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how do you bath a 5 1/2 month old who cant sit unaided?

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bumbly · 04/01/2008 19:32

has grown out of his baby bath and bath insert

bought bath seat with curved back but it presses against his special parts

how do you bath a baby that can nearly sit?

help!

really low tonight as bought a bath seat

and it all went wrong!

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FluffyMummy123 · 04/01/2008 19:33

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bumbly · 04/01/2008 19:34

issue is i cant hold him in bath on my own

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FluffyMummy123 · 04/01/2008 19:34

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NAB3wishesfor2008 · 04/01/2008 19:35

Get a bath sponge and lay him on it or use a bath towel folded up to it is softer and warmer than a bath bottom.

TheGoatofBitterness · 04/01/2008 19:36

get in with him

FluffyMummy123 · 04/01/2008 19:37

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TheIceQueen · 04/01/2008 19:37

I struggle to hold DS3 in the bath too - combination of me being a short ar*e and him being a hefty lad .

Thankfully he's just about sitting up now so getting easier.

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bumbly · 04/01/2008 19:37

www.tigex.co.uk/produit-tigex-anatomy-bath-ring-85.html

have this one but the bit between legs presses on his bits quite hard

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notnowbernard · 04/01/2008 19:37

Shallow bath, lay him down flat, let him kick around with 'gay abandon' (to borrow my personal favourite phrase from dear old MIL)

FluffyMummy123 · 04/01/2008 19:38

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MrsBadger · 04/01/2008 19:38

or take him in the bath with you

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bumbly · 04/01/2008 19:38

wuth bath sponge you lie him flat?

have one but find it of no use so far

and what if he turns to side

icod - my little one is very strong and i have a bad back

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MrsBadger · 04/01/2008 19:39

what if he turns to side?
blardy turn him bakc again, it's not like you're leaving him alone in it

FluffyMummy123 · 04/01/2008 19:39

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bumbly · 04/01/2008 19:39

ok shallow bath and then when he turns and i cant sotp him and he lands face down in water??

not sure i could cope with his force turning

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TheIceQueen · 04/01/2008 19:40

cod - sometimes it's easier said than done holding a baby in the bath. Just because "you" can do it nice and easily doesn't mean that everyone else can. And for some of us shallow baths and getting in with them aren't an option as we're bathing other children with them too.

armyofme · 04/01/2008 19:40

i also found it hard to bath my dd in the big bath without any support before she could sit, as she wriggles like mad and i always thought she was going to slip under - could you not take the bath seat back and swap it for one that doesn't compromise ds' parts? i've seen quite a few different models...

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bumbly · 04/01/2008 19:41

icod - this is a discussion - dont be so terse!

i can agree or disagree wiht folk but never get terse!

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Pickie · 04/01/2008 19:41

Maybe a tummytub is a solution if you cant get in the bath with him?

We never used any bath gadgets, just got in with them. Dp in bath with kids and me ready with a towel

foofi · 04/01/2008 19:42

I used to get in with them - much easier than leaning over the side.

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bumbly · 04/01/2008 19:42

my little one is ver big and strong for every one else wanting to contribute to discussion

glad others are having difficulty too

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bumbly · 04/01/2008 19:42

think getting in bath is the way forward for me...thanks tons for tips!!!

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notnowbernard · 04/01/2008 19:43

Er... think you are worrying about it a bit too much.

He will move his head out of the water if he doesn't like it!

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