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02-23-2013 at 5:55 PM
nichhollle
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Do you guys bathe with your baby?

Just curious. DS is four weeks old and I would love to get into the bath with him.

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02-23-2013 at 6:16 PM
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I haven't, I''m worried it would be difficult to get out of the tub with her. She loves her Cleanwater tub so I'm not going to mess with a good thing.
02-23-2013 at 6:45 PM
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I have once and getting out was quite the challenge!
 
02-23-2013 at 6:59 PM
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No, I've wanted to ,but I'm worried he will be hard to hold when he's wet. 


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02-23-2013 at 7:11 PM
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I do almost every bath. It's easier with DH but I can also do it alone I just put him to my chest getting up.

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02-23-2013 at 7:30 PM
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I do and we enjoy it! DD is weeks old. It is a challenge to learn how to get in and out of the tub, but it gets easy. It's calming for both of us (:

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02-23-2013 at 7:49 PM
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If we don't do a tub bath or a sponge bath, then my DH or I will get under the shower with him.  He LOVES it--it's his favorite part of the day.  We don't do soap with a shower--just get in there, let the water run down his back and head, turn him around to hit the front a few times.  He just loves being in the water and now tips his head back to let the water run down his face.  It's great bonding time for us.



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02-23-2013 at 8:09 PM
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nah - mostly because I hate taking baths. but even if I didn't id be afraid of being so slippery.  the thought just makes me nervous
 
02-23-2013 at 8:11 PM
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Yes.  I started with postpartum herbal baths with DS and ended up in the bath with him for a really long time, because he began to cry every time I wasn't in there.  

Now I'm pretty thankful we have a large tub because it's myself, DS, & DD all in there at once.  It actually makes it pretty efficient at getting everyone done. 


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02-23-2013 at 8:44 PM
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DH does. He gets a bath with DS and sometimes takes DD in. DH also gives DD a shower every single night. So much easier than running the bath, etc.

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02-23-2013 at 8:57 PM
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I'd like to but haven't for fear that I'll end up bathing in yellow seedy poop!
 
02-23-2013 at 9:09 PM
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I do and we both love it! Showers are particularly easy and quick, perfect for when we need to be somewhere because I can kill two birds with one stone.

Pro make getting out easier I line her bouncer chair with a folded adult towel and then her bath towel. When we're done I just put her in the bouncer and wrap her in her towel while leaning out of the tub.

If I'm going to bathe her in the shower with me, I get her naked and sit her in the bouncer as above, but I put a folded small towel under her bottom in case she pees. Then, she happily chills while I shower and when I'm totally done I reach out and grab her. I'm more nervous of dropping her in the shower so I pretty much cradle her and be sure to have a death grip on her thigh at all times. 

02-23-2013 at 9:23 PM
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I shower with DD have DH waiting outside the shower and when I'm done washing her will hand her to him. He wraps her in her towel and take her to the room and get her dressed. She hates taking baths in her tub and screams but showers together she loves, I'd much rather shower with her then bathe her and have her scream.

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02-23-2013 at 9:24 PM
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I almost always do! It is the only way that she doesn't cry. I usually give her to DH and finish my shower while he dresses her. Alone is a little harder but we make it work.

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02-23-2013 at 9:26 PM
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I think at that age it would be challenging. They're just so floppy and I don't see how I could bathe myself. We didn't start bathing with DS until he could sit up really well. Now he showers with us sometimes. If I'm home alone with the kids and need a shower myself I prefer him to shower with me because I'm worried he will mess with the baby while I'm in the shower, plus it kills two birds with one stone. It will be nice when DD is a little bigger and I can bathe them together.

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02-23-2013 at 9:26 PM
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Everytime!!! Best time of the day! I have a garden tub so plenty of room and I have one of the summer infant umbrella bath seats thati put in the tub with us and when I get out she lays in that.

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02-23-2013 at 9:42 PM
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Yep - we both love it :) We did it for the first time when we were still in the hospital and haven't stopped since!

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02-23-2013 at 9:45 PM
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02-23-2013 at 10:28 PM
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Yes, she loves it! DH stays close by to hold her and dry her off while I get out. 

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02-23-2013 at 11:50 PM
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I do it when I have SO to put him in and take him out or SO gets in and I take the baby in and out. I don't know that I'd attempt it alone though. He is very slippery but I hold him underneath his arm and hold his head.


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02-24-2013 at 5:17 AM
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I don't but only because I'm selfish, and a shower is the only 5 minutes during the day were I get to be sort of by myself. Even then I usually have a two year old and four year old wrestling on the floor right next to the shower curtain.

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02-24-2013 at 8:50 AM
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Yep - with DH around. It is very nice.

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02-24-2013 at 2:22 PM
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Sometimes. It's nice to take a bath with a cuddly baby!

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02-24-2013 at 3:36 PM
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we used to sponge itshe cried. Tried filling her tub w/o slingshe slipped and slided and cried. My mom suggested getting in tub and faye LOVES it. Smiles and stretches.. Iwas nervous but we only fill it a little. I hold her with one arm and a bent leg clean with the other. Afterwards i just hold her so a she can kick and call for dh when she's done. He'd grabs her, changes/dries/dresses.

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02-25-2013 at 12:06 PM
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my daughter's first bath was when she was about a week old and she came in with me, it was the best experience ever (apart from giving birth of course) the only downside is that you have to make sure the water is cool enough for them so it may end up making you feel a little chilly, but its brilliant for bonding. oh and p.s my little one didnt wee or poo in the bath either, she waited until we'd put a nappy of her :)
 
03-01-2013 at 2:47 PM
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I did the other night b/c she needed to feed and I wasn't getting out of the tub lol. So I went ahead and gave her a bath and she loved it! Then I just had DH come and get her. I guess if I was alone I could just put her down on the rug while I got out. I'm a horrible klutz so I wouldn't trust myself with a slippery baby and getting out. Or have a big towel by the tub to wrap her in and then get out...

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