No bath on holiday - what do we do?

[HellyMnelly]

Hi everyone,

We're about to go on a family holiday here in the UK but I've found out that there is no bath in the accommodation, only a shower. DS is 14 months old and so only has baths (when he's had a shower run on him he's hated it!). Does anyone have any tips? Sorry if this is a silly concern, it's our first time away and I don't know what it'll be like!

Thanks

take a baby bath and fill from shower
or washing up bowl
or bucket

Kitchen sink!! We did the same when dd was 16 months

The sink!!!

fill up the shower tray

go swimming

When we went with only a shower last year with a 4yo and a 13 mo I bought a travel plug on these lines. Mine was from Lakeland but I can't find one on there now. Anyway I put it over the drain from the shower, ran the shower until there was a couple of inches of water in the tray and then sat the children in the bottom.

we had this one year - did what Bozza did - you can get travel plugs from camping-type shops too

We had a similar problem to this and only found out on arrival - DD1 was a similar age to yours. We bought a paddling pool and a bucket to fill it up (no hose). A bit tedious but the weather was good and she loved it.
Alternatively, if there is a pool nearby, swimming before bed, change into PJs, fall asleep in the car on the way back...bottle of wine, cheese, bagueete, adult time..

I wash my 16 mnth dts in the sink if I don't have time for running a bath!

Forgot to say, we couldn?t do the plug thing. Depends on the shower tray, some shower trays are flat to the ground/slopes away if in a wet room so worth checking accomodation owners first. xx

Take a large plastic crate (ideal for carrying all your groceries in).

Unload your groceries, and then you have the crate, which you can fill from the shower and have a nice baby-sized bath. Perfect!

Definitely buy a travel plug & fill up the shower tray. I've done it loads of times with mine.

travel plugs fit over ones that are flat to the ground (ours did anyway)

Small paddling pool - Pound stores used to do ones about 2' across - or one of those long tubes you can put over a kitchen sink plug ?

Thanks everyone, I'm feeling a lot more confident now!

HM x

you can buy an inflatable baby bath. mothercare or bruin , i think.

Just been away for a weekend same problem, washed 1 year and 3 year old a washing up bowl on the floor. They thought it was great!

We've bathed ds in the kitchen sink when we had no access to a bath. He loved it! At that age they already have a sense of the ridiculous .

Don't bother with an inflatable bath for a 14mo - he'll be far too big for it. Also, it's worth asking (I presume this is a self-catering cottage) whether they will provide a babybath as well as the cot, high-chair, etc. We holidayed in a lovely cottage with only a shower and they provided a babybath which we put on the enormous old kitchen table, and bathed ds in front of a lovely, cosy, roaring coal fire. What an experience!

my 4 yo and 2 yo shared a baby bath placed in shower tray when we were in greece- got back yesterday. was a bit tight, but they loved it!

I've used a bucket when there hasn't been a bath, has been ok ( placed in the shower though!)