Help! My DD hates her bath. What to do?

[Disney Princess 6]

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[Serena]

Is she a child that you could see how she wanted to do it. Maybe she has a suggestion that will work for both of you. But let her know she has to get clean, one way or another.

 

[Tink&SquirtsMom]

My 4 year old hates it when I wash her hair in the bath or shower, but she will happily wash her own hair in the shower (and re-enact the Lion King using the shampoo and conditioner bottles... hehe). She does a good job with it too. I don't know what brought on her sudden turn but maybe teaching her to wash her own hair could help break it. My dd's always into doing anything on her own that grown-ups do.

 

[mom2grace]

My DD is happy (for the moment) to use a dry towel or washcloth to hold over her eyes while I wash her hair.

Good luck, I feel your pain!

 

[mommytotwo]

Have you tried taking a bath with her so that she knows that she is not alone in the bath tub or maybe making bathtime more fun with adding the different color tablets or a new bath toy.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

If someone gets a tried and true method let me know...dd is almost 8 and she still HATES when I wash her hair.

Does your dd have a sensitive head? Mine does and that is where all the drama comes from.

 

[becka]

If it is an issue where she doesn't like having water poured over her head (I know I hated it) there are bath visors you can buy that are bath-savers. DS started screaming about baths a few months ago and I figured out the water poured over his head was the problem. I bought the visors (I found them at our locatl Toys R Us) and now he loves bath time again.

http://www.onestepahead.com/jump.js...28&itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=128&change=117

 

[btass]

My DS all of a sudden had that problem too! I tracked it back to an episode of The Rugrats when someone told them they will get sucked down the drain. I brought my DS into the bathroom fully clothed and the tub was dry as a bone. We went over everything that happens in the tub, from water in to water out and used one of the duckies to demonstrate that they can't get sucked down the drain. He needed the duckie a few times after that just to make sure he was ok, but he got over it really soon.

Good luck!

 

[clutter]

My dd went through a couple of bath-scared phases. Once, it was because she'd pooped and was afraid of them. I finally got her to bathe by standing in the tub, without stopping the drain. She didn't like a shower, but I had one of those hand-held shower heads and that helped. Took my kid a YEAR before she sat down in the tub again.

 

[aprilgail2]

I've always taken baths with my daughter from the time she was a few months old...now we still shower together. She started hating baths but loves to shower- I bought her one of those shower sponges on a stick and she soaps it up and washes herself, she thinks its so cool.

 

[LMC]

My son has sensory integration issues and this is what I have done:
1) when he was small I would wash his hair at the sink (he would still scream but it was easier on me than reaching into a tub)

2) I gave him a barbie doll and he would wash her hair in the tub then after a while, when he saw that barbie was ok with her hair washings, we started washing his in the tub again (but still very challenging)

3) I got the neoprene visor that was mentioned above It worked great!!! We used it for about 5 years until DS recently tore it to shreds Don't know why he did that because he still doesn't like to have his hair washed although he does it w/o complaining too much (he is 9yo now by the way)

4) I put one of those removeable shower heads w/ a hose in his shower so I can take the shower head off and spray directly where I want the water to go. I got it at Lowes and it came w/ a 2' arm that the head slides up and down on to adjust to his height.

Good luck in your efforts; I know how frustrating this issue is!

 

[Disney Princess 6]

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[RNMOM]

Have you tried taking a nice long bath with music, candles and bubblebath when she is up and can see you? Maybe you can offer to let her try it some time as a special treat?

How about playing "beauty parlor" by putting a stool up to the sink and wash her hair that way. Maybe do her nails/ toenails? Play hygiene my make her relax for the real stuff.

That shield worked well for my boys too, by the way.

 

[cati]

I am sorry. I dont have any advice. So far I am pretty lucky, my DD is like a fish. LOL

I hope the suggestions work

 

[auntpolly]

Better call Mrs. Piggle Wiggle!

Sorry, I couldn't resist! . Remember her "Won't take a bath cure" - and the radishes?

All I can tell you is that now that DD is 20 I look back at stuff like this and remember how quickly they really got resolved. It just seems like forever now! Good luck!

PS - why don't you read her the story?

 

[powellrj]

My kids were always shower kids. My DD will take a bath sometimes, but they have been taking showers since they were babies. I 2nd the idea about the hand held kind, thats the kind we use. good luck