Water baby!!

does anyone else’s infant love water? My boy is 9 wks and he can be screaming and I put him in a sink full of warm water and it’s like instant satisfaction and then again as soon as I take him out and try to wrap him up in a towel he’s screaming again. sometimes putting him in a sink or tub full of warm water is the only thing I can do to get him to stop crying.

what am I supposed to do? It’s not like I can just leave him in the sink full of water all day I’ve got other things I have to do.

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Awe. It's okay. Its normal. My baby girl loves the water too and definitely screams wjen we take her out.
Just make sure the towel is soft and warm. Also, make sure where you change him in his room or your room that it's also warm. We keep a heater in her room to warm it up before we transfer her there. It helps a lot, also some soft music helps too.
You got this mama!

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Yeah I think it reminds them of the womb

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I also highly recommend keeping the room really warm. We have a space heater in the bathroom and it’s like a little sauna. We actually get so many smiles from our little guy after taking him out and snuggling him in his towel.

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Have you tried white noise that sounds like the ocean, rain drops?

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do you keep his bedroom warm as well?

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there was a period when I had the space heater in the bedroom too, but I was getting so hot. So I quit using it and it didn’t seem to affect his sleep.

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