When your 3 year old/preschooler have a bubble bath..

how long do you let them play in there?

Do you consider it just wash and go? or do you allow them some play time?

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Most of the time I let him play as long as he wants to. Usually 20-30 minutes, unless we're going out, then he gets a quick shower.

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I get the washing over with first...

then let them play for abt 10-15 min

then rinse - out.

I sometimes clean bathroom as they

play...

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it's more about wash and go, but i give her about 5 min playtime. otherwise i feel like she'll get too cold!!

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DD LOVES the bath but due to her skin I really have to limit the time shes in. So usually play for 10 mins, soap, rise, out.

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no bubble baths over here- she already had 2 UTIs, ped said no bubble baths. but, i wash in bath,. let her play for awhile. usually at least 20 minutes

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AJ is 2 but she's been bubble bathin for awhile now. We give her as long as it takes for the water to cool

Oddly enough she likes her water warm. I will NEVER forget those first few weeks from the hospital I made sure the water was 'right' but she SCREAMED the whole time during a bath. Shaking in screams. Then I put a little bit of warm water on a towel and put her on her shoulders and she immediately quieted down. I kept warming up the water bit by bit until we found what temp worked for her. No more drama and tears. Now she's 2 and she likes it warm enough that it takes a while for it to cool.

ETA: she has a BLAST in there until it gets cool then she stops looks at us and says "Ok, done" and tries to stand up to get out. haha

Message edited 1/24/2011 11:42:48 PM.

Re: When your 3 year old/preschooler have a bubble bath..

We don't do bubble baths (my uncle is a urologist and says that is one of the top ways to get UTIs). We do regular baths though. I try to keep them to 5-10 mins - mainly b.c they get very dry skin patches. But if they are really having fun I will let them stay longer on occasions. I never make the bath that warm so they are usually ready to come out in a few minutes.

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I don't. DD has been getting showers since 14 months and DS since 3.

I hate the fact that they sit in that soap.

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Re: When your 3 year old/preschooler have a bubble bath..

Posted by headoverheels

Posted by luvmyReese

I get the washing over with first...

then let them play for abt 10-15 min

then rinse - out.

I sometimes clean bathroom as they

play...

Same here. I mean, how dirty can he be?

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DS usually starts the bath and lets DS play until I come in and start the cleaning.
I would say whole thing is about 30 minutes long.

Play
Hair
Body
Play
Empty tub, rinse toys
Rinse DS with shower head
Out

Re: When your 3 year old/preschooler have a bubble bath..

I usually let Kaydyn play in the tub around 15-20 mins until the water gets cold. I don't really give her bubble baths b/c I'm afraid of UTIs (I get them A LOT). After she plays for awhile then I will sometimes let out some of the water and put some more warm water in and then wash her up.

If she's having a lot of fun I sit and read on the bathroom floor. It's fun for her and some down time for me.

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My DS has been taking showers instead of baths since right around when he turned 3. On occasion he takes a bath but its less than once a month.....when he does I let him play for 20ish minutes.