Bath time tantrums
I have two twin boys, they are 13 weeks old but 7 weeks corrected. One of my twins is really good during bath time, he’s calm throughout the whole process, from the massage at the start all the way through to dressing him after.
My other twin boy is a nightmare throughout, he just screams the whole time, but he’s always been like this. At what age do they start getting used to bath time? At what age do these tantrums tend to stop? Does anyone else’s LO do this?
I’m finding it really hard to deal with and I think because of it we all really dread bath time. I get so much anxiety the whole day leading up to it knowing how he will be. It also ruins the experience for his brother. Any tips on how to make this an easier process pls! TIA x
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Could little one be cold?
When bathing my baby at that age, we would put a muslin on bath seat-baby-second muslin on top.
This helped us.
Also strangely, my baby preferred to be upright, so when taken out of the bath, he had to be upright on my shoulder, rather than horizontal in my arms.
This helped us with the grizzles.
💪 good luck
I would reframe your thinking slightly. Your baby is a newborn, he's not having a tantrum, he's communicating the only way he knows how. He's telling you he doesn't like it, whether it's because it's too cold, too bright, took over stimulating or whatever else. How often are you giving them a bath? Doesn't have to be a frequent thing
We bath once a week, sometimes even less. It’s not ‘needed’ just been introduced by many as part of ‘routine’.
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