6 month old suddenly hates bath time?

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Chloe has always loved bath time since the day she was born, but all of a sudden (last week or so) she seems to HATE it and screams from the second I put her in the water to the second I take her out! I haven't changed anything that I'm aware of, so what can it be? Is it just a phase that they go through?
 
The only problem we had was getting out of the bath but that was fixed with a warm towel from the radiator and watching the water go down the plughole and a little dangly toy on the bathroom cabinet that she likes to bat around which is a good distraction but getting back to your problem, you probably have all of this already, but bath toys such as ducks and squirty toys. We have a vtech octopus that plays music and blows out bubbles which always goes down well and a little sing song can do the trick too.
 
I have no idea (sorry) but maybe new bath toys, blowing bubbles, or put food coloring in the water could make bath time more fun? Idk.. worth a try ;)
 
Maybe you need to change the way you bathe her? For example maybe she's reached a developmental milestone and needs more room to move now/to be less constricted? I don't know how you bathe her though. Not too sure, my LO has always loved baths and still does at 7 months. We use a little inflatable bath so she can sit by herself.
 
Thanks ladies.

It does kind of coincide with when she learnt to sit unsupported so I tried sitting her upright to see if that would help but it didn't (she usually lies flat), do you think a bath seat might help?

I've been putting some of her toys in the bath but they are just her usual ones so maybe I'll buy some new toys specifically for bath time so that it's a bit different.

Don't know if it's relevant but she has cut her first two teeth in the last week too.
 
When my girl was 4 months she went off baths.. it was colder weather and she wanted the bath a lot warmer than recommended... (took me about a week to figure that one out)

Then when she was 5 months she went off baths yet again... and it was cos she wanted to sit up and was fine again when i bought her a swivel bath chair thingy (again it took me a while to work out the problem by process of elimination and many bathtime tantrums)...

then she started hating them again at 7 1/2 months... and it was cos she no longer wanted to be restricted so the seat had to go, problem solved...

she started hating them again at 8 months, she wanted to stand up... i now have to bath her standing up on a non slip mat :roll:

Babies are so PICKY! (or mine is anyway :roll: :wacko:)
 
I think Bunnikins has given great advice and sounds developmental, but just to add does she maybe have a rash or irritation that could be causing her pain when in warm water? xx
 

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