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OTHER ARTICLES: PSP 097: Helping Anxious Kids Survive the HolidaysД¬onceal those little black specks that freak your child out! She has amazing ideas for fun baths (plus lots of other great ideas)! I discovered the world of fun themed baths through the website Growing a Jeweled Rose. This point may be obvious вЂ“ but if your children are having fun, they are less likely to focus on their worries.ДЄdding bath toys, bath paint or bath crayons can turn your bath time into a fun play time. A very soaked monkey may want to pat your kids on their dry head during a fun puppet show. Use washcloth puppets to get their hair wet if they refuse to let you pour water on their head. Put stars or a mobile above the tub so your little ones will look up for a longer period of time when you are rinsing their hair.

This instills confidence in your childrenВ that if they were to get their face wet, you got it covered! Use a bath visor to help prevent water from trickling down their face.ДЄlso, I always recommend keeping a dry wash cloth right next to the bath. Take precautions to avoid both of these nightmares! KidsВ have a good memory for pain and it only takes one soapy, teary experience for them to want to avoid bath time all together.Д«esides soapy eyes, many kidsВ donвЂ™t like water on their face. The most common bath time issue is the fear of getting soap in oneвЂ™s eyes. It will also help them adapt to the temperature and allow you time to make adjustments if the water gets too hot or too cold. This will help them acclimate to the water as it envelopes and tickles their little body. To help alleviate this sensitivity вЂ“ have your children sit in the bath tub as you fill up the water. A possible indicator of this would be if your child stands and refuses to sit in the water through theВ entire bath. Some children have issues with temperature or with the feeling of water around their body. A nice quiet bath might be more inviting than the roar of rushing water. If your children have noise sensitivities, it might be helpful to fill up the bath prior to bringing themВ into the bathroom. If children hold their ears around loud noises they might have some auditory sensitivities. OTHER ARTICLES: PSP 198: Therapist Corner with Dr. Parents do not always realize that their children may have some sensory issues.

If your children are sensitive to noise or temperature вЂ“ there are many triggers around bath time that might overwhelm them. Getting to the source of your childвЂ™s fear will get you much farther in the long run!Д«elow are some approaches to help get your kidsВ back toВ loving bath time:ДЄvoid sensory overload in order to get your childВ IN the bath. With that being said, how do you get your little ones from being scared to loving their bath?ДЄs with many kidВ issues, it is not effective to get into a power struggle and out-power your child. This is not an exhaustive list, but it addresses the most common reasons why kidsВ may want to avoid bath time. Sensory issues related to the sound of the water pouring into the bath Sensory issues related to the temperature of the water Sensory issues related to the feeling of water on their body Hard time with transition/change of activityДЄfraid of bed time вЂ“ which often occurs right after bath timeДЇear of bugs in the bath (even those small, microscopic mysterious black dots)

There are other reasons that are often missed. I am doing something and I donвЂ™t want to take a bath! I often work with families in my therapy practice who misinterpret their childrenвЂ™s intense avoidance of bath time as вЂњbad behaviorвЂќ вЂ“ when in fact there is often a fear or discomfort driving their behavior. If your little ones have to be chased down for their bath, it is possible there is something behind their opposition. Although bath time may be relaxing for some children вЂ“ there are many kidsВ who go running in the opposite direction when they hear the word вЂњbath.вЂќ KidsВ fight bath time for many different reasons.