Bath time

I sing. She likes when I sing to her

I used to swaddle my baby in a swaddle blanket and pour water on her. She was in heaven. She was a newborn- she could sit up.

Might sound silly but explain to her what you’re doing!! Our baby was crying during changes, then I explained it to her and talked her through it and she never cried during a changing again

Give her a bath toy. Like a duck or one that moves or makes sound.

Just go quick, she'll grow out of crying during baths and into be fascinated by pouring water soon enough. Have a watering can or similar bath toy handy so you can check and see if it's happened yet. If it's hard on you, use one earplug to cut down on the noise.

A small teether or pacifier could help to keep her distracted. We kept a warm hand towel over her belly and privates to keep her warm and I think that helps a lot as the change in temperature can be confusing to them. I would sing and talk her through all the steps and she liked that. We would put the baby bath on the kitchen counter so it was less on our backs and she would be more face level. I felt like that helped a lot. Also made it easier to pick her slippery butt up 😅

I find with me I try to bathe my little guy twice or three times out the week and put him in that routine where certain days are bath time days and keep it like that so he'll get use to it. They say don't give them a bath too often

How old? We have a 2.5 year old and a 1 month old so our traffic's are very different depending on age

I wrap my baby in a burping cloth when in the bath and I make sure I keep it warm. I always boost the heating for about an hour prior to the bath. I play her music, I keep eye contact and smile, talk, sing. When putting her into the water do it gently so its not a shock to her, put her feet in first, wait a few seconds and then gently put her into water. Same with getting her out, do it gently.

Have a bath with them, they love it and it’s great bonding time

Have you got a bath thermometer and checked the temperature of the water? and make sure the bathroom temperature is comfortable too. The water should be 36°-38°

My advice is the opposite of Laura’s. A little warmer because I’m from America but I read on Google to make it lukewarm. However, I would make sure you’re making the water warm enough. Gotta get it like right below your mind goes “maybe that’s a little hot”. We don’t want it “hot”, right before that. My babies hate it when it’s just lukewarm. But my youngest son literally fell asleep in his first two baths it was so cute. And I put a big wash cloth over their belly to keep them warm when they’re little and keep refreshing it with warm water from the bath.

I love what justyna said. I also talk to baby and tell them what I’m doing during the bath. Now we’re gonna wash your hair pretty baby. And like she said, the baby will be looking for reassurance so eye contact is key. They’ll come around sooner or later!

I understand! My baby would cry and cry during baths. I realized pretty quickly that the water was too cool for her during bath time. Once I slightly increased the temp, and covered her with a swaddle she liked it a lot more. We talk to her a lot in the bath and sometimes sing and just make it happy. Now she loves it! Her favorite thing to do is kick in the water and play

+1 for singing. When she was tiny I also put high contrast things on the wall in front of her to distract her- now she’s a bit bigger she loves those ‘bath books’ to flap around with in the water.

@Cassie we don’t use Fahrenheit in the UK it’s degrees so 36°-38° is about 96-100 Fahrenheit. You must have thought my advice was a bit strange 😆

Wow ladies thank you. I will be trying some of y’all advice next bath time & report back!

Ladies thank you for suggesting ! We had a successful bath time tonight :)