DD is 20 months old and, until about 3 weeks ago, loved bathtime. Recently she's refused, point blank, to have a bath. A couple of times at the beginning I put her in anyway, assuming that she'd be fine once she was in - but she cried & got really upset until I took her back out. If she's obviously not enjoying it, it seems pointless to do it - I do give her a wash if she's grubby. She only has a few words (NO being one, which she uses a lot!) so I can't ask her what the matter is.
She's had a couple of episodes of nappy rash recently and I wonder whether it was sore once or twice when she sat down in the water, and she now associates the bath with that. Or am I just over-thinking it and she's actually just being a toddler?!
Either way, do you think I should just let it lie for now and stop trying completely, or should I keep offering (or even putting her in the bath despite the protestation?) My instinct is to leave it until she's ready to start again, but part of me worries in case that never happens again and I'm making the whole thing worse by not trying!
Any thoughts gratefully received.
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Toddler suddenly refusing baths - should I keep trying?
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Pogger · 04/04/2011 20:01
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