DD suddenly not interested in baths

[BrightSparkles]

Has your little one ever been like this?
DD used to LOVE baths i couldn't get her out! Now she SCREAMS everytime she goes near the bath. She will stand up in the bath but won't sit down and holds/hugs me with a death grip.
I spend ages trying to encourage her to sit down. she has HEAPS of toys and we use coloured bubbles etc but she still screams.

Any other suggestions??

[AliBaby]

Does she like showers?? Could be worth a try as I dont know what else might work. I would suggest hoping in there with her but probably be a bit hard being 30wks pregnant

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Is your bath big enough to fit the both of you in. When my brother was scared of the bath my mum sat in with him. Otherwise you could try shower her, or get one of those hand held shower head thingys (sorry mind blank) attach it to the bath tap and shower her while she stands.

[BrightSparkles]

Does she like showers?? Could be worth a try as I dont know what else might work. I would suggest hoping in there with her but probably be a bit hard being 30wks pregnant

LOL funny you should say that. I did that the other night and had to call DH in to get DD out and help me out of the bath cause I couldn't get up

Shes becoming a bit the same with showers - screams until shes in there...holds on with a death grip until i put soap on the door so she can scrub things down.
At least the shower gets a little bit clean

[feeb]

YEP DS1 used to love baths, and 1 day hated it and was screaming and not wanting to be there. We had him in shower instead for a while but he started to get funny in there too.

Now he crawls to bath and stands there wanting to get in but when we put him in he stands up and crys, this seems to happen about every 6 months.

It will pass good luck

[M22]

omg- the exact same thin happend to me with my boy! i just didnt press just washed him and let him stand up in it with no water.
we ere founate it was hot so we would let him play in a clam pool ( which he had no problem with, go figure!) and i woudl run out wih the soap etc. This phase lasted about 3 months!!

then one day i jsut said " ok bath time" he siad yes and no probs since.

HTH!!!

[fionas]

DD became petrified of having a bath OR a shower but only when on two consecutive days she did a poo in both of them.

Took me a week to figure out that the only way to get her in there was for DP and I to get in the shower and DP to wash me. She thought that was pretty funny and didn't want to be left out.

[Doing my best]

DD did a similar thing, and is now still scared of the bath if near the plug.

I put DS's bath seat over the plug and she is fine, but if she can see the plug when she is in the bath, there are tears, trying to get out and no reasoning.

She went through a phase also in the shower where we couldn't put her on the floor, had to hold her the whole time, so I am just assuming that she was scared of getting sucked down with the water.

Prob not much help, but it does seem to be as passing phase that most kids go through.

[Visitor8]

has she slipped or something in the bath? Maybe had nappy rash which has hurt her?

Ashton loves his baths and showers, though the last month he has shown a preference for shower Loves the water on his head which is very different from the others.

I wouldn't push it, things like this don't get better if you force her in the shower/bath. Sponge baths for now is what I would recommend with trying the shower or bath once a week until she is over her little fear.

[~Kim~]

I think it must be the age. Darc did that too. She doesn't do showers either so we'd either just wash her standing next to the bath, or in the laundry tub (which she was happy with ). We've had issues with the water going down, the noise not the sucking, water being put on her head, toys being in the bath, no toys being in the bath....I have an interesting child.
I just kept the routine the same so one day we just tried the bath again and all was good.....they're odd little creatures.

Oooh and I also thought, a bottle of bubble mixture in the cupboard has subdued many dramas too.