https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:54:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286705 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:41:03 +0000 sulli301 286705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the same tub as @Mrsbells: posted &amp; DD loved it! We just put it in the tub &amp; washed her in there. The kitchen sink isn't always sanitary &amp; I just find it easier to do it in the bathroom (less water/mess on my floors, easier transition to regular tub...) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286684 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:33:58 +0000 Ree723 286684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We always use the laundry tub for LO's baths and it works perfectly! We don't use the tub for anything else (buckets for soaking stained clothes) and it's a nice, new laundry tub so it's not gross like some can be. We have a bath sling that she lays on so she's not actually on the stainless steel and it keeps her head above water, making it a thousand times easier to bathe her. The only issue is that she's now too tall for it but DH has made a cushiony pillow of sorts so she can't bump her head against the sink and other than that, she loves it! I sort of dread the day we have to stop using it as I hate the though of bending over a baby bathtub. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286678 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:31:26 +0000 MsMini 286678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have trouble washing Sawyer in the sink, when he sits upright he automatically stands up, which would be dangerous in the sink. He is fine when he is laying on the bath sling, but as soon as you sit him up those legs straighten (I tried a spa bath at a friends, and he wouldn't settle into it at all). We didn't buy our tub though, it was a hand-me down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286670 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:27:40 +0000 hellobeeboston 286670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we were washed in the sink too!</p> <p>i got the Puj tub for when the baby is small and needs to lay back in something. I figure we'll use that until he gets too big, then just do the sink, and when he's sitting up solidly, we'll do the bath. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286665 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:25:11 +0000 Mrs.B 286665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are using the Bloomingbath in our sink. I'm a total clean freak and disinfect our sink everyday. Even if I didn't the Bloomingbath prevents baby from actually touching the sink. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286509 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:47:40 +0000 heffalump 286509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like having the tub, I think it makes it easier. But we do have two bathrooms, and LO has her own so it's easy for us to keep her tub in the big tub. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286432 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:16:35 +0000 red_seattle 286432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely. Once Baby X grew out of the PUJ tub, we moved him to the kitchen sink. And after he got too grabby with the faucet handles, we moved him to the big bathtub, or we take showers with him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286351 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:38:56 +0000 pinkb 286351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan on bathing the baby in the kitchen sink. I got a blooming bath for this reason. Our kithcen sink also has the sprinkle spout that comes out and we can use it as a little shower head. I think it will work out .<br /> <a href="http://www.bloomingbath.com/blooming-bath-baby-products.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomingbath.com/blooming-bath-baby-products.html</a><br /> We have a smaller house so a baby bath, to me, would just not work. We dont have an empty part of the counter big enough for one in the kitchen or bathroom and our bath tub has glass doors so only half of the tub is accessable at a time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286277 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:12:43 +0000 Pipers Mommy 286277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do, because I really don't have another option at this point. I scrub the sink and then put a towel in it so she isn't sitting on the stainless steel (I used to use the blooming tub when she was smaller). I clean it again once she is finished.<br /> At 1, she is really too big for a baby tub now, and our bathroom is long and very narrow, not giving any room to kneel next to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286217 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:43:49 +0000 googly-eyes 286217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to but ended up getting a baby bath as a gift so we'll probably try that out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286137 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:00:42 +0000 Honeybee 286137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I have totally given my children baths in the sink. Usually in the bathroom sink, though, not the kitchen sink. We have a baby bathtub, but I ditched it with DD when she was about 2 months old, and just got in the big tub with her every night, instead. We used it longer with DS (up until 4-ish months), but now I just get in the big tub with him at night. Once he's a steady sitter, I'll just put the kids into the tub together every night.</p> <p>I liked the baby bathtub for the newborn stage, though. They're such little, soft blobs at that point, I felt like the sling in the baby bathtub was much more comfortable for them than the sink/big tub. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286117 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:52:22 +0000 mamabird 286117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were given a tub, one of those fancy spa ones lol But, I just use the tub and insert so she doesn't slip. When away I have washed her in the sink :) Slippery baby alert!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286073 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:37:50 +0000 April_Showers 286073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For a while we washed my nephew in the kitchen sink. It was during the transition period when he could sit up fairly well, but was having trouble sitting in the infant tub (the one my parents had was slanted and his little tooshee would slide around). We just quickly washed the sink out before and after. Once he started moving, we moved him into the tub with a slip mat. </p> <p>DH and I are really tall, so I assume we will be washing more in the kitchen sink because its easier on us than bending over the bathtub. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286070 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:37:27 +0000 Mrsbells 286070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister in law does this and cleans it first , but its always seemed weird to me and I couldnt do it. Our sink isnt even deep enough for that and even if it was, I just think of all the yucky things that go through our sink, could never put my child in there</p> <p>We use the fisher price whale of a tub and we just put in our bath tub and I lean over and bathe her. </p> [attach=1326/12/m9zksw.500x500.B0018Z8CN8-2-lg.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286050 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:30:20 +0000 sorrycharlie 286050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: the lady i nanny for is really, really on top of organic/natural/clean etc. she washed her first in the sink. she just really cleaned it before hand, put a hand towel in the bottom, and then cleaned it again after. her baby actually never once pooped in the tub, but i'm sure she peed! her second baby she's been using the same blue plastic tub from target a PP posted. but I figured I'd give you at least one positive-sink story, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286045 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:27:51 +0000 Mrs. Pen 286045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: we didn't buy a tub either. didn't see the point. But I do wish we had one now... I've bee bathing and showering with my LO since he was born, which isn't a bad thing. But sometimes I just wanted a shower by myself, or I wanted to be able to do bathtime as his routine and there was no way to do that. </p> <p>As he got a little older, I put a towel in the tub for him to lay on, and that's what he does now, but I'm anxious for him to be able to sit up so I can bathe him properly.