Baby hates bath time/bed with partner

Someone please send some practical tips. My partner bathes/puts my little one to bed very rarely as he’s usually working. This last week or so she has screamed until she’s either sick or trembling and got so worked up when he tries to do it. She’s never shown a preference before this to either parent. It’s so upsetting for both of us. Obviously the practical advice would be to just let him do it and for her to get used to it but it breaks my heart she gets SO worked up when bath and bedtime is usually so calm and easy for me and her 😢

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My baby always hated baths then we started putting her in with us and she was absolutely fine xxx

We just bath with her now xx

The issue isn’t the bath it’s my partner bathing her sadly! She’s always always loved bath time and she’s fine with me

Could maybe try doing it together? And start with you doing most of it but with your partner there in the room until she's happier and then hopefully he can eventually take over :)

I would definitely say do it together. She'll get used to him being there and then bit by bit let him take over little tasks. So start maybe with him playing with her toys with her whilst you wash her? Then let him take over just wiping her down with the sponge or cloth? Then hair etc... We've had to do this with quite a few bits when my little one was tiny. They like their routines don't they!

My son is the same, he has no problem with my husband getting him changed ready for bed, it’s just giving the milk he will not take it, he just screams in my partners arms until he falls asleep. I breastfeed in the day and he has 1 bottle of formula before bed, he occasionally takes a few ounces with my husband, but most of the time nothing! With me he will take the whole bottle.

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