Originally submitted at Toys R Us
The Fisher-Price Rainforest Bath Center brings a comfortable bath time experience to both baby and mom in 3 stages of use: Newborn, Infant, and Older Infant/Toddler in a very fresh translucent tub. A wonderful bolstered soft sling with separate head support cradles newborns for mom, then detaches …
Bathtub grows with your baby
Pros: Leakproof, Dries Quickly, Lightweight
Cons: Bulky
Best Uses: Infants, Bathing, Preemies, Toddlers, Washing
Describe Yourself: Parent of Two or More Children
Sink baths didn’t really work well–the baby was too big, the faucet was in the way–so I decided to go the route of a baby bathtub. After a regrettable incident involving water leaking all over our kitchen with our 1st bathtub (which was supposed to “fold for easy storage”), I decided to return that one, and look at reviews before picking the next one out. I have not been disappointed with this bath center!
I have a 20-month-old girl and a 3-month-old preemie boy. My daughter used this tub for about 9 months, until she was crawling well. I expect that my son will get a lot of use out of it as well.
The sling/hammock works great with preemies and smaller newborns; it is machine washable, so I try to wash it frequently to keep it from becoming musty since I use it several times/week. Once the baby’s umbilical cord fell off, I used the sling on one end of the tub to keep his/her head from falling to the side and keep his body/her from sliding around. After a few months, when the babies are getting bigger and starting to sit up, they do tend to slip up over that hump in the middle of the tub, but at that point, they can move over to the bigger side. I use the “toys” to pour water over the baby’s head when washing their hair.
My daughter loved to splash and play in it! My son enjoys his baths, which is saying something!
It is bulky–requires that you have some place to store it, which is a challenge in the small city rowhomes. 🙂 (You can store it in your bathtub, like another reviewer mentioned.)
I don’t consider a baby bathtub in the absolutely “must-have” category. That said, if you are getting one, this is the one you want to get!
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