I have five kids, and bathtime is kind of a drowner, er, downer in my house. Any tips on making it more interesting >?
2006-07-26 05:38:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Try soap crayons and letting your kids color on themselves and the bathroom (just rinses right off). Also, letting kids pick the order they go for baths and whether to take a bath or a shower makes them more willing to go. Try bath toys, water guns, dessert after bathtime (bribery works better than anything else), and listening to fun music while they're bathing. Blowing bubbles just seems to thrill younger children, too, and bubble solution is easy to make with liquid soap and water. Good luck! :)
2006-07-26 05:43:34 · answer #1 · answered by Julia L. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Make sure it is a time of day when they are not to tired or wired. If you wait until right before bed, you will not have the most willing participants. The thing the kids like least is the actual washing. Use a bath soap that is mild, that you can put in the water so when they are done playing, most everything is clean except from the neck up. We make a game out of hair washing. Make different shapes with their hair while it is soaped up. For the little one, we learn to count how many cups of water it takes to rinse. Let the ones that are a little older put on their own hair care products or play beauty shop when they are done. I guess what I am trying to say, is sneak up on them!!!
2006-07-26 05:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by arkyankeedonna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Crayola makes a crayon that you use in the bath tub to write on the tub and the walls. I only have 2 children and I have found that it is much easier to bath them seperately.
2006-07-26 05:46:58 · answer #3 · answered by Keke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with the heat, hose them down in the back yard. you may want them to wear undies if you do this with them together and they are at the age where they will ask questions. give them a bar of soap and make a contest of who can lather up the soonest and get the cleanest, then hose them down again. same with shampoo. use the kids tear free shampoo that way there are no accidents.
if you are bathing babies, you could put them in the bathtub belly up with water (stay and watch them) put rubber ducky or squishy toy for them to play with. it will be funny just to see them splash the water.
2006-07-26 05:45:47 · answer #4 · answered by YahooGirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother used to buy me small inflatable pool toys for bath time. And I used to have soap crayons to write on the walls with.
If all else fails, offer a small reward of some sort for good bath-time behavior.
2006-07-26 05:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by 4eyed zombie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe no one caught on to this one. You know, I can take a joke, and all. But the reality of it is that 5 precious kids DIED at the hands of their mother. If you think that's funny, you need to make an appointment with a psychiatrist.
2006-07-26 17:28:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rubber Ducky you're the one,
You make bath time lots of fun!- Ernie
2006-07-27 11:33:47 · answer #7 · answered by LeBlanc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have these little tablets by crayola that you can drop in the water and it turns the water different colors, my daughter loves it.
also try letting them bathe in the swimsuits, they like that too.
2006-07-26 05:42:09 · answer #8 · answered by brandiejs1979 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toys for the appropiate ages.
They have water toys that you can color with.
Change the color of the water.
Bubble bath.
2006-07-26 05:52:29 · answer #9 · answered by tigergirl301 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy them SCUBA tanks.
And some Prozac for you.
2006-07-30 03:57:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