Bathing an infant on the ship?

[epjenk]

How do you do it? My son will be 7 months on the cruise. Too big to wash in the sink, too slippery to hold in the shower. I saw an inflatable infant tub at Target I was thinking of taking, I'm assuming DCL doesn't have anything you can use. I'm trying to cut back on the gear I am taking, but two weeks without a bath would sure make for a stinky baby!

 

[aprilgail2]

They have bathtubs in the staterooms, why not just bath him in there...when my daughter was that young Iwould just get i nthe tub with her and bath her. Or another thing I did was buy an inflatable small tub for her to use in the big tub when we went and she was little, then just deflated it and packed it back up.

 

[minniemouse1]

We used the tub for our infants. They can sit up usually pretty well by 7 months or can lay down in very shallow water. I think the inflatable tub will not be needed.

 

[lbgraves]

I used the tub from the start with the kids. If you want a little more traction for him in there, put a hand towel on the bottom of the tub for him to sit on.

 

[kellyb2000]

I took the inflatable tub and thought it was very handy.

 

[HooKooDooKu]

Note that the "showers" are really very small tubs and the shower head is one of those hand-held models, so bathing an infant is very easy.