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Still using ours at 6 months. Has a newborn slanted side and an infant/toddler side. Although I'm not sure who would use it for a toddler. She has been sitting up for a month, probably reliably for two weeks, but we will probably use it for a little while still. She's just secure in. I'm going to put an anti slip may in the tub once we don't use it anymore. We won't use a bath chair. I have seen on Pinterest people putting their kids in laundry baskets in the tub so they can grip onto the sides of they slip. I know a few people who have tried that. The bath seats are supposed to be a bit dangerous I have read.

We're not typical...but we only used the baby tub once. I bathed her in the bathroom sink until 4 months, and have been showering with her since then. She hates to sit, and arches her back and tries to crawl away when I try to get her to sit. When she does want to sit, then I'll bathe her in the regular tub.

@mrsgoose: Curious which tub you use? I've seen a few that have both newborn and infant/toddler sides, so wondering which one you prefer. Thanks!

We used one until 15 months, but LO is tiny! We now use the inflatable duck tub at 18 months and plan to keep using it for a long time. Our tub is super deep, and it makes it more manageable. She has also never tried to stand up, so things may change when she starts doing that.

We still use the blue plastic one at 9 months. We've turned it around so she's sitting on the upright (infant/toddler) side instead of the slanted newborn side. I totally didn't even realize that was an option until embarrassingly late...

We used it for a long time - 8 months maybe? DH does bath time, and he felt like it was a lot easier to get DS clean with infant tub because it lets them lie at an angle. But I imagine with LO2 it'll get used for a much shorter time with the two of them sharing the tub.

We moved to an inflatable tub around 8 or 9 months. We got the Mommy's Helper one because it had the little saddle to help keep DS propped up and not falling over (unlike the Munchkin duck tub).

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@gingerbebe: Haha... posted the same thing at the same time!

@gingerbebe: Exactly! DD loved it and I felt the same way about using less water and feeling like she was pretty secure in there with that horn.

Still using it at 21 months (though we are using a Karibu, which is pretty big). Our tub is from 1928 and lead testing showed that its porcelain glaze is leaching lead, so until we can get the tub refinished (which itself is a pretty toxic process, which I don't want to be around now that I'm pregnant again) we'll be bathing LO in the plastic tub inside the big tub.

@bluestriped bee: apparently they are held down with suction cups (some of them I guess, I really don't know much about them) and sometimes they can come loose and the seat can slip or tip over.

Although it seems they are dangerous only if you leave your child unattended?

We had the angelcare bath supporter in the big tub from birth until about 7 months when he could sit up on his own. He loved being able to kick his legs in that seat so we never used an infant tub.

i think maybe 8 months with charlie then he wanted to stand so we put a nonslip mat in the bathtub. since olive is a second child, i really can't remember when we stopped. but she was physically delayed so i know it was much later than 8 months.

@stratosphere: I never thought about this, but our tub is original to our house, which was built in the early 1930s - did you just use a lead paint testing kit to find that out?

@raspberries: yes, our pediatrician suggested we test our tub because a lot of families in our practice have vintage tubs that have this problem (lead leaching from the glaze) which can lead to elevated lead levels in the babies/kids if they happen to lick the tub or slurp any of the bathwater. Apparently a bit can also be absorbed transdermally but the primary risk is drinking the bathwater or putting wet hands in mouth during bath.

We just got a lead testing kit from the hardware store (it came with several little "sticks" and we tested paint and the tub). Apparently most counties will also send someone to test for you if you have kids and are concerned.

Good luck! I'm so thankful we found this out and were able to prevent our LO getting elevated lead levels.

I think as soon as she could sit up really reliably, so like 6 months. I was pretty eager to get rid of it since it takes up a lot of space, and also in the big tub there's lots more room for toys.

We used ours once this time at a few days old and have been co-bathing since with our oldest LO too.

We used the baby tub for a few months but I found it much easier to just get in the tub with her until she was about 10 months old. Since then she's been in the regular tub by herself - I just got a mat to keep her from slipping around too much.