14 month old suddenly screaming in bath?

[cosmowife]

What is going on with DS2?  He is 14 months, almost 15 months.  For the last two nights, I try to put him in the bathtub, and he just screams and refuses to sit and throws himself backwards and generally throws the biggest fit in the world.  Before this, he loved the tub.  Is this a phase?  What else could it be?  I told DH that I wasn't going to bathe DS anymore if he kept it up and DH is like, "Um, I don't know how I feel about that....".  Like I'd really stop bathing my kid lol.  But I am not sure what to do!  I am going to try putting only like an inch in the tub tonight and see how it goes.  Or maybe even put him in empty and fill it with him in it.  I have no idea.  Did this happen with your kid?  DS1 was an angel at this age - I have no idea what I am doing!

[bbonanza]

We went through a phase like this with DD3(2yrs) about two weeks ago. She refused to sit down and cried the whole time we had her in the bath tub. The first couple times we trooped on through the tears, washed her while standing - she refused any of her usual toys, would just not want anything to do with the tub, and made it quick. Then, I actually got in the tub with her (feet & legs only) so did DH, which she liked

By the third time, she was much more calm, would squat in the water and started to play again with her toys so we wouldn't get in with her. Eventually, she sat down on her own and we're pretty much back to normal with her baths. What started the whole thing is DH tried to put her in the shower with DD2 one night and she freaked about that!

[bina]

We just went through a phase like that too. It lasted about a month-month in a half. We finally started getting in with him and introduced new bath toys and wash cloth puppets. He took a bath on his own last night and was totally OK. Hang in there

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[caffeinezzz]

Yup. For both twins. One of them pooped in the tub once and was completely traumatized, which spread like a virus to the other.

It took about four months of screaming in the bath before she finally got over it. We just bathed as quickly as possible, or just did sponge baths, reassuring that it was ok and just water.

What a nightmare.

[cosmowife]

OMG

You all have not made me feel any better. MONTHS?!!!

I had just gotten the hang of making it through bathtime in a reasonable amount of time by bathing both boys together. Now I have to start all over again with a new system. Ugh.

I'm by myself 90% of the time at bath time. This is a nightmare.

[zeewifeandmama]

This happened with my dd at that age too. Lasted about 3 months. In the interim she showered. Eventually she went back to baths, but she still likes to shower.

[soozy87]

Something like this happened with my nephew. They started giving him showers. Maybe that would work for you guys. A detachable showerhead would probably be helpful with that.

[olivesyou]

I was going to say check the water temperature or his bottom. The only time Little olive refused to sit and throw a tantrum is when the water was too hot (stupid DH) or he had diaper rash I wasn't aware of. Good luck, like all things in baby land, this is just a phase!

[MadamePresident]

This happened with Nods, too. She so doesn't love the bath. I started bathing with her for a while and she is slowly getting more comfortable. She doesn't like the pool either.

[mgm]

My 13.5 month old did the same thing - for about 2 weeks. We gave him some new-to-him toys and tried to be as fun as possible. Now he LOVES the bath and protests about getting out. Just a phase. Try new toys

[kanga]

We went through that too.  We tried giving him a shower instead for a few days buta he hated that tpp.  So, we got a few new bath toys and he was happy to have a bath again instead of the shower, I guess.  Hopefully it will be short lived.

[cosmowife]

Thanks everyone. We tried a shower tonight (I didn't even attempt the bath). It worked well and was lots of fun. Luckily we have a big shower with a rain shower head, and both boys were basically under the rain shower head the whole time having a blast. We'll see how tomorrow goes.

[carolinagirl831]

We had to out dd in the baby bath inside the big bath. She felt more secure and stopped screaming