To boil and cool my baby's bath water?

[belephant]

Posting on AIBU for traffic as bathtime is fast approaching, sorry if it's not appropriate for this board!!

I was just FaceTiming my mum when I said in passing "ugh it's bath night tonight, I'd better start getting the kettle going soon" and she looked at me like I was stark raving mad and told me to just use tap water like any sane person would. I had a quick google and can only see stuff coming up advising cooled boiled water for wiping newborns' faces. My baby is 5 months old for reference. I'm struggling to actually remember where I even got the idea that it had to be boiled and cooled from.

So go on then, should I be boiling it or am I lost in the realm of 'PFB' and FTM anxiety?! 😁

Agree with beautifully bonkers... although now wondering what else you do? 😂

DD is fourteen, I still boil the kettle!

It's exhausting holding it up for her shower, mind.

One day you'll look back and roll your eyes at the things you did during the first few months/early years of your first born. I did so many overkill type things, and this is one of them 😂

Totally unnecessary OP, tap water is fine.

Well quite obviously a stealth boast! The price of electricity and the op is boiling her kettle 3 times a night and not even getting a cuppa! 😱

Your electricity bill must be through the roof!

Quite possibly the maddest thing I’ve heard of! Seriously?! Can you run through the rest of your routine in case there’s anything else we can suggest you cut out?!

WTF? 🤣🤣🤣

That’s hilarious. How long does it take you to fill a bath?

I can only assume you’re not in the uk and are living in a tent somewhere with a little stream running down from the wilds!!

Definitely PFB 😂

By your third child you’ll happily be washing them in three times recycled bath water!!

OP they can go swimming from newborn! That's got all sorts in!

Wish I could find the thread of daft (but sweet) things MNers have done for PFBs, this would fit in perfectly

I can't even imagine how many kettles it would have taken to Bath my twins 😂

Bless you for giving us all a good giggle OP.

Wow. If you were on a phone-in Boris would actually be justified in telling you to cut energy costs by running your baby’s bath water from the tap 😂

OP they don't even use sterile water to clean dressings now they just use tap water . Am telling you this to try to reassure you

How have you gone five months without anyone picking up on this?!

You've been doing this for 5 months??

😂

Yes, you use tap water for a bath.

Good news is that your life will be so much easier from now on and it will be a funny story to tell.

Oh bless you OP

You'll properly laugh about this one day! My PFB moments still make me think WTF 😳 even 16 years later

Interested to know how much money that now saves you! 😆

Get him in the bath with you op, baby will love it

This can't be real

Oh this has made me laugh! I have a 7 week old and wouldn’t think to do this.

thanks OP! Hope your energy bill thanks you now 😂😊

You are so lovely Op. A little bit mental, but lovely 😊

@savoycabbage

Don't be daft. Boiling a kettle 3 times is not a big cost.

@belephant

Batshit my friend!! But definitely one for her memory book! 😍. One to remember when she's being a PITA teenager too... remember how much you loved her when she was tiny & try to have the same patience!!

Does your Mum live overseas? How has she not seen you go through this rigmarole in 5 months?? friends?

I wonder if there are any other things we can help stop you doing unnecessarily??