Bathtime Drama

M.,

I have some bath confetti, if you'd like to try it. I ordered quite a bit for my business but haven't used it yet; so, if you'd like some, please, let me know. I can get you some samples.

I also have some character soaps (Strawberry Shortcake, Dora, Backyardigans, etc.) that I make and sell online. My website address is: www.favoroo.com, if you want to take a look at them. We also have an eBay store, and one of my customers LOVES them for getting her daughter to bathe without any fuss. lol

Anyway, let me know. I'll be happy to help you out. Also, I agree that she may need a different bath time. I hope things get better soon!

Your girl is very precocious! Mine did the same but a little older. He's 3 1/2 now and refuses many days. I've decided not to fight it for now. Unless he's really dirty (and then he has no choice), the Dr says he only needs a bath 1-2 times a week. I just decided that bed time could be stressful enough. Some days, I might give him a bath in the morning when he's in a better mood. We've tried new toys, but now he doesn't even care about those.

Wish I could help more. :)

Hi there. This may help. I bought some food coloring, the kind you bake with and put a few drops in the bathtub. I let the kids choose the color and based on the color we have ocean water (blue), volcano water (red)...If we are adventurous we mix colors to see what color red & blue make etc...Also, the color does not tint skin not hair or your tub...

Hello M.,

have you tried the shower? =) just a thought
get one of those small pools and have her play in it for a while in the late afternoon... then grab the ivory soap and voila! she's bathed =) is she hungry at that time? is there something on TV that she wants to watch? do you have a doll that may need a bath too? (although...that might backfire later...she'll be bathing her dolls every chance she gets...LOL) I wish you good luck and patience. ~C.~

My daughter did that for a couple of days. I just would tell her we would go anywhere until she was bathed. I also bought colors for the tub since she loves to color. It helped and we never had that problem again. Just remember to clean off the colors they tend to stain if you are not careful.

Lisa made a good point! Try changing the time of the bath. That's actually the first thing I changed with all of my daughters who have at some point refused baths. A morning bath instead of a night bath usually does the trick. She could be going through a growth spurt and might be overtired at bedtime. An overtired child usually does not want to be messed with too much, even with much-loved baths! Another option is to take a day or two break! I also make a deal with my kids that when take baths several days in a row, I will let them play and bathe but not wash hair one of those days. That works too!
Hope this helps!

My 2.5 year old did the same thing for awhile. We put him in the shower with us. It was rough at first. He didn't like the water in his face. But one of us would shower and clean him off really quickly and the other would grab him when he was clean. We put his toys in the shower and after a couple of weeks he loved it. Then we had to figure out how to get him back in the bath...but once his brother got big enough to take a bath and play with him, it wasn't a problem, he loves baths now. So, you could try the shower or even try taking a bath with her. Good luck!

Have you tried getting in the tub with her? My kids have always loved bathtime, and they especially love it when Mommy joins them! This is also great for helping with the dreaded hair-washing - mine love pouring water over my head, then it doesn't seem so bad when I do it to them!!! Hope this helps :)