Toddler hating bath time
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I'm having the same issues exactly and she's 16 months now, but she started hating the bath since 6 months😂 it was an on and off thing but never accepted to sit down since then. we've been doing aggressive baths ever since and it's so stressful and makes me bath her less often because I just can't dealw with this sh*t
I got things to involve my daughter when she went through this phase. First it was giving her a scrubbing brush to help clean the bath or shower, then when that stopped working, moved onto cleaning household objects in the bath. Got her over it in a few weeks
For us it was the shower, she used to love it and now will lose her shit if we even just open the door of the shower. So we are having baths at the moment. For anything water related, I would definitely never use force / made her do anything that she isn't comfortable or feel safe around. This could leave marks and make other things way more complicated in the future. If your LO isn't liking the bath at the moment, there's a reason. Something has scared them, or they don't feel safe anymore or they just chose this particular activity to assert their new independence. Whatever it is, forcing it is never gonna help them nor you. Giving less baths is fine, they don't need baths every day anyway.
Using a helper seat, if that helps your LO, can also be a very good idea, but if they don't like it I wouldn't push it either. Try and find what your kid loves and bring to bath time (a certain game, a certain book, music etc). If all this fails, I would clean them with a wash clothes as much as possible to avoid water. And I would reintroduce water very slowly, like I would with an infant. If it is about their independence, the more you involve them the easier it will be for both of you
I think it’s just a phase. We didn’t do anything differently and she just grew out of it in maybe a month
Yes I had this issue, my L.O was bath mad then for a few weeks would scream. I allowed her to stand in the bath and play on the tiles around and she loved it
Hi! I had the same issue and it was quite surprising to see the change so quickly. What I did it’s using the little bath skip- hop whale shape that I used to use when he was few months. He felt much more comfortable and safe. I put inside lots of toys so he can play and get confident. I believe it’s getting much better and now he is having lots of fun. Maybe in a month I will try to put him without that support and see how we go!