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"My sister has a 15 month old baby girl. (51 days younger than my Morgan) She screams thoughout bath time, never a fun and happy bath for either my sister or baby girl. We have tried many things, including letting her watch Morgan play in the tub for hours having lots of fun! Bath time is a headache for both!!"~~from Dee

Maybe Mommy could take a bath w/baby? She might feel more comfortable if a parent was in the tub too. maybe they could give up the bath completely for now and stick to sponge bathing until she's a little older.~from Binka

My girls love [bubble baths]. Also, she can try taking a bath or shower with her, if she hasn't tried that. She may be afraid of water.If she is, I would give sponge baths for awhile and forget bath time until later~from Robin

Well, first we need to figure out why she doesnt like it!!!Then work around that. What happened with mine is she almost drowned one day in the pool!!! And it scared her tremendously!!!! So when she feels she has to go in there by herself, she screams. But when my oldest or me get in with her, she is happy as a lark!!!! So maybe the bath tub is too big and its scaring her. Let someone take a bath with her!!!!~from Tabatha

Billi Leah was like this. We finally ended up doing little showers for her, which is when you lower the showerhead to make it tiny. Use a small stream of water at first, then increase the water over a period of time. She eventually liked her bath when she was older. Plus, we put her in swimming lessons, so she realized that water was fun, nothing to be scared of~from Jody

One day at the daycare, we had pools out for [the children] to play in, and we put [the little boy i used to babysit] in there, and it was fine. We even dumped water over his head while making funny faces and woohoo-ing him. He has never had trouble in the bath again~from Erika

Has she ever tried putting her in the tub with toys and no water? Let her get in the tub with her bath toys, then start filling up the water after she has been in there a few minutes...let her play for a while, [and] try to wash her up while she is playing with toys.....Let her play for a few minutes after she's finished. Make it fun for her! :) ~from Melissa

Get a bottle of bubbles and blow them (Isa lovesss that plus they stick to her without popping in the bath). maybe put her in a bathing suit and pretend she is going in a pool?~from Sherri

Has she tried one of those bath tubs that blows up and fits into the bigger tub? Sometimes they make the kids feel more secure, and easier to handle. Also, she might try one of those new baby bath soaps that turns into foam; Something new might distract her from screaming. :)~from Dani

Both my boys are that way. My oldest is very slowly growing out of it. Since he washes [his]own hair, it is getting better~from Connie

First off, does splashing upset the mother? If splashing water all over the floor upsets her that can be a start. I ease my little boy into the bath tub by splashing with him. Is the water in her face a problem? That is something I also had trouble with. I had to use a wash cloth and hold over the forehead (not the eyes b/c that scared him), so the water wouldn't run into his face....Try things like getting in the bath tub with her daughter and show her that there is nothing to be afraid of or try letting her take a doll into the tub with her to give the "baby" a bath. Or let her stay out of the tub and put the doll in and give the baby a bath that way.~from Sherry

[Cali] was fine in the bath, then all of a sudden she didn't wanna bath anymore. She would kick, scream and even bite. So finally, I gave into bribing her and bought a tub time dolly. After she watched tub time dolly a few times, she was mad that tub dolly had all the fun and hopped right in and threw tub dolly out~from JLE