Bath Time

I mentioned earlier that we have changed our bath time routine. What was working when they were newborns was not working anymore.

We originally had the puj tub and it was awesome. We would bring all the babies into our bathroom and do a assembly line of sorts. One of us would wash while the other dried and dressed. When they were tiny and not wanting to play, this was a very efficient system.

But recently it had become a hassel. The babies are bigger so bathing them in the sink was harder. They still fit fine but it wasn't as easy to wash them.

Another problem was that they were getting much more active and wanted to play and splash with their siblings. They LOVE being in water and it was getting hard and time consuming to bathe them separately.

I wanted to somehow be able to bathe them all at the same time and give them a little more time to play together in the water.

I looked online to see if i could find anything to use in the bath since they can't sit on their own yet, but everything I found I wasn't impressed with. Either they were really bulky, didn't have a high enough weight limit or had bad reviews. I almost wanted to get the angelcare supports but we decided they weren't that great and were pretty bulky to have 3 and only use them for 2 months.

Then I found some videos on youtube of people using their bumbos in the bath! I thought this was a great idea since they did love sitting in them. I just was a little worried about washing them in it and keeping them in the water.

We tried it out and it worked pretty well. The babies did love being able to kick around and it went smoother than before since we had them all in at the same time, but it was a bit difficult washing them. We ended up just pulling them out to wash and then put them back in. The other problem was that really only their feet were in the water.

So it was on to a new plan. We decided to just try laying them in the tub. I put down a thick towel so they wouldn't slip around much. They loved it! They were able to splash around play in the water and we were able clean them really easily. We filled the water just about an inch or less and since its a big jacuzzi tub they weren't too close where they were hitting and splashing each other.

It was a little nerve racking having them all in together since there is only two of us but it was easy, and so much smoother. They were all much happier and could actually enjoy it.

We may go back to using the bumbos a little later since they liked that too. And we might put them in laying down to wash them and then put the bumbos in after for them to play together. I think the bumbos may get better once they can sit up a little better but before we want all three to be sitting in there on their own. We are still testing things out!