This is Hilarious (and Cute, of Course).

[taste_is_sweet]

I love the advertisements I get from my GMail server. Because I mentioned somewhere that I'm interested in babies (well I was, for the obvious reason that I had one), I'm occasionally bombarded with adverts for special baby products.

Check this one out.

I swear I laughed out loud when I realized that they're pretty much selling big mixing bowls as special baby baths. You have to admit, it's brilliant--I probably could have used one when Jav was just a couple of weeks old and I was trying to figure out how to wash his back without accidentally drowning him (though I think with this tub the obstacle would be how to wash the kid's back without tipping the bowl over). There's also the question of having enough water to rinse, though maybe you're not meant to use soap.

Oh, while I'm on baby baths, since there's at least one person on my FList who's expecting a child and will probably want to wash them at some point, Burt's Bees Baby Bee Buttermilk Soap was fantastic. I used it for the first six months, until my son's skin wasn't too sensitive for Johnson's products. I also recommend Johnson's 'Moisturizing Bedtime Bath'.

You can get big mixing bowls at dollar stores, if you want to go that route, though getting a bath seat might be a better bet. I ended up just climbing into the tub with Jav until he was big enough to stand on his own. ;->

Comments

[reedfem.livejournal.com]

Okay, that bowl thing is kind of freaky-scary. I just used one of those inclined baby tubs or did sponge baths.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

It does have a kind of Aliens vibe to it, eh?

I used an incline tub as well. I loved that thing. But After the first month or so I just sat in the bath with Jav.

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

That is a damn good icon, if I may say so. :D

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) I wish I could take credit, but I got it via icon_spam.

[lacombe.livejournal.com]

Dude, it's a big bowl... and it costs $50. Srsly.

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Good idea, though.

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

I bought something that looks just like that ... for soaking nappies in. It cost a damn sight less than $50 too! :P

We started bathing with Emrys too, quite early on. We take turns at it - one sits in the bath with him, and the other dries him and puts him in pyjamas, etc. He's always loved his bath, so it's a fun and relaxing way for him to get ready for bed, and for us to unwind from work. His favourite game is throwing all his duckies out the bath, or calling people on the showerhead telephone (sometimes we also sing shocking karaoke with the shower head, which he thinks is hilarious).

Ah bathtime, such fun! :D