Usually once a week I will share a few videos and/or pics of Colly during her ‘spa day’ aka sink baths at home. I’ve had a lot of you reach out and ask ‘how is she so calm?’ and to share tips of how we’ve gotten here. Welllll, let me just say, It’s taken me a lot of learning, practice, and patience (and 4 babies later!), to find a good groove and really feel like my baby enjoys her bath and I enjoy it too!
A running joke with a friend of ours involved this meme 😉 She (a mother herself) came over one time when I was bathing Conner around 3 months and was pretty terrified 😂 She was like, “ANG! He hates this!” Hahaha. So needless to say my bathing techniques have come a long way.
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Here are some quick tips that have helped me perfect bath time for her:
•Temp of water-98.6-99 (I can tell at this point but I was checking it with a cooking thermometer in the beginning).
•We wash the cleanest part(s) to dirtiest part(s).
•No stimulation aka no siblings (though if they’re home they can’t help but check on her/ask to see her or do something).
•Wash cloths-2 at a time (1 to cover her and keep her warmer – babies temps drop significantly while bathing and they have to work to get it back up. I use the other to clean her).
•I will tell Alexa to play calm/relaxing sounds
•I will chat with her and ask her questions, etc. to calm and relax her.
•We have a faucet that moves so if you don’t have that this part won’t be possible, but I make sure I’m evenly distributing the water across her to keep her warmer as well.
•I also don’t bathe her when she’s overly hungry or tired which makes a huge difference in her mood. I also avoid bathing her immediately after a feed. Nursing or bottle feeding her afterwards always relaxes her after — I usually try to time it to where she can bathe, eat, nap/go to bed.
I hope that helps! I’m not expert, but have definitely seen what works and what doesn’t now (for both of us!) the fourth time around.
