Bath Time

Help! My baby is 3 and a half weeks old. Every bath she goes in quite happy but will only stay like this for a very few mins, if I try to clean her or move her we have tears and after a few mins the same. It's like she is scared. Our current baby bath is quite big should I try a different one? Looking for any suggestions as want her to enjoy bath time not be upset and I'm scared I'm going to make her hate it😢💗

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Might be worth getting in with them if you can. I found it so much easier with my son, also gave me a better indication of water temp as after a few mins I was freezing so we ended up making his bath much warmer and it improved things!

Also congrats on your baba x

I would try increasing the temperature ever so slightly. Our little one did the same when we bathed her in our bath using the baby bath seat. Our en-suite is freezing so we got a baby bath and now bath him in the kitchen and he much prefers it. I don’t know if our bath jus felt too big

Which kind do you have? Mine hated hers at first but now cries when I take her out . I find that everything just needs transition.

My daughter would only be ok if she took a bath on my lap id fill the water up just enough to barely cover my legs then id lay her on my legs and wash her up so maybe try that🤷🏼‍♀️💖

It might just be the holder your using my son loved the angelcare but my nephew screamed his head off being in it and only would bathe in a white tub with seat and my son hated that one

maybe make it a slight bit warmer? my son was the same until i made it warmer and i got him his own mini bath with a cushion insert thing and he loved it x

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