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

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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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agreed TIQ - shallow baths aren't an option for everybody - for example, my bathroom is freezing and so it is very uncomfortable for lo if the water doesn't cover her a fair bit to keep her warm.

also - bumbly i empathise about the back, mine isn't great either now, and after a day of carrying dd around, it is very difficult/painful for me to lean over the bath, whether on my knees or not

i have severe sacro ilaic problem

Bumbly it's a nightmare isn't it, bathing a strong slippery wriggly handful! Full sympathy. DS had this one which he still fitted in at that stage I think, and he is above average size. He has a chair thingy now, but they need to be sitting up really well for that.

I have got in the bath with him before, but it's the getting out/getting both dry and dressed that was the problem for us.

and can varely lift lo

varely = barely

Have a freezing bathroom , too - use one of those crappy little heaters that blast out hot air and make your skin all itchy. It only cost about a tenner and is perfect for the 10mins it takes to bath the dds.

You could lie him on his tummy, as well.

thanks flower - used same one as you but the it is too small for him now as he is a big lad

so bought form same make the seat am talking about

not greta tongiht and very low about it all as baby really cried etc

thanks flower - used same one as you but the it is too small for him now as he is a big lad

so bought form same make the seat am talking about

not greta tongiht and very low about it all as baby really cried etc

ignore cod she's on priockly form and clearly had placid baby dsses who didn't knack your back to hold in the bath

mine is still in moulded plastic seat thingy but at 21lbs is a tad on the mahoosive side for it

but can't bear the thoguht of havin to get in every night

and back blardy sore already from carting him about al day

oh dear sorry to hear that - it sounds as though getting in with him would be best in that case, but personally even when i do that with my dd, i still find a bath seat useful as you don't have to do everything totally one-handed..

just wanted to add, to save your back and the hassel, don't bath him every night, just do it every other or even every third night. 5.5 month old's don't get that dirty.

I really sympathise - I had exactly the same problem with my DS when he was that age - too porky for his bath rest but wasn't able to sit up. Can you lift him? If you can, I found bathing with him easiest. I brought his bouncy chair in to the bathroom and sat him in it while I got in the bath then lifted him in and put him back in it when we'd finished and then I got out. I always had a non slip bath mat in too so I could kneel up when moving him in and out of the chair.

Bathing must be so hard with a dodgy back

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Oh and I bath mine twice a week tops. I stick him in the sink in the kitchen if he's done a really filthy poo. We wash too much - my DS has eczema and there's really no need to be soaking a baby's skin every day

Put one arm around him below shoulder and grip upper arm firmly and he should rest over your forearm, use free hand to sponge water over. If dh around ask him to grip him while you wash or hand him to you when you are having a bath. Alternatively lie him on a large sponge or non slip mat(with an inflatable bath pillow perhaps), very little water and wash him . All done in a few minutes. I doubt the bathseat would do any harm anyway. If you're concerned put a small sponge or flannel on the bit that presses first. He'll soon sit up for himself. Personally found baths more than a couple of times a week overrated, often used to sponge mine instead.

Bathroom basin or kitchen sink and don't bath him every night. Or bath him in with you if you have someone to hand him in to you and take him from you.

but some of us like to bath em every night

good way to kill 30 mins

nice wind-down

leave the top kick about and bond

i am a big fan of crapp[y bath products hehehe

I used this until they could sit and even then they could sit on it .

My DS4 couldn't sit alone for ages (but he has SN and was also floppy) I tried one of those bath seat things and like you found he sort of slipped forward in it and it crushed his goolies.

Sometimes got in with him but not always possible with other three about. In the end I used his Bumbo and a shallow bath. Not meant for bath I know but it worked for us. It did get smelly and I had to chuck it after a few months but it made bathing him a lot easier.

agree with tutter - i do it everyday as it's a good way to keep dd up for that extra half hour or so when she's getting tired and tetchy, and helps us both relax and wind down

if we'#re doing links then this is what we're using atm

(ah bugger he's well over 8kg)

and this is the kind of thing i got for ds1 when he could sit up

as i say i'm a sucker for this stuff

That second link was the goolie crusher but only because although my DS was right weight for it he was still floppy. Never tried it with my other NT children.

We had the mothercare one for DS3 but I wasn't happy with it at all - far to easy for him to slip out of it - his bottom never came anywhere near the "bottom" of it and he kept slipping down.

pmsl megalegs

yes we found that a flannel under ds1's bottom stopped the inevitable nads-into-plastic-seat slide