All of a sudden my 2 year old daughter hates her bath?

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She used to love getting a bath, but now I can barely get her hair washed! She won't even sit in the water and she says "I don't like it!".
She has one of those inflatable tubs that fit in the big tub and I always check the water temperature so I know it isn't too hot. She has lots of bath toys, but she won't play with them.
Any suggestions?



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  1. jessiegirl33 says:
    May 26, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    sounds like a phase maybe try taking out the inflatable and just use the tub that might help or ask her to help you by washing her self i know that she may not do the best job at it but maybe if you get her involved in it to that she might like baths again and if that works then you are just teaching her good hygiene skills at a young age which is good.

  2. José says:
    May 26, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    It might be because you're MAKING her take the bath. Ask her if she wants vanilla shampoo or strawberry. Ask her if she wants green soap or blue soap.

  3. Wishmaster says:
    May 26, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    my son used to be like that but i just had baths with him for a couple of weeks and then he forgot all about hating the tub, we play this game in the tub where we look at the shower head and pretend its the sun and then we imagine we are on the beach and then we bring a beach ball into the tub, it's quite fun. He's almost 4 now and from time totime he still asks me if we can go to the beach,lol

  4. Chocolate Bunny says:
    May 26, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    My little girl went through a stage like this at aroun 20 months old. She would just stand and scream in her little tub for no reason.

    I bought a little shower attachment, one which fits onto the taps, and it had a small handle (like $9 or so). She loved helping me hold the shower head, and moving it around her to wash.

    Then, after a few weeks, I re introduced her little bath and now she loved it again!

    Kids are so fickle with things like this!

  5. lmphslaw says:
    May 26, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    See if you likes the shower. Tell her that it's going to rain on her and then plug the tub up so the water doesn't drain. Turn the shower on and stand/sit/kneel on the other side of the faucet. She can dance and play in the rain while the bottom of the tub is filling up and then you can wash her when you have enough water.

  6. ♥Pamela♥ says:
    May 26, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    Maybe she doesn't like the inflatable thing, try putting her in the big bath like a big girl. Perhaps there are too many toys. My daughter is happy with a jug, a rubber duck thing that shoots water when you squeeze it, and a spoon, so she can mix the water in the jug then feed it to the duck. If I put anything else in there it ends up on the floor.
    Let her choose which toys to put in there and make it fun. I guess that because you know she doesn't like it, you get stressed about bath time, which feeds her hatred of it- so you need to relax too. Get in there with her if you need to but it won't last long if you don't make a big thing out of it:)

  7. kaitlynn339 says:
    May 26, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    a lot of kids do that. they go through diffrent stages. one day they will like it the next they wont.

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