My baby hates taking a bath...

I'm just curious as to how she is, if you just use a face washer to wipe her down to clean her? My son hated taking a bath for the first few months of his life, but now he is the biggest water baby out! Initially I used to use a face washer to clean him every second day, and bath him only once or twice a week. At the beginning I found it helpful to be in the bath with him, and let him lay on my stomach so he felt safe and secure, but if you have already tried that I'm not sure... My advice would be to talk to a maternal and child health nurse about how to tackle the situation. Perserverance may pay off, but at the same time, who knows how it is affecting bubs emotionally?! It's a tough one, because you don't want to perpetuate the cycle and increase the fear of the water, but at the same time you don't want to risk scarring your bub by scaring them/ forcing them in the bath/water. I'd talk to a professional if it was my child, and I felt I had exhausted everything I could think of.... adjusting water temperature, bathing child with an item of clothing like a singlet on, taking a shower with her and seeing if that made any difference, using the big bath, using the baby bath, playing relaxing music in the background, singing to her, bathing with her.... Good luck :)

Have you tried to give her a bath in the kitchen sink whre she is at your level that may help? You may try the shower if you have one she may like that if you shower with her. You may put her in the tub dry with her clothes on and let her play with toys and see how she likes that. They slowly take her clothes off and slowly run the water in it. I know at first the water will be cold but I have not other siggestions.

It looks to me like she is still rather small. I would give her a bath at night before bed. Maybe a good wash up outside of the tub in the morning. A bath is also a good way to help them sleep more soundly. I am not too familiar with babies or even toddlers taking baths in the morning. At night, they are more settled and a bath will be soothing.

Have you solved the problem of your baby's bathe? i like to give you a piece of advice.when you have a bth,let your baby beside,play with water and let him join in games..

I was going to suggest taking a bath with her, but you've tried that. My son didn't like his little bathtub. But he loved it when I took a bath with him.

Hello aseretdd, How old is your baby? Has she had a bad experience in the bath tub? These are 2 important questions. I had something like this when my oldest son was about 11 months. He always loved to take a bath. One weekend he stayed at my Mother-in-laws. When he came home I drew a bath for him and he took off like a shot. I didn't know what was wrong, and the poor kid was just terrified of the bath tub. I tried several different things and just could not figure out what to do. I gave him a sponge bath and got him ready for bed after I got him settled down. The next morning I drew him a bath and he started to scream and run away from the bathroom. Again I tried to get him to tell me something but since he couldn't talk much, it was real hard to figure it out. Later in the day, I set up his little swimming pool outside. He played in there with no problem. By then, I was really confused. So that night I put him on the kitchen counter and I let him play with the water as I filled the sink. As long as he could feel the water, it seemed to be okay, so I slowly stripped him and he got in the sink. I gave him a bath there. I gave him a bath there in the morning too. The next night I put him in the bathtub, he was screaming, but I slowly turned on the water and let him feel it. Slowly he decided he wanted his clothes off to take a bath. From then on he was fine. Evidently my mother-in-law gave him a bath over the weekend and the water was too hot for him and he freaked. She had not told me about that so I was unaware of the incident. I'm not saying that is what happened, but maybe you could try something similar and see if it works. Good luck and God Bless. Happy posting..

I would have to say that the thing that worked with my children at first, was me making up funny stories and telling them the funny things about the bathtub. Then as they got older and had problems, I would ask them if they had anything to say about the problems. Turns out one of them had had a bad experience in a "past life" and the other was just acting because of his brother. I said past life like that, because there was no other explination for the things that he was telling me, because I know I would never let anything like that happen to him. And his dad, well lets just say IF he did, the bas*&rd was doing a dang good job af not letting me know... And my child kept saying something about the ocean, and they had never been near an ocean before from either parent.

i think you need to give her a warm bath..maybe she's afraid of cold water..and maybe you will try to have shower with your baby, or play her around the bath room before putting her inside the tub..i hope it will help you..

i have experienced that also with my baby for years but now he loves taking a bath. try to make the water a bit warm because there are cases that babies HATES cold waters..just don't give up because that's what i did i just let him get use to the habit of taking a bath daily even if it's like a war zone with all those ear-aching screaming and crying. the baby will get use with it.

Maybe you can try to give your baby a bit water and put it in a small bowl and let your baby play.Sooner or later your baby will love the water.Just dont let your baby bring to the tub immediately when he/she taking a bath.Make her to play.Hope that will help your baby to enjoy her/his bath and you too.god bless you aseretdd.

don put soap in the tub that is why she feels irritated by that.so avoid soap.take care and le me know again if u woud like to

i happened to my daughter when she was 1 month old. What I did was I bought something where she can lye down and put her in a tub with not so hot water. From then on she became so used to it and the crying stopped. She even started playing her feet while in the water.

i really think something must have happened for the baby to not like the bath. have u ever tried letting the baby see u turn on the water and to play with it while its coming out of the faucet? Have you let her give her dolly a bath not with her but just the dolly like mimic the entire scenario so she gets to be the mommy? one more thing is let her have something very special like a toy from the kitchen like a cup or a spoon or maybe even some candy just to lure her into the bathroom, then kinda start the water and see if she is distracted enough. my lil girl will do anything for something special like holdin the phone or big brothers hat get creative she thinks its a big deal if u never let her hold it before. good luck let me know if it works

My daugther is also afraid of cold water that is why she hates taking a bath when she was still a baby. What I did was made her water warm so she'll get comfortable with it. Now she takes a bath whether it is cold or warm. She even plays with water.

Hi aseretdd, u can try to give your baby a bath in the afternoon before he sleep. Don't put full of water in the tub, u might put 2/3 of water. U may use the warm water, feel the water before u put your baby into it.Then u can put some interesting toys in the tub. Or u can ask kids stand beside with you, ask them play with your kid then he will not concentrate what u want do with him...

Don't worry. My son is 2 now and he has just started wanting to take a bath. Before he would sream his lungs out, but now he takes his dinosours in the tub and washes them. He plays for hours! So, don't worry your baby will grow out of it, and definately try putting toys in the tub. They will make it seem more like playing than actually bathing! good luck!