BATH TIME CRISIS!

Well it all started about a week and a half ago, my two year old Ella just simply decided she didn’t want to have a shower or a bath anymore and would scream every time we tried. I decided to ask people does your child do this performance and won’t have a bath. They said no and asked me if the bath or the shower may have been too cold or too hot. I said simply no because I’m standing right there with her and her little sister is in there as well.

The thing is she had no issue going swimming on Saturday and was jumping in the water and splashing and kicking. She had no fear of it. So we thought well she isn’t scared of the water. It is just the bath and the shower.

Anyway every night we would ask her do you want a bath Ella? “NO” she would say. Id then ask would you like a shower Ella? “NO” she would say. I would then ask why? “Cant” she would say. Ok meanwhile I’m thinking why can’t she. She can’t tell me why she can’t have one. What on earth do we do?

So every night for the past week we have had to make her have a shower and holding her in there just to wash her and she would scream. She couldn’t exactly go around stinking the whole time. I then decided to ask some girls on Minti what they suggest I do.  I got some fabulous replies and thank you to those that tried to help.

Some ideas where try giving her food in the bath or shower, others were try putting on her bathers. I decided to try these ideas and put them to the test. Unfortunately that didn’t work for us. She is a very smart kid and she will not be fooled into having a bath or shower if she doesn’t want to.

We then discussed me and my husband what happened prior to making her not want a bath. What triggered all this? Well we remembered last week she did poos in the shower and was saying oh ho etc and was getting upset. We assured her it’s ok we can just wash it away and wash u over.

That’s when this issue started she didn’t want to have the bath or shower. Tonight we had great success we decided to go with the bath and got her in there she was screaming for a little while. We got her sister in there also as they bathe together. We showed her look splashing and kicking and gave her a watering can and she poured it over our head and then did her sister’s Mia and then daddy’s and then herself. She started having a good old time in the bath.

It was time to get out as they were in there for 15 mins or so. Time to get out we said. Ella said “NO, CANT”. We were surprised, we couldn’t get her out. I had to bribe her with a favourite treat to get her out and then she packed away her toys and it was like it all never happened.

I am not exactly sure if the poo issue was a problem but we will be toilet training her. I think my point of this article is no matter how hard it gets and how frustrating it is just keep trying and they will eventually get there. We didn’t stop trying new things. Make bath time fun not a hassle.