Little girl refusing bath time!

Help! At a complete loss after trying all sorts.. our little girl keeps going through phases of refusing bath time.. then the next minute she loves it so much. There's no in-between though and we're currently back in a refusal phase.. our final option is not even mentioning it and hoping she'll suddenly ask for one but I am scared how long this may take. Yes I can flannel wash her but it's her hair! How do you wash their hair? Anyone else been through the same? Thanks!

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Yes my boy used to love baths then one day hated them! We now have to shower him instead!

You’ve maybe already tried this, but what about some new bath toys? My little girl takes so many in the bath with her and loves it! You can also get safe wee water colour tablets that make the water funky colours? Xx

We have 'just play time' baths every 2-3 nights and 'hair wash' baths every 8-10 nights as she hates having her hair washed, but this compromise seems to work for us at the moment xx

I struggle to wash my little ones hair but sometimes lets me do this if occupied in the bath with toys I tend to wash her hair every 2 days just because she sweats at night a lot and with being at Nursary I like to keep it clean xx

Just discovered kids bath bombs with hidden toys inside (Amazon). My little one now loves a bath and often refused before.

Our 2.5 year old went through this too! She loves playing with the hose outside so I took her soap and shampoo out and we showered her outside in the hot afternoons! Otherwise a shower with one of us and baths with some new bath toys and her swimming goggles! X

We go through similar phases, so we try to either make it exciting and let him just some of his toys to bring in (dumper trucks, tractors etc), or I ask him if he wants to take a bath with me and let him pour water on my head etc which he loves. One of the two options always works for us.

So after asking nursery to help chat with her about baths again and with the help of a bath bomb we just put a little water in the bath and she went in for a short while. I have ordered a few fun bath things again and will Judy try to keep up the enthusiasm but happy she's had one tonight at least 💪 its just keeping up the enthusiasm and positive vibes which sometimes is easier said than done when your worn out 😅

Have you tried getting in with her? My son was refusing and screaming at one point but we managed to shift to enjoying baths if mummy or daddy hop in every now and then which he finds a real treat x

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