1 year old suddenly hates bathtime

[Anonymous]

Went through this too - DS took showers for 5 months, worked fine

[Anonymous]

My DS suddenly hated baths at the same age, had the hardest time with him. What I finally did was haul a small TV with a VCR (yes, this was in ancient times) into the bathroom and let him watch Sesame Street while in the tub. Worked like magic. After a few weeks he didn't need the TV anymore and would bathe fine. I wonder if letting DC watch something on a tablet (propped up somewhere away from the water) would help?

[Anonymous]

Same thing happened with my daughter. Like a pp suggested, I finally got in the bath with her and held her in my lap until she remembered that she liked splashing in the water. Only took one time.

[Anonymous]

My 13 month old is the same way. Used to love baths in her infant tub, but now that she's in a bigger tub (the munchkin duck one) she gets upset. We do a lot of singing and we just ordered some new bath toys. She also just discovered splashing, so we try to get her to do that, so she's distracted by something.

[Anonymous]

Out twins were the same. Got them bath letters and now they love it again and don't want to get out.

[Anonymous]

DD went through a similar issue recently and we realized it was the weather change. Now that it's colder out, our bathroom is colder so even with the warm bath, she was getting super chilled by the end of bathtime and didn't like it. We started cranking the heat right before bathtime so it was nice and toasty in there. I also got in with her for a couple baths to play with all her toys and get her excited about it (since I did a similar thing when we moved her out of the infant bathtub into the big bathtub and it worked well then).

[Anonymous]

Happened to us too. Rather than forcing her through it screaming and sobbing, we switched to sponge baths for a couple months. Eventually lured her back in with bubble bath and fun toys, although a few months later she still won't take one without me in there with her.

[Anonymous]

Unless something scary has started the reaction, this sounds like a phase that your daughter is going through. Perhaps you could let her pick out some new toys for her bath, or maybe some bath paints? Or maybe you could join her in the bath so she can feel you close? When my son was little, he didn’t care for baths for months. The only way we could get him clean without him squirming and crying was to take a shower with him. We would hold him in the shower with the water on him so he wouldn’t be cold. It made things a little harder and was usually a two-man job (Dad would give him the shower and I would take him when he was done to dry and put on clothes), but it worked. A different environment or distraction might just be the thing to keep your daughter’s attention during bathtime. Hope this helps! Thanks for sharing!

[Anonymous]

This was a phase for us. He started LOVING it more around 18m. Now its a nightly occurence.

[Anonymous]

Phase! Mine is 2.5 and has now gone through about 3 bath-hating phases.

[Anonymous]

You got soap in her eyes.

[Anonymous]

Just a phase! Happened to my DD too at about 14 months. We think it was triggered by the water being too cold one time but I really think anything can set them off at this age. We got in the tub with her a few times and did super quick baths when we couldn’t reaonabhy get in with her. She got over it in a month or two and loves baths again now at 3.