I just hung it on the back of the bathroom door - never thought to worry about poop particles (or to close the lid before flushing).

I’ve never shut the lid for flushes in my life. 44 years later nothing has ever happened.

The real poop particles will already be ON THE BABY when you put him into the tub. You need to calm down.

Oh

Get a suction hook and hang in shower/tub

Anonymous wrote:Store it in the tub and remove it when someone is using the shower.

This.
We have 2 bathrooms so stored it in the kids bathtub. If I only had one bathroom this is what I would do.
We also used it in the kitchen, next to the sink. Kneeling over bathtub hurt my back, kitchen just made more sense

I keep mine on top of the fridge!

DH needs to shut the lid when he poops like an adult

Store it in the tub and remove it when someone is using the shower.

OP you can’t indulge this “poop particle” fear. Among other reasons, you’re about to have poop everywhere all the time.

It’s completely unreasonable to have any fear of illness caused by flushing in the same room as a hanging plastic baby tub. Run this by ANYONE you trust. Doctors, scientists, therapist. They will all tell you that the big risk to you and the baby here is your irrational anxiety.

in the bigger bath tub ( though i only gave my kid a bath in the kitchen sink maybe twice in her life)

Do you have a coat closet or something where it can go on the floor? Maybe a hook over the back of the door?

The good news is baby bath tubs don’t usually last long. Once mine was sitting up we retired it for a suction chair and then just free tub time.

Anonymous wrote:In the nursery bathtub.

That would be nice. I wish we had another bathroom that we could just use for baby. But we have one bathroom

In the nursery bathtub.

I know this is likely pregnancy/postpartum anxiety showing but where do you keep baby's tub?

We have the oxo splash and store tub and I love that it folds flat and you can hang it but it is a little bigger than I imagined. I thought I could stash it in a bathroom cabinet but I can't.

DH refuses to close the lid of the toilet when he flushes and I'm paranoid of poop particles everywhere. I don't want to have to clean the tub before and after every use.

At least for the first few months while I can keep baby in a little bubble. But where do you want store your infants tub? We will be doing baths in the kitchen on the counter so it really doesn't need to be stored in the bathroom.