Bath time hell!

Hi ladies just wondering you can help?

Out of nowhere, my daughter has started hating bath time. She used to love it, but now she just stands up, refuses to sit in the water, and screams. The water temperature is perfect, nothing’s changed in her routine, and she hasn’t had any bad experiences. She still has her bath toys, and we always play some music to make it fun, but the last few baths have been a struggle. I’ve had to get in with her just to get her a little clean, and she ends up sobbing on my lap while I try to wash her with a flannel. 😞
She has eczema, so we don’t bathe her too often, but occasionally she needs one to help remove the flakey skin that makes her itchy.
Has anyone else dealt with something similar? How have you managed it?
My husband thinks it might just be that she’s too tired after nursery and isn’t in the mood for it, but she gets so upset, and I’m worried she might start developing a fear of water. I just want to figure out how to make bath time easier for both of

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My daughter has started to do the same. She used to love baths and never wanted to get out, over the last few weeks she cries as soon as she gets in them and I can’t work it out as nothing has changed

What about trying a different time of day?

We had this out of the blue but it was a few months ago. I started getting in with her and then over a few days gradually moving her from my lap into the water whilst holding her hands. It lasted about 5 days and then she got over it

My daughter went through this. Lasted a couple of weeks, I just accepted dipping her in the water and giving her a flannel wash.

Let her be and kept talking about the bath. Now she's loving bubbles and can't get her out of the bath.

Around here she usually loves bath as well, but when she is too tired there's nothing she wants to do and will cry loads to have a bath, but she will do the same during dinner time and anything else we try to do before we give her milk to go to bed...

Hiya, we had the exactly the same with our little boy not long ago. We didn’t force it, we allowed him to stand but made sure we were both there so he didn’t fall, we put lots of toys in the bath and a bath mat down stop slipping incidents. We would model playing with the toys and wait for a while - eventually he sat down to play for a moment and we praised him. He got out soon after and we had to repeat this process for a few times before eventually he seemed to just get over his fear and he is back to loving a bath again. Hopefully it’s just a phase and will pass for you too soon enough 🤞 good luck momma xx

Thanks everyone this makes me feel loads better. X

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