Do you lay your child down flat when you give a bath?

We visited some friends this weekend and we gave our little ones a bath together. Fun!

I noticed that my friend and I have VERY different methods of cleaning our children. She basically *scrubbed* down her child and at one point had him lying flat on his back (so his face was just poking out of the water) to clean his private area. Me - I just take my washcloth and clean DD as she frolicks around and get at every angle as she moves about.

So, just wondering which method you use ...

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When they were very young I laid them flat. Now I just chase them around the tub with a soapy washcloth.

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I do exactly what you do. Is she laying him flat to get the water out of his hair?

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To clean any area that is in water I make her stand to reach and then she can sit back down. Before she could stand on her own in a tub I was more like you

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!I just try to get her while she's moving around, but I can see how her method would probably be a little more effective!

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Posted by PrincessP

I do exactly what you do. Is she laying him flat to get the water out of his hair?

No - she did it to clean his privates area. And forget the washing his hair - she lathered and scrubbed his head like he'd been rolling around in the mud on his head - the kid has not much more than a crewcut!

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Bath time is more like funime, we play and he sits in the water, i wash his hair and use a washcloth to clean his body...theres no need to SCRUB I dont think unless they are truly dirty! Is she like that with her house to, ZI have a friend that is sooooo clean, always scrubbing everything down...hehe

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I wash my DS the same exact way as you wash your DD. Sometimes I will also stand him up right at the end of his bath and make sure the soap is off his behind. First of all if I can't even imagine lying my DS down flat because he would definitely take a fit. Second of all it seems a little dangerous to lay a baby/toddler down like that in the bath tub.

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DS won't let me lay him flat anymore. I used to be able to do it when he was younger. Now he sits, stands, squirms and I have to do what I can to soap him up and get him out!!

I end up almost as wet as him sometimes!

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I always prop them up a bit. It just seems like it would be more comfy. I actually ask my two year old to stand up so I can clean his privates and hind quarters quickly.

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I lift him up a bit and reach under him to clean his tush and pee pee areas. In all honesty, he has so many toys in the tub with him, I don't even think he knows I am there
I do scrub his hair though. He tends to rub his dirty hands in his hair (especially after eating a nice pasta meal with tomato sauce ). His hair is so blond, it would be too telling

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