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caliandjack 
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 2:41pm |
We are moving to a new house (military accommodation) there is a wet floor shower and no bath.
No great problem when our baby first arrives.
Does anyone else have a house without a bath and how do you go about bathing your babies and children?
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nicandtyler
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 3:12pm |
There's these baths called Tummy Tubs - which baby can use till they're 3 (although they are about $50 and more or less a big bucket) but i've heard they're really good, when I went away to my bach there isn't a bath there but a decent sized sink so we put T in that and he loved it, and also he's had his little bath seat in the shower when he was littler , hth 
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 3:12pm |
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I don't have the problem myself but I have a friend who only has a shower and she has a little, I guess you'd call it a paddling pool, that she bathes him in. Just pops it in the bottom of the shower.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 4:08pm |
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It took us four years to put in a bath here, oops, anyway, we just used a large tub (a pink party tub from p'n's for $10) til the kids were about 3, was great as we could put it on the floor in front of the fire on cold days.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 4:10pm |
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You could jump in the shower with your baby or sit on the floor and if it has a hose use that.
We have a bath but recently went away and there wasn't a bath so had to make do with the shower. DD hates water on her face so hated being under the shower but didn't mind sitting and having the hose on her.
Sinks are good too, kitchen or laundry if big enough.
Baby baths or there are Tummy tubs and I have seen them, they basically look like a bucket tbh and is supposed to replicate being in the womb in terms of baby's positioning and the warm water if that makes sense.
ETA: Paddling pools! Yes a friend of ours does this!
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 4:28pm |
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We had a tummy tub but DH loves his bath so much that he would kick and get all excited. We dont have a bath which I find a huge PITA. We also have the level access shower which is great, but not so good for bubs. I am on the look out for something that will fit in the bottom of the shower that we can use.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 4:47pm |
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When we visited my parents at their old place they had a wet shower and no bath so we used one of those big plastic storage boxes. The girls loved it. It only took a couple on minutes to fill it with the shower head.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 4:48pm |
Thanks for your help, I was intending to bath baby in the sink to start with, will have a look out for a big plastic tub.
The shower has one of those long hose attachments for the tap so shouldn't be too hard to fill up a small tub for her.
I'll start with that, not sure how well I'll get on having a shower with her.. Been hearing some fun stories of slippery babies and slippery mums. 
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 4:57pm |
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we showered our newborn... just popped him in with DH. He enjoys it!
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 5:00pm |
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At mums we just use a big fish bin in the shower. Cody loves it.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 5:13pm |
Yip my uncle use to use a fish bin for his kids as well - he sometimes use to hop in with them
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 6:12pm |
We got one of these from Farmers the other weekend as DD's grandparents places don't have baths.
Bath
It says to put it in the bath, but I can't see why it can't just sit on the floor or in a shower.
We use a huge plastic laundry basket at our bach 
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 6:38pm |
Hi, the sink will probably do for a while as they're so tiny, even my 9lbs 6oz boy was bathed in our sink for ages  even tho we have a change table with bath underneath, sometimes it was easier and less hassle to bath in the sink.
I also used to on occassions when DH was home, shower with our Son. It's not as scary as you would think, just don't use bath products on them to start if you're worried about them slipping out.
How exciting, you'll have your little bubby shortly
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 7:07pm |
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This is a really good question - i have no bath either and i really don't want to have to lug big containers of water around the house for bathing! Our shower doesnt detatch to a hose though. A thingy in the shower might work best.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 7:15pm |
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i've heard of quite a few families use paddling pools.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 7:39pm |
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We had no bath (still don't) and we bathed Ryan first in the kitchen sink, then as he got a bit older he either got a shower or we used a paddling pool at the bottom of the shower (makes it easy to flip and drain). Now he pretty much just gets showers.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 7:43pm |
We don't have a bath. I will either shower with DS and have done right from the start. It did worry me a bit to start with as I'd heard lots of the slippery bub's stories too, but it really is easy as. DH is usually at work when I do the bath routine so I do it all on my own and have never had a problem with it.
Otherwise, I just bath him in a big baby bath. He's 8 months now and looks like he'll be happy enough in that for a while yet.
Our shower isn't detachable but I just keep a small plastic container in the bathroom and bucket the water from the sink to the bath and then tip it in the shower when we're done. Easy as.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 8:37pm |
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We don't have a bath either and we also use a Tummy Tub - DH couldn't believe at first that I paid around $50 for a bucket but now says it has been one of our best investments (and they have great resell value on TM).
We tried it at the hospital but we felt that because he couldn't hold his head up himself it was quite difficult to use (being first timers and all!) so we bought a big baby bath which we used for the first few months. Once he could hold his head up a bit better we started using it (plus he outgrew the baby bath early on as he is a big boy!) and he loves it (well he doesn't know what he is missing I guess by not having a big bath!). It is compact and we just leave it in the shower permanently so saves on space.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 9:05pm |
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Until just recently when we moved ds just used his baby bath still, he sat up in it and splashed, was fine, he also had the odd shower by himself (me right there ofcourse) but he could stand and loved playing in the "ower" def something easy to accomodate.
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Posted: 13 September 2010 at 9:06pm |
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we used a large bucket which has two handles - from briscoes or bunnings - can also be used as a toy box later. We would fill it from the shower and on cold days put it in the lounge on top of a towel to catch the splashes.
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