s/o bathtime - how long?

[charlielove]

I usually let her hang out in there for awhile, til she starts standing up. I'd say her bath normally lasts around 15 minutes, but much of the time her sister is in there entertaining her too.

[rjamz]

I let him hang out for a while. He likes to play with the running water

[mrsjaymay]

Even when she is calm and not trying to run about the tub, ours have always been short. I only give her maybe two or three toys in there and she doesn't play for long. Definitely no longer than 10 minutes of actual in the tub time.

[carawestt]

Lincoln stays in until the water gets cold, then he stands up and asks to be done. It usually lasts about 30 min? He loves bath time.

[Deleted]

Depends. If we're late or she's super ready for next then just long enough to bathe her. If no time constraints then I let her stay in about 20 minutes I would guess. I usually sit on the toilet and play on my phone

[Deleted]

We are in and out as well. I probably should let her play more but we have other things to do and it's already so close to her bedtime.

[formerlyllizzyb]

DH takes such a long time to give him a bath. I'd say G is in the bath for 20 minutes when DH does it.

I'm more of a 10 min bather.

[lauranicole91]

Bath time is dreadfully boring for ME also, but Pey loves bath time. She's usually happily playing for about 15mins. The water gets cold and I have to pry her out kicking and screaming.

[creamsiclechica]

Matt does bathtime every night, and start to finish, it usually takes him 25 to 30 minutes. He's business first, and then they play and sometimes he reads her stories while she's in there. If I do it, it lasts 10 minutes because its too hard for me to keep her sitting and I'm huge now.

[rubber pants]

Its usually 10-15 minutes. She likes to get in while the tub is filling up, as she gets to play with the running water. I quickly wash her body while this is happeneing becuase she is distracted.

Her favorite bath toys are the silicone cup I use to rinse her hair with + a red plastic sand shovel. She loves to pour water all over her head from the cup and splash me with the shovel. Its cute.

[kdrake8]

Tamb, I'm with you. We are around 5 minute bathers here.

[lauranicole91]

Sept 12, 2013 14:59:24 GMT -5 @pcloadletter said:

20-30 minutes here. They stand and run and slide down the back of the tub the entire time. The only thing I don't tolerate is dumping water out of the tub.

I looooved sliding down the back of the tub as a kid!!

[Deleted]

Probably 15-20 minutes depending on her mood. She loves baths but I end bath time if she won't stay seated, so sometimes it is 5 minutes if she keeps standing up. Lately she is getting better and hitting the 20 minute mark.

[laurack]

I would say anywhere from 2 - 20 minutes depending on her mood. She always wants to go for a bath now and gets all excited, yet sometimes after about one minute she is saying all done? So those times I just lather her up and rinse her off immediately and out she comes.

If she wants to play in there thats cool, but I do get bored after about 15 minutes. On occasions where its been a while and I'm sick of sitting waiting and having her throw water at me, I might just start draining the tub. Once its empty she is a bit confused but will then get out. ha

[fryjack2]

Would this be a bad place to admit that I play Candy Crush while they are splashing each other in the tub?

*before anyone freaks out, we have a huge 8x4 foot spa shower. I put their baby tub in there and they both sit in it and play and splash each other. I'm in the shower with them. When they get bored, I turn on the shower heads for them. They love the rain shower head. Bath time is awesome. Its a few minutes where they are in one place content

Sometimes bath time is a 2 minute shower with me or H though. Depends on my mood and the amount of time we have.

[katie]

Usually DH does the bath but sometimes I do if she is cries when I leave or something like last night. We let her play as long as she wants but I guess it's about 15 minutes or so. She sits in the tub while the water is running. Knock on wood, she very rarely tries to stand in the tub. I like just sitting there, to me it's more of a break since she is contained to one small area.

[puppylove64]

Bath time is long. It is my excuse to go sit in quiet! I play on my phone usually until I run out of candy crush lives, then wash L.

[thedahliharpa]

Sept 12, 2013 14:44:49 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

I feel like I might be in the minority because I just rush through baths, get things done, and get her out. She has toys in there, but that is just to occupy her while I attempt to bathe. Sometimes I try to let her play around a little, but it is BORING. For me, I mean. I would say her baths last about 5 minutes, tops.

Same! Her sister's hair ordeal takes enough time so I enjoy D being low maintenance while it lasts.

[breezy8407]

I would say about 15 minutes for both. We started bathing them together when they were more stable in the water without the plastic tub. I let them play a little, but usually they start doing something naughty like making a huge mess splashing or trying to stand up, so I say "bye bye water!" and DD says "BYE" over and over again.

[skwcm80]

We are 5 to 10 minute bath household. My goal is to be done as soon as possible.

[biblionerd]

Probably 10 minutes in the actual tub, not including the drying, lotion, pjs, etc.

[TrudyCampbell]

5-10 min tops

[muppetinma]

As long as he'll stand it. Sometimes it's 2 minutes. Sometimes it's 30. I, too, play on my phone during it.

[rileym2010]

It depends on what mood he is in. If DH is home, he does the bath while I finish putting away food, etc. Sometimes bathtime lasts 5 min, sometimes 15-20.

[bigapple]

30+ minutes, often multiple times a day. He's splashing around in front of me as I type this. He loves the bath more than anything else, and it's the only place hell happily remain for any period of time, so he gets to sit in there as long as he wants. We don't do baths at night because he's super wild after them.

AW moment: he's learned to float on his back and kick across the tub!

[bigapple]

I just read the other responses. Tamb, it's not boring; it's the best time of day! I bring a glass of wine, sometimes I read my book, probe, etc. I crank music for him to dance to. It's a party! Our bathroom is bitty, so I can't be more than an arm's length away, and he sings, babbles, and splashes a ton to let me know he's fine.

[lolaburns]

Around 15 minutes. Besides playing with the garden hose it is his most favorite time of day. So I indulge him. I always feel bad if I hurry through it for some reason.

[Regina Philange]

I don't know. 20 minutes?

[Deleted]

Sept 12, 2013 14:51:12 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Yeah, I posted because the standing up = bathtime is over thing would never work for me because I need to finish bathing her. lol.

We have done just rinses before, no soap, when they are flipping their shits.  So I'm not worried as long as I take the second to rinse the soap off them.

[Deleted]

We do more than 5 minutes, but it's about 15 minutes max total. I rush through the washing b/c ugh but the playing really is so much fun. We have bath songs and dances (on bottoms) and games and everything.