</p> <p>I actually decided I was going to purchase a used baby tub off of CL but couldn't find one.</p> <p>ps I wouldn't bath baby in our sink either - mostly because it ALWAYS has dishes in it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286044 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:27:21 +0000 GrapeCrush 286044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>our kitchen sink is so big and deep i wouldn't want to wash him in it. and i just think the sink is so filthy. we use the cheap first years one from target and he loves it! it just stays on our kitchen counter </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-286034 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:22:42 +0000 babynumber1 286034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use the cheap the first years tub from Target that comes in blue or pink. We started with an expensive one from BRU and returned it because it was a PITA. It lives on our kitchen coutner (we have tons of counter space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285939 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:50:22 +0000 photojane 285939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hm.. thanks for the input ladies! my mom always put a towel in the sink so our butts weren't on the metal or the drain. we have a huge stainless steal sink, so i know baby will fit for a while, but i didn't really think about the constant cleaning! ha. i might just try to find something small that folds or stores easily for newborn sink/tub baths until he/she is sitting up. we definitely don't have room for one of those enormous blue tubs (<a href="http://www.target.com/p/the-first-years-sure-comfort-newborn-to-toddler-tub/-/A-623913" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/p/the-first-years-sure-comfort-newborn-to-toddler-tub/-/A-623913</a>). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285898 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:37:34 +0000 prettylizy 285898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The tub just makes life waaaaay easier IMHO. She lays in it nicely, and at 6 months were still using it every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285891 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:35:44 +0000 polkadots 285891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we did! we were gifted two infant baths... </p> <p>I hated this one.<br /> <a href="http://www.target.com/p/summer-infant-deluxe-baby-bather-blue/-/A-10343908?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&#038;AFID=Google_PLA_df&#038;LNM=%7C10343908&#038;CPNG=baby&#038;ci_sku=10343908&#038;ci_gpa=pla&#038;ci_kw=" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/p/summer-infant-deluxe-baby-bather-blue/-/A-10343908?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&#038;AFID=Google_PLA_df&#038;LNM=%7C10343908&#038;CPNG=baby&#038;ci_sku=10343908&#038;ci_gpa=pla&#038;ci_kw=</a></p> <p>and the regular blue one. Which was good when she was little, but she grew out of it fast and it took up a lot of space in our tiny house.<br /> <a href="http://www.target.com/p/the-first-years-sure-comfort-newborn-to-toddler-tub/-/A-623913" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/p/the-first-years-sure-comfort-newborn-to-toddler-tub/-/A-623913</a></p> <p>The sink was good for us from the time she was too big for the blue tub and too little for the regular bath tub. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285881 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:32:44 +0000 regberadaisy 285881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would NEVER wash my baby in the kitchen sink. No matter how you sterilize it the kitchen sink is one of the dirtiest places in your house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285874 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:30:14 +0000 cvbee 285874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: I did for the first month with a sling in there. I think he was already getting a little big for that though, when someone gifted us the tub I had registered for, which we have been using ever since. We have a small space too and this doesn't take up a big footprint, plus it can double as a wastebasket down the road and can be a good bucket down the road when you need one too. Plus, my baby LOVES it: <a href="http://spababytubs.com/store/" rel="nofollow">http://spababytubs.com/store/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285867 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:28:54 +0000 SugarplumsMom 285867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It would take way to long to sanitize my kitchen sink before LO can sit in it. Our bathroom sinks are too small and too cold for her, plus she squirms a lot and the faucets are too low.</p> <p>We used a cheap tub that's inclined with a seat inside. I love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285860 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:27:43 +0000 Clementine 285860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well yes and no. His bathtub fits in our kitchen sink and that's where we bath him, but would I bath him solo without the tub, nope. I don't know about you, but I think it is way too much of a pain to sanitize it for each bath. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285857 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:27:04 +0000 jedeve 285857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You could just get a plastic tub for your sink, non-baby. Sure it wouldn't be ergonomically contoured or whatever but it'd be like $5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285856 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:26:17 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 285856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use the tub that we can put over the kitchen sink. I didn't feel right about washing her in just the sink, no matter if I cleaned it a million times. Plus, the infant tub is definitely more comfortable than sitting on the plug in the sink :-) </p> <p>I didn't want to get it because I thought it would be a waste to use it for only a few months, but we're going on 7.5 months and we're still using it every day (So that's over 200 times we've used it). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285824 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:17:07 +0000 Sammyfab 285824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have bathed our LO in a bathroom sink when/if we're not at home and it's just not as easy as the baby tub. We bring our baby tub when we travel now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285809 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:07:18 +0000 MamaMoose 285809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom thought I was ridiculous to get a baby tub since she always washed us in the sink but the idea of it grosses me out. I don't want my naked baby where raw meat has been and I don't want my food where my baby's poopy bum has been. But we have two full bathrooms so it's easy enough for us to keep all the baby's stuff in the second bathroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-people-wash-their-babies-in-the-sink-anymore#post-285807 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:07:08 +0000 Andrea 285807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is what everyone told me but then you have to make sure your kitchen sink is always clean? We always have dishes in ours until we run the dishwasher after dinner. It just didn't make any sense to me. Our bathroom sink is not big enough so we bought a plastic tub. </p>