Bath Time!

Lewin's first bath went probably as well as could be expected. We were given a tub by a friend and had waited patiently until little Lewin's umbilical cord stump fell off. The tub was the regular kind of plastic tub where you filled a few inches of the bottom of it with water and the baby reclined in it with only a few inches of his body in the water. The top 1/2 to 3/4 was out of the water and in the cool air. The parenting books we had been reading gave us lots of bath time tips to help keep the baby warm and calm during bathing. I think we did pretty well considering it was our first time. Some fussing, a little bit of crying, but no wailing. We got him cleaned and dried and then breathed a big sigh of relief.

The problem was that Gamoo (Lewin's Paternal Grandmother) had shown us this other style tub that she had seen online. We were very intrigued. It was what they called a "European" style baby tub, that was more like a bucket than a regular tub. The baby sat (or you held) the baby upright in this bucket and the water came up to the babies shoulders, keeping the baby warm. It seemed very womb like. All the reviews that we read online were extremely positive.

We decided to go for it, knowingly paying $25 for what was basically a 5 gallon bucket. Was it worth it? We will let the pictures and video tell the story. Do you think he looks relaxed?

Lewin's second bath went 10 times better than could ever be expected. If your baby does not like the traditional style bath, don't think twice about getting one of these they are great. Lewin has since taken quite a few baths in his Prince Lionheart WashPod, all which went amazingly well. Our buddy Joel likened them to Japanese soaking tubs.

It was not very difficult to use at all and it didn't take much to hold his head out of the water. Because he is kind of floating, cupping my hand under his chin was all it took to keep him steady and out of the water.

And yes, there were a few bubbles, but not from bubble bath.