1 year old suddenly hates bathtime
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Anonymous
| She used to love it, now screams her head off and tries desperately to escape. We're having a hard time getting her clean, plus, it's sad. Any btdt? Should I assume it'll pass? Try some tricks? She has toys etc in there. This was literally an overnight shift! |
Anonymous
| Overtired? |
Anonymous
| Did anything change? When we switched from using the baby bathtub to the regular one my son had some freak outs. What I did was get in the tub and started playing with his toys and acting like I was having a great time. Then of course he wanted to play - but bath toys can only be used in the bath. So then he got in, and all was well again. |
Anonymous
| Did she have a small cut or something? Around that age our son had a paper cut that stung when he took a bath and it caused an entire month of trying to tell him it wouldn’t hurt. |
Anonymous
| My kid freaked out at about that age when I started filling the tub with a bit more water. She loved playing and splashing, but as soon as I tipped her back to wash she’d freak out. Turns out the water was deep enough to cover her ears and she hated it. I would sing to her and keep eye contact to help keep her calm and just move as quickly through the washing as a could. I also introduced showers to her sooner than I though. I get wetter, but she likes it better. |
Anonymous
| Does sound overtired. But one year olds start getting bursts of toddlerness like this too, so maybe it's just a thing. I agree about getting into the tub, trying new! Fun! Toys!, and maybe some bubble bath and colored bath drops. |
Anonymous
| Around 1.5 our DD started flipping out at bath time around this time of year. It did end up being a phase and we think it was due to the cold weather and being really cold when getting out of the tub since she stopped once the weather warmed up in the spring. |
Anonymous
| Thanks everyone. Overtired occurred to me so I bathed in after her nap yesterday afternoon just to see sand she still was miserable, so I've ruled that out. I'll try some of the other suggestions. She's definitely been more "expressive" (i.e tantrums) lately so I probably have to start looking into how to parent a toddler now that I no longer have a relaxed and easy going baby...! |
Anonymous
| I was going to suggest a different time of day. I would up the toy factor, make the room really warm and maybe add bubbles. |
Anonymous
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Happened to us around the same age too when we moved from the baby tub. Unfortunately it lasted a good year during which we tried everything sugggested above. We ended up putting DC in the empty tub and washing her with the shower hose as quickly as possible while she screamed. Just a few days ago we tried a bath again with bubbles and a color tab and all of the sudden she asks to take one every night. Few months over the age of two.
Good luck |
Anonymous
| Super normal - happened with both my kids. No great suggestions but it will pass! |
Anonymous
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Can you get in the tub with her? My kid loves that. Are you using the big tub? We switched at some point around 1 and started putting the baby tub into the big tub. And then got rid of the baby tub. I also use the BabyFam tub divider and it saves on water and makes a smaller space.
My dd did NOT like the handheld shower head st that age and would scream if I used it. So I made do with cups to rinse her off. And would give her the shower head with water on pier low to play with every other time or so to get her acclimated. It’s all a phase and they now form opinions. My 21 month old hates the low tub st my parents and will scream in there but will happily splash in their jetted tall sided tub in the master. Go figure, but now if we are there we wash her in the jetted tub. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Oh and we use the little hand puppet scrub things and Jose work wonders to distract. She currently tries to put them on her feet but then gives them back to me to do the puppet thing. |
Anonymous
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Yes this is the time of the 3 minute bath. Turn on the water, plop baby down, soap up dirty bits, rinse rinse rinse as fast as possible and pluck the child out before full on thrashing starts.
You could try a new toy, but chances are you'll just need to power through and hope the phase is over quickly. Mine also hates bathes when his butt is even the slightest bit rashy. Could it be a diaper rash? |