How do you bathe your little one by yourself??

This might sound like a ridiculous question but…new mom here. 🤪🤣 My husband just went back to work from paternity leave and I stay at home with the baby during the day. We’ve always bathed him together but I’d like to learn how to do it myself. What tips, tricks, techniques, advice etc do you have for me?? The biggest challenges for me are keeping the water warm in his little tub and handling/picking him up 1. Because he’s heavy (16 lb 3 month old) and 3. Because he’s slick AF.

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I will never bathe my son like I do with my fiancé. I attempted it once. We usually let him soak in his baby tub while it’s full and take the sling out. Well I attempted it and he threw his head back and swallowed water and choked it scared the shit out of me. I will never do it again. I leave his sling in while bathing him. I attempted to put just a little in the bottom and let him lay in it and he kept turning his head to the side to try to drink the water

Make sure you have everything ready before hand is my biggest advice. I usually put the baby tub in our master tub and bath her. Then when I’m ready to take her out I have a boppy lounger with the towel on it next to me beside the tub. I lay her on the towel then pick her up and move her to the bed to do the after bath stuff. With everything already set up there is no reason to leave to grab anything.

It can be really intimidating but you'll do great!! We put her bathtub on our kitchen counter. The height made it easier for me to manage her. You can help keep him warm by placing a warm washcloth on his belly. I would just give her a quick soak and wipe down. I normally didn't bathe her fully till my husband's day off so he could help. Plus our LO would get dry skin easily. I also liked having the tub on the kitchen counter because I could rewarm the washcloth quickly. I could also empty most of the water in the sink before getting her out. In terms.of picking her up. I would sit her up, place the hooded towel over her head and scoop her from in-between her legs. Kinda like a reverse football hold. Then you just wrap them up and finish you night routine. Once they can stand up it gets a lot easier.

this is brilliant!! We don’t have a very large shower but I could probably make this work in the bathtub shower upstairs 👍🏼

this is awesome! I wish we had this set up but unfortunately don’t have a sink in our laundry room 😭

the boppy/towel idea is so smart!!! Definitely going to steal that idea, thank you!

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AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

Baby clothes

Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?

Car seat

No idea which car seat to get next. Please hit me with your recommendations, 1year+ (preferably rear facing or 360). Thank you 🫶🏻

Dummy

My baby has had a dummy since about 2 weeks old (now 5 months) and over the course of the last month we weaned her off it during the day only for naps and night (which was fine) and then 5 days took it completely away during the day.

The first day no dummy was fine, the second bit rougher. But now it feels impossible she just moans and cries all the time it takes ages for her to go down to sleep (she’s always been an amazing sleeper)

I thought it was meant to get better as time went on not worse. I’m at my wits end I dunno what to do.

Currently typing this as she screams uncontrollably in the car and I cry with her cos I can’t do anything.