I tried to practice taking shower with my 3-year-old as I'm thinking to take a short family trip this summer. However, she has refused to take a shower and insisted to take bath only, after she got water into her eyes when I washed her hair in the shower!
I'm kinda upset about it as we haven't had any family vacation for 4 years since I was pregnant, and I also feel bad about not taking my older kid for vacation for so long!
Do people bring the tub to the hotel if their toddlers are unwilling to take shower?
My older kid didn't start to take shower until he was almost 4, so we didn't have him stayed at the hotel til he was 4.
Maybe I'll need to wait for at least one more year to go for a family vacation when my younger kid is willing to take a shower?!
My boy started to take shower at 2.5 yrs old, but we still haven't gone off for vacation of any kind, so don't get upset about vacation or not, you will find that at the end, they don't really remember much about the trip except you, you will remember all the hassle of organize the trip and how it not ended the way you wanted. :)
If you desperate enough to go for vacation, here's a travel bath tub you can invest on, it still good for 3 years old, but not too small for 4 years old, so your girl is just right.
maybe you can try to use a towel to cover the shower head, so the water will not splash everywhere, and then just wash her body without her head first.
Then u can wash her head by holding her like a baby, scoop water in a bucket to wash her head.
get a foldable tub.... I\'m planning to go vacations with my newborn and the foldable bath tub is the way to go! very convenient and clean. I don\'t trust the bath tub in hotels so I\'ll just bring my own for the baby/kid to use. good luck!
I wonder if a foldable tub would be easily tipped over for an active 3-year-old ...
In my son's old days (i.e. my older kid), some people used inflatable tub when traveling but I also doubted if it'll fit or is secured enough for a 3-year-old.
I've been holding my little girl to wash her hair like a baby. Although she's a bit underweight for her age, I started to have lower back pain these days. It's such a relief when I tried to wash her hair while taking a shower for her, but unfortunately she never let me to shower her since I got water into her eyes.
my sister sit with her daughter with a little folding chair in the bath tub, and she put her daughter on her thighs and wash her daughter's head.
or u can let your daughter to hold the sprinkler, and let her bath herself with your assistance.
3 yrs old should be old enough to follow simple instruction, ask her to look downward with close eyes for few seconds, counts with her, steps by steps.
good luck and take care.
I encourage you to keep trying ... It's easier to start taking shower from 1 yr old!
I do have a couple of friends who started to shower their kids from 1 yr old successfully, as they were still a little too young to resist!
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