https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:55:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-287684 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:55:11 +0000 sorrycharlie 287684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we got the Finding Nemo tub from BRU for a shower gift. it is flat bottom, so it will rest across our sink or counter, or in the tub! it came with a sling, too, which is cool. </p> <p>if she gets into an in-between size (too big for sling but too small to sit), I'll lay her on a wash cloth in a little bit of water. I love that it came with a toy bar! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-287669 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:32:23 +0000 kstr 287669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just get a bath sponge! They're under $10 and you can use them from the very beginning, and even while the baby is learning to sit up because they don't slide around. You just wring it out when you're done, and you can hang it on the shower to dry in between baths. Plus, if it gets nasty (like everything bath-related does!), just toss it and get a new one. And you don't have to store a whole baby bathtub!</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Comfy-Bath-Sponge/dp/B000H953Y2" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Comfy-Bath-Sponge/dp/B000H953Y2</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-287607 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:37:37 +0000 lemondrop 287607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought a cheap bath seat and used it for the first 2 months or so. Soon after I got lazy and now just lay him on the floor of the tub with his head on a towel and take a shower with him- he loves to splash and splash! So much easier, and much less slippery than when I tried to hold him and shower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-287601 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:20:20 +0000 immabeetoo 287601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok I found a tummy time tub with the fancy pants stool for $20 on craigslist.. so hopefully that will work out for us until I feel comfortable with his head control and just letting him in with me! Thanks everyone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-287084 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:54:00 +0000 immabeetoo 287084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow thank you everyone for responses!! Definitely some food for thought.. still not sure what we'll do. It shouldn't be this hard for such a simple thing right! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285814 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:12:43 +0000 Goldilocks1107 285814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: We use the whale tub too - it works perfectly for us. We have a guest bathroom, so we just put the baby tub in the big tub, wash her, then sit the tub upright to dry. No mildew problems yet and LO is 4 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285798 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:04:17 +0000 mamimami 285798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a PUJ and thought it was great. We don't have a bathtub and our sinks are on the standard to shallow end and it worked. Once he grew out of that we started showering with him and also using a little inflatable kiddie pool as a bathtub. Classy. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285780 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:57:13 +0000 Clementine 285780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Loved my first year tub with the sling!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285772 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:54:08 +0000 BananaPancakes 285772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We loved our puj tub, but use it rarely now that he prefers showering with me. It was awesome for the first 3 months. I bought ours uses off eBay, though, so we didn't spend a ton. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285767 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:52:46 +0000 theRoo 285767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Primo infant bath seat worked very well for us in our rectangular kitchen sink, and at $13 it was OK that we only used it as long as she could fit in the sink (about 5 months)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285729 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:38:19 +0000 pelikila 285729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We loved the Puj tub for use in our kitchen sink. At about 5 months old though we switched to the big bath tub and used a bath pad because my son was just getting too big and then once my son could sit we stopped using anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285657 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:09:11 +0000 Weagle 285657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have this one: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-First-Years-Infant-Toddler/dp/B000067EH7/ref=sr_1_2?s=baby-products&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1347023238&#038;sr=1-2&#038;keywords=infant+bath+tub" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/The-First-Years-Infant-Toddler/dp/B000067EH7/ref=sr_1_2?s=baby-products&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1347023238&#038;sr=1-2&#038;keywords=infant+bath+tub</a></p> <p>It was cheap. We only used the sling for a few weeks. After that, LO had great head control so we could start using the infant side of the tub. We leave it upside down to dry in LO's bathroom. No mildew problems so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285641 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:02:01 +0000 prettylizy 285641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the fisher price Whale of a tub and we use it every day. She doesn't sit up yet, so it works well. I'd guess when she can sit up we'll move her to the regular tub. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285617 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 07:47:48 +0000 cvbee 285617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have this European Spa Baby tub:<br /> <a href="http://spababytubs.com/store/" rel="nofollow">http://spababytubs.com/store/</a><br /> I started with a sling in the kitchen sink, and that was okay, but this Spa Baby thing he LOVES. Makes for some cute photos too. :)<br /> And down the road I feel like it will be a great wastebasket or general bucket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285590 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 07:13:27 +0000 mediagirl 285590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't even use a baby tub. I bathe with her which is a great experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285574 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:51:51 +0000 T.H.O.U. 285574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just had a basic little plastic baby tub that we used for maybe the first three months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285572 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:37:51 +0000 meredithNYC 285572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really wanted to like the Puj tub, but it was awful for us. It fit okay in our sink, but my baby was able to kick the magnets that hold the thing together apart at 3 weeks old! Ridiculous. Needless to say, we used it once and now it sits a closet. We ended up getting this one <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Leachco-Safer-Bather-Infant-Bath/dp/B00005JIVI" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Leachco-Safer-Bather-Infant-Bath/dp/B00005JIVI</a>. It worked well for a while, but now has mildew. Ugh. You wouldn't think the bath tub search would be so hard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285534 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:21:12 +0000 Sweet T 285534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had the PUJ tub and hated it. I really don't see how it works unless you have really deep sinks. I think we used it 3 times. We were gifted the Summer Infant Right Height Center Tub. I liked it but we only really used the infant seat. I would just put DS on that in the regular bathtub.</p> <p><a href="http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3680336&#038;cagpspn=pla&#038;pla=plab" rel="nofollow">http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3680336&#038;cagpspn=pla&#038;pla=plab</a></p> <p>I've also heard really good things about the Tummy Tub! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285533 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:10:03 +0000 crunch 285533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the 4moms cleanwater tub. Love it so far! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285515 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:54:24 +0000 looch 285515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a PUJ tub, we used it maybe once? It wasn't a good fit in our bathroom sink. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285475 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:30:33 +0000 red_seattle 285475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the PUJ tub until... hmm.. 6 months maybe? Maybe 5? Until Baby X started grabbing at the faucet handles. (Turning the water on himself is a good sign that it's time to on from the PUJ.) He was just on the cusp of sitting up on his own, so we started washing him in the kitchen sink or now, right in the bath tub. My big thing with the PUJ tub is that it doesn't last long if you have a bigger baby-- Baby X is small and that's why it lasted as long as it did. So if you're not comfortable with kitchen sink baths, you're going to have to buy multiple baby baths if you get the PUJ tub. But we were ok with sink baths and now the big bath tub (started that at 7.5 months), so it was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285268 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:09:30 +0000 junebugmama 285268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We received a special $65 tub. We used it once and he hated it. He now showers with us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285230 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:57:02 +0000 MamaCate 285230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a puj off our registry and i was so excited about it but our sinks were too shallow! I think you need a depth of 5-6 inches or so? We tried it a few times but it never really worked so we just got one of the basic blue plastic tubs from the thrift store for like $8 and it has worked well. Where we live is super dry so inever thought about mildew. Unless you are really short on space you might want to get a cheap or used tub and save your money for something that is harder to get a good deal on? Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/puj-tub-choosing-a-baby-tub#post-285206 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:50:15 +0000 immabeetoo 285206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sooo we aren't having any showers and although I've used our Amazon registry as a reminder list I don't really think anyone is buying off of it - they're either buying specific items (crib, stroller) or (presumably) giving us $ if anything else.</p> <p>SO I'm trying to maximize the Amazon Mom coupon coming up... and I have no clue how to pick a tub.</p> <p>I have read lots of gross mildewy reviews.. how the heck do I pick one? The PUJ looks like it might be nice.. anyone used one? Other tips? </p>