also use to place something over the drain and let the base fill up- like a bath- then i would get out get dried and dressed while DS1 was still in the nice warm water. I've tried this with DS2 and he's just not into it- so thankgoodness for our bath or every bathtime would be a struggle.

[Cassius2]

we dont have a bath! there are times i dream of having a bath....for me that is the girls love the shower (i pop Marta on the floor of the shower while i am in there). and on the occasions that we need to expedite cleaning i use an Ikea baby bath. both girls fit in there and they still get to have bubble bath action!

bath toys...we use plastic stacking cups in the shower (good for filling up with water from the shower head) and have rubber duckies. kids will find a million ways to play with bath toys. also we really got into bath crayons and DD1 loves to draw in the shower

[nothing2lose]

A house without a bath is like chocolate pudding without cream...something's just not quite right.