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The bathtub taboo was pointed out to me by a Hathor reader (thanks Jess R.!) who found that her more mainsteam friends could approve of breastfeeding and co-sleeping (within reason!) but could not at all accept the idea of climbing into the tub with baby. That was entirely too much. hee hee.

Here’s my bathtime story: With my first child I used a plastic tub on the kitchen counter, and burt’s bees baby soap, and cottonballs to wash, and the Dr. Sears Baby Book open to read the ‘how-to’. It took me months until I ‘figured out’ that I could just get into the bathtub with her and wash her in my arms. With my second baby I figured out that the kitchen sink would easily work as I had long since gotten rid of my plastic tub, so if I didn’t want to take a bath, then the kitchen sink would do. Finally with my third I would use a mesh sling and take baby right into the shower with me (can’t be too hot though!)

Keep in mind that I was ever, always gentle and respectful and I’m so sorry to do this, but here’s ANOTHER reason to homebirth (thanks Helene S!) Please do not watch if you are feeling faint of heart, will haunt your dreams, I’m not kidding (I’m not going to embed it in my post because I’m totally serious, don’t watch if you don’t want to freak. But, the baby is OK in the end.) How NOT to bathe the baby the comments after the video seem to focus on the nurse and how badly she needs to be fired, but I can easily imagine this is not the first baby to be bathed in this manner. And asking at the local labor and delivery hospital how they bathe babies might be a good idea.

Love,
Heather