15 months hates the bath!!

[mieow]

My DD hates the bath sooo much. She screams the place down, hangs on to my hair and clothes trying to get out, She get herself in a real twist about it and I have no idea why. She used to love the bath and would splash and giggle throughout the whole bath, then suddenly she turned and now hates it. She has eczeama and is suppose to stay in the bath water for 15-20 minutes but I can't even get her to sit down anymore, she stands up, screaming while I wash her. I am at my wits end and need help!!!

My dd (18 months) is the same and we've discovered she prefers showers. She recently had chicken pox and, like you, we wanted her to have a good soak so we put the plug in and she was having so much fun with the shower that she didn't really notice the water filling up around her. It wasn't an ideal situation but better than nothing. HTH.
Meid

We don't have a shower

I thought my idea was good, I should learn not to make assumptions!

A watering can?

Mieow, all three of my kids went through this stage for no obvious reason. Like you, I was at my wits end and still don't know why they suddenly hated the bath. All I can say to console you is that they all grew out of it! My 14 month d.s now plays for ages in the bath every night but 6 weeks ago, he screamed the house down! Good luck

HEHE!!!!!!!! We are currently having an extention built for DS and DD1, which will have a shower room in it so I will keep trying till that is finished (about 10 weeks!!!!)

We went through this mieow when ds1 got scalded by a faulty shower on holiday. He wouldn't go anywhere near a bath or shower for ages. The only way we got him back in was to put the children's step he used to reach the toilet in the bath as a seat and only fill it a couple of inches , then he was happy to play, and add a bit more each time thereafter. It took quite a while but it worked. Maybe you could try something similar?

my ds loves baths but around 15 months he went through a stage of screaming when i put him in the bath, what i did was get in the bath with him for a few times till he got confident again, i replaced myself with boats and bath toys, now he has long baths and loves it.

Mieow my daughter is going through the same at the moment. I thought it was because she didnt like to go in her seat in the bath, but even out of it shes the same. I find that if I am able to distract her she will sit and then settle in there. The only option is maybe you could go in there with her?

I have tried to get in with her but she still screams and wants to get out. Can't work why she has started to hate the bath, could understand if something had happened but nothing has.

maybe she had a bad dream about water, i am sure they dream at the age.

My ds went through exactly the same thing at about 18mths. No idea why, still don't. I became more conscious of making the whole thing a game - he's really into counting in a big way (yes, he's a geek in training ) along with lots of swinging around type play so counting one, two, THREE while pretending to swing him into the bath gets lots of giggles. I also made sure he wasn't too tired and crotchety before and had lots of peekaboo type games on the run up to the bath (while taking clothes off) and blowing raspberries on his tummy - trying to make the whole section of the day something to really look forward to.

Doesn't always work even now, but 90% of the time he's loving baths again.

Could you cut out the bath for a couple of weeks - I am sure she will be ok with just a sponge wash in the meantime, then try and reintroduce her to the bath - do you take her swimming? If so, is she the same there?

My DS went through the same soon after he started to walk. He refused to sit down and almost slipped several times when trying to walk up and down (I didn't have a bath mat) - which I think was the problem. I bought a bath mat, put in some new toys and initially used only an inch or two of water, and didn't make a fuss if it was only the shortest of baths. Gradually he got his confidence back and now really enjoys bathtime (v. boring for me). He still rarely sits down, however - I use a jug to rinse him down. Mmm, maybe I should tackle that sitting down thing.