HELP..... How to choose a baby bath????

mercman_3

Please help all you old hands at parenthood!!

We would appreciate your comments on which is the best way to opt when looking for a baby bath?

We have recently ordered a Brevi 'all in one' thingy from Mothercare, but sent it back as it was too difficult to operate!!!

We are leaning towards a unit with an integral bath as I (father) have a bad back and thus would find it difficult to partake in 'Bathtime' should we just use a normal (stick it on the floor) babybath!!

Your input on this would be greatly appreciated


Regards All

Pete

Spendless

I had a baby bath for my eldest. Very heavy to lift when full of water and found it hard to hold baby and wash him.

Someone bought me a sponge that you laid in bath and put baby on (do they still do these?) and I found that far easier, fill bath with water enough to soak into sponge and both hands free to wash him with.

With little girl I just used to put her in bath with me (but I was more used to slippery babies by then!)

pavlovs_dog

when i was a kid (and there's photographic evidence to prove this) our house came with a pre-installed baby bath - it was made by a company called kitchen sink

or, on particularly swish nights, i got the washing up bowl in front of the gas fire!!!!!


on a slightly more serious note, my bro and SIL shelled out a fortune on this fancy baby bath thing that they never really used. do your research before you shell out, and make sure that you get something you both can and will make enough use of to get your money's worth.

hth

Jay-Jay_4

The thing with baby baths is that, like most baby stuff, they only use them for a few months and so they seem like a waste of money.

Even though lots of people said "oh I just put mine in the normal bath" or "I used the sink with mine" I found that the big bath took too much water and the sink was too shallow. I bought normal bog standard baths for both my two (which I sat inside the big bath) and they've been fine although I get backache leaning over.

If I had a big enough house I probably would've gone for one of those that you sit on the rim of the bath, unfortunately my house is comparable in size to a matchbox.

If you buy a 'built in' bath you're probably spending quite a lot of money? The furniture with built in baths/changing stations really don't last long enough to get good value, they also tie you to bathing/changing baby in one particular spot.


Edited to say that my 16 month old decided that she wanted a 'splish splash' in the kitchen sink yesterday so I half filled it with warm water, stripped her off and plonked her in unfortunately she pulled a loaf of bread from the windowsill, in with her :rolleyes: yumm...soggy bread!

Queenie

Pete - we used the kitchen sink (which is much better when you have a bad back). Once they are old enough to sit up ... they went in the bath with us.

(My brothers and I were all bathed in the kitchen sink until around 4yrs old! No, not all at once LOL But then sinks were bigger then )

Magentasue

We used the kitchen sink but that was in a decent sized sink, then we moved on to the bath. As has been said, easiest way is to sit in bath and have baby handed to you and then hand baby back for drying. When it's just baby in bath, it is a problem if you have a bad back but so is managing a baby bath.

Might be easier to not bath the baby when you don't have help? Although they need to be kept clean, bath time doesn't become essential until you have grubby toddlers. Bathing babies is a nice way to end a day but if it's a hassle, give it a miss.

moggins

Make sure you get one with a plug in. With my first two the baths never had plugs and they were awful to empty. With the last one I managed to find a bath with a plug and it's been a godsend.

nickinoo

I got an over the bath baby bath which was handy as it had a plug so you could empty it straight into the big bath-the downside was it didn't fit under our taps so I had to fill it using the shower It was rather like this but squarer http://www.boots.com/shop/product_enlarge.jsp?productid=1019664&slmRefer=000&imageid=1 & came with a plastic support which had straps & was completely impractical, it also cost £20.

Personally I'd recommend a bath support which only costs about £8 & doesn't take up loads of stoarge room either along the lines of this http://www.kiddicare.com/invt/xdlsa1bth they have them in Boots so of course there are always advantage points to be collected too!

Hope this helps.

macchicken

Ive recently seen a support for bathing your baby, its like a non slip mat with holes in it to let the water through so as you can use both hands to wash your baby.
Go into a local baby shop (smaller indipendent ones are usualy better) and ask them, my local baby shop are always really helpful and willing to demnostrate and give all the advice they can!
Good luck

Jay-Jay_4

The only problem I had with the kitchen sink is that my baby was born in January and the kitchen was always really cold. My bathroom is much smaller and warmer.

Js_Other_Half

Would this be of help:-
http://www.smilechild.co.uk/product_details.asp?product_id=1032

You could fill it and bathe sprog on kitchen counter? I too was bathed in a big Belfast sink until I was 3 or 4...:D