2nd time moms - bathtime

[longtimenopost]

When did you start bathing your kids together? A is 3 and M is 6 months. She's still in the whale tub and can't sit up on her own. We have a bath chair I could try her in, but I'm wondering if A's bathtime party might be too much for her right now. I'd love to bathe them together though and save time.

[mekia]

Since a few weeks old. DD lays on a sponge foam and DS sits next to her. He's been very good though. We bathe DD quickly and make DS wait before playing wildly until she's out of the tub.

ETA: they're 20 months apart 

[lindsaymg]

DS is 7 and showers so we won't be combining their bath times.

[humpforfree]

Since maybe 3 months? That's when she outgrew the sink, lol. She sits in a bath chair thing. They are 19 months apart.

[jeaniebueller]

Never, but my kids are 5.5 years apart. I usually would bathe DS first (he does showers now), put DD in the RNP in the bathroom, when DS was done, he would dress himself and keep himself occupied while I bathed DD. I always make baths short and sweet though--no more than 5 minutes each. done and done.

[undecidedowl]

We have combined on and off since about 6 months. We've tried various different methods and it really never works as well as I would like. Currently, I just keep both kids in the bathroom at the same time but have them go one at a time in the tub. DS2 goes first then DS1 get to play in the tub while I dry/lotion/dress/brush teeth for DS2.

[Deleted]

We started when Ethan was just two months old I think. He sits on his chair next to Ben. I usually give one of them time in the bath before or after they're both together too.

[thejackpot]

My last 2 are 22 mos apart and I rarely do them together. My 2.5 yr old likes to linger and "swim" and I can do the baby very quickly.

[statgirl]

Really early--we had the summer infant sling chair at one end and ds1 at the other. Ds2 used it until he could sit with ds1 in the tub. Now they just climb around each other at 3.5 and 9 months.

[Gato]

Once DD2 could sit up.  She was/is always completely delighted to be included in the big girl's fun.

[teatimefor2]

Around that same age. I was just very carful. DS1 was 2.5 and understood (sort of) to be calmer.

[pescalita]

Probably around then, J was definitely in the bath chair still when we started. My biggest tip to two kids in the bath is a slip mat. Somehow we went w/o one when it was just A, but with both of them in there it's asking for trouble.

[ilikedonuts]

Birth for DD2. DD2 was in a reclined bath chair. DD1 was 24 months.

[lala]

Since 6ish weeks. I just pop the baby in for a few minutes. As they got older & could sit, they stayed longer. We don't use a baby tub nor do I bathe my infants more than once a week.

[jeaniebueller]

Mar 8, 2016 15:33:05 GMT -5 @starry said:

DD1 is chomping at the bit for this to happen. Neither girl has ever code brown'd but I'm worried about tempting fate by letting DD2 sit in there for the 20+ minutes DD1 is normally in there.

I went over 7 years of being a parent without experiencing a code brown and now, DD did it twice in a month. I do not have a weak stomach, but was seriously gagging cleaning it up both times. Its terrible

[longtimenopost]

Mar 8, 2016 15:32:19 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

We started when Ethan was just two months old I think. He sits on his chair next to Ben. I usually give one of them time in the bath before or after they're both together too.

This is a good idea. I can quickly bathe M then get her down while H finishes up with A, then I can get her down. 

[dottyblue]

DS1 is 3.5 and strongly resistant to DS2 (6 months) being in the tub with him. "No mama! [DS2] poops!"

So true little man. So true.

I'm not pushing it for now, LOL.

[longtimenopost]

Mar 8, 2016 15:33:05 GMT -5 @starry said:

DD1 is chomping at the bit for this to happen. Neither girl has ever code brown'd but I'm worried about tempting fate by letting DD2 sit in there for the 20+ minutes DD1 is normally in there.

Yeah, if anyone A is more likely to do this. About once a week she tries and I whisk her over to the potty. Incidentally, it's the only time I can get her to use the potty  (wilted)

[soozy87]

Right away, but the baby is in the baby tub.

[anna7602]

I don't, but DD supervises DS for the beginning of his bath while I make dinner. Then I come in and rinse him off at the end. The kitchen is just down the hall from the bathroom, so I can hear them the whole time.

[turtlegirl]

I think around maybe somewhere between 8-9 months. Once DS2 was really stable at sitting up in the bath and bathing also became more of a "playtime" thing rather than just needing to get clean. DS1 and DS2 are 20 months apart.

I don't think I'm ever going to attempt bathing all 3 kids together. The boys are so wild and crazy in the bath, I just see them knocking over DD and splashing her a ton without even realizing they are doing it. Plus, not much room in the tub in their bathroom for all 3.

[carolinagirl831]

around 7-8 months once she started sitting up well and out of the whale tub. Now they like bathing together.

[Deleted]

Since the beginning. I just had DS in his bath seat and DD still had most of the tub

[Deleted]

I don't know what a whole tub is but I just put the plastic baby bathtub in the bath with the older kid and just put water in the big tub, but not so it made the baby tub float or overflow. So from the time the younger was pretty little.

[moopoint17]

Once DS2 could sit up consistently on his own, so 8 months.

And then we separated them at 12 months because they would go crazy and get water everywhere!

[redpenmama]

I put the infant tub in the big tub with DD around 2 months when the baby stopped screaming through baths. He was in the regular tub with DD by 6 months.

[humpforfree]

Mar 8, 2016 16:43:13 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Mar 8, 2016 15:29:01 GMT -5 humpforfree said:

Since maybe 3 months? That's when she outgrew the sink, lol. She sits in a bath chair thing. They are 19 months apart.

Is that like a bumbo?

m.target.com/p/summer-infant-deluxe-baby-bather-blue/-/A-13933368

[longtimenopost]

We have one of these A used briefly that I may try...if her thighs fit into it

[Deleted]

My kids are 4 and 1 and we still don't bathe them together. DS (the 4yo) is way too rowdy, and DD likes to crawl around in the tub. So I have to keep the water level really low for her. DS would bump her underwater in a nanosecond.

[tulips]

I think she was 7-8 months and he was 21ish months when we started letting them bathe together.

They have so much fun in the tub together!