bathing - i am just so unco

Normally my hubby baths Ashley with my assistance - Ashley is 4.5 months old.

She has started to want to go to bed earlier and my hubby gets home pretty late so i now have to bath her all by myself but i am REALLY bad at it - i am just so uncordinated and she screams at me!
She loves the bath when Daddy holds her and i do the cleaning!

i have a bath seat but i just dont seem to be able to get myself coordinated!

Any tips?

yeah i find her slippery enough in the bath let alone the shower!

and i cant figure out how getting her out as well as me and dry etc would work - do i just have to stand around wet and cold ??

I Have to admit I loved showering with the girls. It is a little slippery but you could always sit down in the shower if you don't feel confident. However we only did it for the first couple of months. Once they start getting older they tend to wriggle too much. It's a great way to have skin to skin and they just fall asleep when they're brand new. It's bliss!

Have you tried having a bath with her KazS? It's a frustrating age because they can't sit up by themselves yet but they're wanting more independence and it breaks your back trying to hold them lol. Maybe it's just a case of her getting used to something new. Shes probably quite used to the both of you bathing her and is maybe just a little confused. Give the bath seat a go maybe she just wants a little more freedom.

Good luck chic. I know what it's like my partner works late and I have to bath the both of mine by myself which always ends in tears lol. They love the bath and as soon as you take one out she starts screaming then her sister starts... It's chaos!

Thanks guys

Think have the problem was today that she may still be a little small for the bath seat (its quite big) so i might put a hand towel in the bottom of it next bath to make it a bit more secure

Cheers
K

What sort of bath seat have you got? We had one like this that was super easy to bath with

KazS, I just lay a hand towel in the bath and lie her on top of it - she loves it as she has much more freedom to move about (we do have a seat as well). And bathtime here is literally just putting her in, I don't use product on her (shes only 6mth) so its just about having fun and relaxation.

And I have finally ventured in with her too. I thought logistically it would be a nightmare, but like Lisa said, just have your towel/robe handy and deal with baby first before yourself.
Only problem I have encountered is having her climb up to the goods! Not much room in there when she wants a wee feed!

The first time I showered with Blair thanks to a mega poo-splosion, I lined the capsule with a couple of towels, so when he got out (he just lay in my arms in the shower) I just put him into the capsule and wraped the sides in and over him.

Hey you!!! Ailie loves her baths and I pretty much do it by myself... do you have one of the bathing things that you lie them on they are mesh - that saves my back and keeps your hands freer. Also lately I have been putting on a good CD and singing along to her. I bath her on the dining room table with her towel laid out on a thick blanket beside it so she is easily transferred over.