Fear of bath 😔

I am experiencing exactly the same and my girl is the same age! Looking for help too. I’ve tried going in with her, new toys, making it fun by bringing her babies to the bath too, etc and nothing works. She did not get any scare during bath time so I don’t get it

@Jessica I’m glad to know I’m not the only one I was thinking it was just my son and was worried , I did read online it’s quite common but I genuinely just don’t know what to do anymore it’s horrible seeing him in a state but at the same time I don’t want him being dirty x

We are the same, hates it, hates having the water poured on him, over his hair - will only stand - will play with the toys stood up but cries his eyes out snotty the lot when we try wash him

My Lb going through this as well through summer he preferred showers he was getting funny with them so thought we go back to doing baths but nope. He starts enjoying them just as we finishing lol. X

My 22 month old went through this stage and found that putting a non slip mat on the bottom of the bath worked as he scared himself when he slipped and caught his chin on the side of the bath Managed to bath him for the first time In a month without the tears on Sunday so it’s just being patient and teaching them there’s nothing to be afraid of

We had the same thing around that age. I didn’t push it really and only bathed him when absolutely necessary and otherwise just did an old school top and tail wash. Sometimes me getting in with him helped but really it was just one of those “things” and one day I put him in and he was suddenly fine with it again 🤪

We went through this phase, and I stopped with bubbles and let him put the water on his hair! We reduced baths to once a week, we then focused on washing hands and face at the sink with some fun splashing! He loves the bath again now! It did last about 6 weeks though and it was heartbreaking watching him scream through it!

Do you have a big sink? Maybe try a sink bath if you do 🤷‍♀️ not experienced this myself but my lg will happily sit in something else with water and when she was smaller and I lived somewhere else with a big kitchen sink she would always prefer a sink bath over a big bath. You could also try sitting them in an empty bath and filling it up with them in it and let them play with the water coming out of the tap and wash them down. In the bathroom cold when they are stripping off? Maybe pop the heating on an hour before, try music. Try a list ie, dinner then bath then story, teeth then bed time. I have a bed time routine list blue tacked to the wall and every time we finish a task we turn the picture over. This was self made with paper and drawings which we don’t use at the moment but i used when routine was awful and she likes to ask for her ‘list’ every now and then. Hoping these ideas could help one of you :)