Tips On Moving Baby Into Big BATH?

We've bathed our baby in a baby bath for 4 months and tried her in the big bath tonight. It was rather awkward bending over the bathtub....trying to hold her with one arm and wash with the other.

We do have a bath seat but you nearly need to fill the entire bath to have her submerged....otherwise shes only up to her knees and sitting out of the water....looks freezing cold!!! Don't want to waste water by filling the entire bath.

Any tips on bathing techniques would be greatly appreciated.

We did the same as Kellz and had the baby in the bath with us, in fact we did this from the start.

For about the last month i just put in about 2 inches of water and lay her on the bottom, she can then just splash about and flip herself over. I also put a warm wash cloth over tummy if she stays on her back.

As well as having her in the bath with you, have you tried a shower together??

DH still baths Isla in with him every night! They love it! Its even more fun now that we use bubble bath! he he! Isla and I love showers together,..ist soo relaxing,...for her anyway,..she nearly breaks my back now holding her for long!
Definatly agree with water Kicker said about the flannel on the belly. Isla loved being on her back,..and she learnt to float her body, with us only supporting her head/neck with our hand.

I mostly bathed with my boys too! Just seemed alot easier, then you can have it quite deep, and they can have a good ole splash around.
I used to sit he bouncinette thingy right beside the bath with his towel on it, then I could put him in that and wrap him up snug in the towel while I finished washing and got out and got dressed (DP was normally doing the dishes and didn't want to bother him! as he'd probably NOT finish the dishes!)
The other thing we did HEAPS was to bath Tyde in a bucket. Don't have to waste heaps of water, they are upright and warm, and it's GREAT fun! here's a pic of Tyde in his bucket bath! :) you can just use a 'normal' bucket, you must of course stay with them the whole time ! (excuse the dishes in teh background.. obviously DP was not on the job that night! hahaha)

Yeah we had a bath with James for his first do we still do sometimes. He never liked his baby bath.

We always just get in with Daniel. It's way more fun, whoever feeds him dinner gets in with him because we usually both have food all over us its an easy way to get clean

Saves your back and when they start moving around they get really slippery so its safer too

well DH showers with ella...ive had a few with her but i go in bath with her. We have deep spa bath so no way i can lean over to her. She loves her bath and a few times ive filled it deep enough that she can dive under etc like at swimming. She loves it.

I try and have a bath with her about once a week- she LOVES it. Otherwise we just have her in one of the bath seats and fill the bath up to the sides- found the seat soooooo useful and Ella loves it. Since it has been so warm lately and our bathroom gets the afternoon sun we haven't had any problems with her getting cold.

I bought one of those towelling layback thingees today, so will give that a go.....its only for another 2-3 months really till she can sit up by herself....perhaps I should buy a BUMBO and put here in that submerged in the water!!! ha ha ha

Looks like bathing with her is the best and most suggested tip.....will give that a go.....

PEKEMOEMUM: - like the idea of a bucket! Cheap + Cheerful!

We had the same problem when we moved Luke to the big bath at 4 months.

My sister suggested putting 2 towels in the bath one foled over at the top to make a pillow (also keeps ears out of the water) then we laid Luke on them filled with enough water so he could kick and splash.

Now he's older we use one towel rolled at one end just to keep his ears/ head up he loves it. Its not slippery and is soft too. He can sit but it's safter laying down.He likes to kick.
Bending over the bath isn't too bad i just kneel besdie it. Sometimes we shower him but he loves the bath because he can kick and splash!!!