https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:35:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2805680 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:09:10 +0000 gingerbebe 2805680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with @sweetiepie: that its a phase. My oldest is a FISH but he's gone through at least 2 phases I can remember where he SCREAMED BLOODY MURDER about the bath or getting his hair wet or something else for a few weeks. </p> <p>We got through by letting him go through a bath crayon phase and scribble all over the bathtub area, using those color drops, using Bubble Bath, and we started giving him his gummy vitamins in the bath. It was an incentive to get in there. Sometimes we'd also save dessert for bathtime and he could sit and eat a cookie or a have an ice cream cone in the bath (saved the mess too!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2805544 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:50:13 +0000 RonjaL7 2805544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fun bath toys! </p> <p>We have 2 of these... <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ARYDFA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ARYDFA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1</a></p> <p>And one of these...<br /> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Barbie-Dreamtopia-Rainbow-Lights-Mermaid/dp/B015CCR1FW/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1519307400&#038;sr=1-2&#038;keywords=mermaid+light+barbie" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Barbie-Dreamtopia-Rainbow-Lights-Mermaid/dp/B015CCR1FW/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1519307400&#038;sr=1-2&#038;keywords=mermaid+light+barbie</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2805529 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:50:28 +0000 peaches1038 2805529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened with DS too. He was gifted a small watering can and now loves baths as long as there are bubbles and toys to rinse the bubbles off with the watering can. We use small dinosaurs in the tub </p> [attach=1712/18/p4jew4.400x400.A6F03AC2-15B2-4803-868C-5D92D7D5A253.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2805509 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:49:09 +0000 Ms.Mermaid 2805509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter did this at 2 as well. We ended up borrowing an infant bathtub for her to take baths in in the middle of the floor because she wouldn't get in the tub. Eventually we started using Bath Drops (the colorful dye tabs) and that helped a lot - we would let her pick the color and put it in the tub and she was willing to get in after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2805500 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:40:52 +0000 hellobeeboston 2805500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@turquoisemama: great idea! So fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2805329 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 02:33:08 +0000 turquoisemama 2805329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JLC53: Two words: GLOW STICKS! Throw a couple packs of glow sticks in, add bubbles and turn the lights off. It’s the best trick! My daughter could stay in there for hours chasing the glow sticks around and trying to find them under the bubbles. </p> [attach=4716/18/p4hp1a.600x450.0F7FB3A3-D7CE-4C28-939D-FE2EB6742FF8.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2805165 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:33:10 +0000 snowjewelz 2805165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep that happened briefly at some point too with DD2, probably around 2 also. Letting her blow bubbles in the bath was what it took! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2804702 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:11:01 +0000 ineebee 2804702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is so tough. We hit this phase 2-3 times with DS between about 18m and 2.5y, and each time it lasted a few weeks. But then it ended! But yes, it DOES feel like borderline abuse, and it's so so so hard. We tried different tricks like others have mentioned, which may have helped, but I have a hunch that it was just a temporary attempt at power, which from what I read is developmentally appropriate. It was around the same time he was refusing other things like getting in the car seat, sitting at the table, etc. - all of which passed after we kept the rules consistent and we got our joyful toddler back.</p> <p>I hope you find something that works for you, but if nothing seems to work, I hope that it's just a phase that will pass like it did for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2804699 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:02:39 +0000 JLC53 2804699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms. RV: We did a standing bath yesterday... Still crying as my husband held him there, but he was washed... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2804694 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:38:52 +0000 Ms. RV 2804694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we hit this phase, I stuck my head over the tub and used the rinse cup to pour water on my head. After five or six pours, DD was cracking up and helping me pour water on my head. She then was okay with baths. But before that there were a few weeks where she was standing in an inch of water because she refused to sit and that was the most water I was okay with her standing in and maintaining her balance as I held her hand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2804687 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:48:46 +0000 shabang 2804687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We hit this phase. It didn't resolve until I crawled in the tub with her one time, and then after that, it was much better. And like others said, new/different toys are a great distraction! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2804675 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:06:13 +0000 Shantuck 2804675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about some new bath toys that he would be excited to play with or trying some fun fizzy bath bombs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2804672 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:59:17 +0000 Foodnerd81 2804672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JLC53: my daughter started doing this right around 2 also- just screaming for the whole bath, calming down when we took her out and wrapped her up, then the screaming starts again when I put lotion on her (not optional, she has dry skin and eczema). </p> <p>We got around it by having her shower with me- I hold her while she gets clean then she will stand in the shower while I wash myself or her sister- yes, 3 of us in a stand up shower. Super relaxing for me. She still whines while I wash her hair but I’ll take that over screaming and sobbing. </p> <p>We recently got a removable shower head for the kids bathroom and do showers for them in there now (without me having to get in). She doesn’t like it as much but if her sister gets cleaned first and they get to take turns holding the shower head it isn’t a total sob fest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2804671 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:54:17 +0000 SweetiePie 2804671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It’s a phase. Right around 2 our bath loving boy (seriously begs for us to pour water directly on his face) suddenly threw fits about the bath. It will pass. I wouldn’t introduce anything new unless you really are ok with it becoming the new normal. We just powered through and tried to make them fun and he eventually stopped resisting so much. Maybe a couple of weeks but it got better slowly until he was back to normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2804658 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:06:38 +0000 codeitall 2804658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sure you've tried some of these already, but these are all the things I've tried:</p> <p>Making water seem fun - playing with water in a sink or bucket, water squirting, spray bottles, bubbles, color tablets to change the water color, new bathtub toys (note that anything solid plastic from the dollar store is perfect for the tub), foam animals that stick to the sides and tile, cups for pouring back and forth, leave a trickle of water running to play with, actually getting in with him to play.</p> <p>My son still hates to have his hair washed, so I use a washcloth instead of pouring water and it kind of delays the meltdown until I'm mostly done.</p> <p>We experimented with different water depths, holding him with us in the shower (total failure for us) and came to realize that he just was going through a phase. We powered through it by cutting down our baths to sometimes once a week and always trying to introduce something fun and new that kept him distracted long enough to get his hair wet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2804657 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:03:34 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2804657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could you take a shower with him? I take showers with both my kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baths#post-2804651 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:43:16 +0000 JLC53 2804651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bath time has turned into a nightmare... It was borderline abusive to give my son a bath last night. My husband had to hold him down while I washed him. He does not want to get into the tub, has complete melt downs while we are undressing him, screams if I try to get him to go in. This started about 1 week ago. I wouldn't say he particularly loved baths before, always hated his hair to be washed, but nothing like this. He just turned 2 last week. What gives? </p> <p>I have thought of showers, but our set up isn't really fit for a toddler shower.<br /> I thought of moving the bath to a different time of day, we do it right before bed, but I am unsure if that will help...</p> <p>Any advise? </p>