Bath time in our home has definitely taken shape since the early days of when we first came home from the hospital. I was the very nervous mami that bought and returned about six different tubs the first couple months of our baby’s life. In addition, my anxiety was so intense that the idea of speaking in Spanish to my bebita was beginning to dwindle away, which totally broke my heart. After receiving a little pep talk from my brother-in-law about how to bathe baby I gained a little confidence.
I will never forget the evening when I promised myself to really try and relax during bath time. I held Sabrina in my arms, close to my chest and whispered, “Okay Sabrina, lo vamos intentar de nuevo (Okay Sabrina, we are going to try this again).” I promised myself to take deep breaths and sing songs in Spanish while I dabbed her with the little bath towel. It worked! When I took her out of the bath and into the warm towel I sat down and she looked into my eyes and began to coo as if she were saying, ”Gracias mami! Me encanto esta vez!/Thank you, mami. I loved it this time.”
As our bebita has grown out of her newborn tub we have found new ways to make bath time fun. I quickly learned that bath time toys needed to be rotated in and out in order to maintain her interest. We have run the gamut of items we have introduced during bath time. We have had traditional bath toys that swim with a simple wind to mega block boats and tractors.
As I mentioned, at one point, I felt that our idea of only speaking in Spanish was fading due to the challenge of balancing all of the elements involved with parenthood. I decided that I would try integrating Spanish during specific routines in our day-to-day lives, like bath time. I added the other daily routines once I felt that the one we were working on was in place. As I continued to rotate age appropriate toys (such as alphabet letters, water proof books, mega blocks, containers to put things in and open and close) I realized that the different items helped with diversifying and continuing my use of Spanish during bath time. Eventually, Spanish took over all of our daily routines. We are now 98% of the time speaking in Spanish to our bebita.
Yes, we also still sing during bath time, but most importantly bathing our bebita is an important part of our bedtime routine that also involves playing, chasing, reading, lots of laughs, and eventually a baby that is ready to sleep.
Bathtime has now not only become fun time and a time for Spanish, it is another important bonding time with my baby that often brings joy. JOHNSON’S is “treasuring everyday joy” with a contest for parents to share our a photo of our sweetest bonding moment with our baby to have the chance to win the Grand Prize of a $25,000 scholarship. Just visit the JOHNSON’S Facebook page to upload your photo and enter.
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We have toys that we only use at bath time. Squirters and small buckets for pouring seem to be the favorites.
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My tip to make the bath time fun time is to add toys and music, babies love both of them, so It will make it really fun
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I make bath time fun with toys and animal wash cloths
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Our daughter loves “burbujas” in her bath and everyone has fun with those!
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my tip for bathtime is to use the alphabet letters and teach them each letter and color… it is a great distraction
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My biggest tip to make baby’s bathtime, fun time is to bring in fun bathtime only toys. Also, tearless shampoo is an absolute must -because nothing makes bathtime miserable more than stinging shampoo in baby’s eyes.
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I make bath time fun with bubbles and Toys!!!! And teach her body parts!!! She’s loved!!!\carmenortegan@yahoo.com
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We make bath time fun by making it a family affair. Mommy & Daddy both participate, and baby girl loves cooing to the both of us!
Lots of toys and bath books!
My kids liked bathing with me. We had fun playing together
My son’s a big fan of squirter toys, they’re pretty cheap and come in many different styles, like thomas the tank engine squirters that he’s obsessed with.
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Toys and light splashing.
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Lots of bubbles!
we always have toys and bubbles of course!
I sing silly songs and we have fun bath toys.
We sing fun bath time songs
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Have a least one song that you always sing for bathtime. Like Rubber Duckie!
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i let them pick acouple of toy that are water safe to take with the to keep em busy while they get th scrub down =D
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My tip to make the bath time fun time is lots of toys, music, and bubbles. My
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We play kids music in Spanish and combine it with agua calientica =)
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Bubbles, bubbles, and more bubbles!! And play with our baby all the time in the bath. keep them entertained.
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we just make sure to have everything we need before we start the water then lots of toys and laughter
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our favorite thing to make bath time fun are bath markers, my son love them! I can’t wait until baby girl is old enough to take a bath with her brother, than they can both be my little artists.
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Yo trato de que la hora del baño sea divertida para mi hijo, le pongo juguetes, le enseño las partes de su cuerpo y dejo que juegue con las burbujas.
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The best thing is to play in the tub. The more interactive you are, the better!
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My tip is to have some toys, and play with them in the bath. My daughter loved bath time. We would play peek a book in the bubbles. sweepmorey at gmail dot com
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Bubbles and toys make babies bathtime fun,
we use bath foamers on the walls to draw pictures, it always makes for a creative time
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My tip is to get in the bath with the baby. So much fun!
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I sing fun songs to my baby during bath time. She really loves it and just laughs at me like I am the funniest thing ever! Thanks!
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my tip is to ONLY use tear-free shampoo… (like Johnsons baby shampoo) .. it’ll keep baby happy
i would use lots of colorful and squeaky toys..they are always fun
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Make bath time fun by singing to your baby and letting them play with fun bath toys!
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To make bath time fun we get excited about it. Instead of saying in a drab time for bath voice, we use our happy voice and sound excited about it. When my 20 month old hears the bath water going she runs for the bathroom. We also give her a little extra time to splah and play.
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My son loves cars so we have a bunch of watersafe cars that are his bath cars. He knows that if he wants to play with those cars it’s time to take a “tubby”.
My son loves cars so we have a bunch of watersafe cars that are his bath cars. He knows that if he wants to play with those cars it’s time to take a “tubby”.
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