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.