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Hi,
just wondering if anyone has a bath or shower with their baby, and what age they started?
Was thinking of trying it now and then, as Byron loves his baths but he is so long he kicks the end of his bath and we have to stop his head from bashing into it! I thought a bath with mummy or daddy in the big bath would be fun for him.
Thanks,
Eustacia
Byron is 10wks old
With DD1 from about 16 weeks we showered and occassional bath with daddy.
DD2 started from about 8 weeks...she hated the bath so much...but loves her showers and playing with the water.
From the start! It's a great time to enjoy with your little bubs if you feel comfortable. We put Charlie in the shower very early on so that he got used to it...it was often his only time with Dad before bed as DH was gone before he woke up & home just before bed time. Just keep it nice & warm & not too fast & they should enjoy it - though they are slippery little suckers LOL. As for bath, even better as you can just cuddle with great skin to skin contact and sit back & relax. If you are comfortable with it...go for it!!
Hi;
Our DD started having showers and baths with us from a really early age. She has always loved being in water so we have tried to foster that as much as possible.
We started with her in showers together (not only that we travelled a fair bit in the first few months, so showers were easier than taking the bath with us), then we upgraded to baths. Whenever i get the chance to have a bath and shes up, she comes in with me. these also started early on too.
Thinking back i think we started these from about 2 months?
Brendan was about 6 months old when he had his first shower with dad, and it was purely because I had been disorganised... hehe. Brendan was bathed during the late afternoon as he went to bed at 6pm.
We probably would have done it earlier, but we were petrified of hurting him or dropping him! Silly now in hindsight!
Jacob has had a few baths with us now and it is soooooooooooooo nice.
1st would ahve been at about 2 weeks
He hasnt liked water to much but is now getting better.
Have not had him in shower yet.
Our first child showered with us at about 3 months perhaps, but our second started about 2 weeks! It's so much easier! Especially if you have someone to help you.
I'll hop in the shower, and dh will undress bub and bring him to me. It's a careful handover, but then I have him upright looking over my shoulder (get my hair out of the way or he pulls it), and then let the water fall on his back. I'll wash him in that position. He likes it quite warm too, so I'm still comfy. I just don't use any soap really on him, don't want to make him slippery!
And then when I'm done, I just hand him back to dh to be dried and dressed! It's so easy, and he really likes it. I just chat to him when the water first hits his back, or put my hand on his back and then move it - initally the water can startle him.
Something else I do - do you have one of those shower attachments you put on your bath nozzle? I put a bathmat/handtowel on the bath floor, get the warm water running, and put bub on the mat in the bath. I put a facewasher on his chest and wet it (to help keep him warm), and wash him that way, just running the water over his body. He tries to hit the water and hold it, it's pretty cute. :P
But there's no danger of him slipping out of my hand that way. I wash him that way when I'm on my own.
Right from the start with all our kids they have showered with Daddy or bathed with me.. I am to nervous to hold them in the shower when they were really small...
Then it was the baby bath or bathing in the big tub by themselves.. or the kitchen sink :) on occasion
all my dd's have had showers with us. My dd#3 had her first shower at about 2 weeks of age though she didn't have her first bath till 10 days old. She loves her showers, she does not have baths with us as her change table and bath is over our big bath.
I couldn't bath DD (poorly back) and DP wanted to have her shower with him so we did that from a few days old. She still has showers with dad (she's just turned 1) and occasionally we put her in the bath with me.
My girls were more once they were sitting confidently. We'd put them in the bottom & they would do their own thing.
Jesse was 2 weeks when he had his first shower/bath with DH. Now he'll go in there with one of us at least once a week.
I have a quick 5 minutes to wash myself with soap & wash my hair in the shower, then I'll make sure all the soap is gone & put the plug in.
I have Jesse in the rocker/pram at the side of the bath just in his nappy with towel already under him, then I just have to take the nappy off to bring him in. When I'm finished I put him back in the rocker/pram & wrap the towel around him.
We let the bath fill up with the shower & play with the bath & shower water then we'll often turn the shower off & lay back & relax for a bit.
Lately I've been putting Jesse on his tummy in the shower instead of giving him a bath. He loves it.
Ds showered with his daddy from about 1 week old, its a lovley bonding thing for them since he was BF and daddy never got to feed him. He still loves getting into the shower with daddy.
I showered with the boys pretty much from day one. I find that it's best if you can get someone to help by handing bubs in and take them away afterwards.
I don't like bathing with the boys because they pee in the water and when they were younger I was scared they would poo.
I've showered with DD since she came home and had baths with her from about a week old, when it was easier to sit in the bath with my stitches. I just find it easier than kneeling down on the tiles to wash her in the bath & the baby bath I couldnt empty after Id used it because it was too heavy. Most of the time I wait until DF is home so he can get her undressed for me & I get a chance to have some time to myself in the bath or shower first or afterwards
We've showered with the girls from when they were a couple of weeks old. We've had a few baths together but TBH the bath is MY place of solitude - I love a really hot, bubbly bath with a good book so I'm reluctant to give up on one of the last things that is just mine.
We've got a double shower so will often have the whole family in there - one of us will get in with DD#1, who will move around the shower a bit these days from one fawcet to the other and can really look after herself (we still have to wash her obviously). The other undresses DD#2, passes her in and then gets in themselves. They both love the shower, and its a lot quicker to get everybody washed that way. Otherwise, I think there would be a lot more days when nobody gets bathed!
Lachlan and i had our first bath together on the weekend, so 7 weeks, it was great he loved the deep water.Hamish had to join us as well, a little squishy but Lachlan had plenty of room to kick and enjoy. We havent showered with him yet as i remebered showering with Hamish he was so slippery i was petrified the whole time.
Im hoping Dh will have a nice bath with him this week so they can have some good bonding time.
Harrison started having showers and baths with us from about 6 weeks old. He normally has a shower with daddy now. He loves it.
My youngest DD hated baths as a newborn, and she started having showers with Daddy at 6 days old. He's told her now she's 2 she's too old for showers with him (but he did say to her last night that she could have one with him - but he picked her up, gave her a cuddle and she fell asleep :lol: all tuckered out from her birthday party).
I haven't tried DD in a shower yet, mainly coz I like a really hot shower. I'm starting to get her used to having water splashed in her face so I might try a shower soon. I have a game I've started playing in the bath that a friend suggested. I say "Jazz ready? 1,2,3" then I pour or splash water on her face. I blow on her face first so she takes a breath. She's starting to learn after I say 3 that she has to take a big breath so I don't always have to blow on her face.