Bath time in my house has been an up and down roller coaster ride from Day 1. In the beginning, my newborn son screamed like a banshee when I tried bathing him. I had to resort to wearing him in a water sling while I showered!
The water sling did, however, gave me a chance to get him used to the water and the next couple of years were total bliss. He fell in love with bath time and it become a fun, bonding, and dare I say, even educational part of the day.
Fast forward to age 3 ½. I have no idea why it happened or what triggered it, but my son decided that he HATED baths. The banshee screams returned, only this time with the strength of a 3 year old, and bath time became a nightmare.
Obviously, this was a problem. Our kids need to bathe!
At first, I fought him and forced him because…well…like I said, kids need to bathe.
Finally, I got savvy. I researched, I tried different things, I became obsessed with making bath time fun again.
And finally, it worked!
So if you’ve got a child that hates to take a bath, give some of these strategies a try to see if you can turn the situation around and make bath time fun again.