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DS suddenly hates bath :(

I asked this on Parenting also but I really hope someone here has some thoughts :)
About two weeks ago DS started crying when I would go to rinse his hair.  Then he would cry when I started to wash his hair.  The past two baths he has cried through the entire ordeal :(  He liked baths in the beginning.  I have tried making the bath warmer or cooler, tried putting a little heater in the bathroom to make sure the room is warm.  Nothing has helped.  Any thoughts???  TIA ladies :)

Re: DS suddenly hates bath :(

  • Hang in there, Tyler went through a short period where he hated the bath too. He would scream bloody murder through the whole thing. I just tried to make it as quick as possible. I found the disposable washclothes from Huggies helped tremendously since I didn't have to keep stopping to re-soap and they can be used to wash the hair as well. Have you tried bath toys? Something to distract him? Also maybe having someone else in the room to help make faces at him, distracting him?

    It doesn't make it any better, but in time he'll start to like it better. Hang in there :)

     
  • I'm a school psychologist that focuses on early childhood/intervention and this is a pretty typical things babies can go through.  A child's sensory system (how one takes in information from the environment through their senses) goes through period of development and when this happens things that feel normal and typical to us can feel really strange or weird to a young child and the body has to get used to the sensations (other examples are when a child doesn't like the way grass feels on their feet or maybe the tags on their clothes).  Keep washing/rinsing his hair and work through it.  Distracting him with other people, silly faces, singing, toys, etc. is a great idea.  The more he's exposed to this sensation, his system will begin to acclamate to the feelings and it won't bother him as much and eventually it shouldn't bother him at all. 

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