Baby Bath Ring: A Big Help in my Tub!
Written: Aug 08 '00 (Updated May 01 '04)
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Pros: inexpensive, works well in porcelain tubs
Cons: baby slides forward a bit, some tubs suction cups don't work as well.
The Bottom Line: If you have an older tub, this seat is a must-have item.
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| pippadaisy's Full Review: Baby Bath Ring |
My daughter outgrew her infant tub long before she could sit up well on her own. Compounding the issue was our 1950s era DEEP tub with shower doors. I had to lean over the door track and hold her in a slippery-bottomed porcelain tub. Add that to a soaped up baby and I was petrified to give her a bath!
~&~ The Basics ~&~
The Baby Bath Ring is a plastic bath seat. It comes in either blue or white versions (mine is blue) and has a "toy" in front with red, yellow, and green beads that do nothing but spin.
On the bottom of the seat is a suction cup contraption with three suction cups, each with a pull tab to release the suction to remove the Baby Bath Ring from your tub.
To use, attach the suction cups to the bottom of your tub and begin filling the bath. Place baby in the seat with his or her legs through the leg areas (defined by the center bar under the bead toy). The seat will spin for you to have easier access to washing baby.
~&~ Parents Perspective ~&~
We got this ring based on my sister's recommendation, and it has it's pluses and minuses. The pluses are that on a porcelain tub, the suction cups STICK (I really need the little releases to free the ring from the tub), the seat swivels to help you get all the baby parts clean, and it's big enough to hold a larger baby, even toddler.
The minuses of this seat are that if the baby's legs are extended, there is no way to spin the baby all the way around, the seat somehow lets them slide forward so that at time their little privates are pressed against the bar between their legs, and god forbid that your baby has a tantrum in the seat, because if they refuse to bend their legs they are STUCK IN THE SEAT. I once had to remove my screaming daughter SEAT AND ALL from the tub. I've also been told by friends that if you have a textured bottom and/or fiberglass tub, the suction cups do not work.
We finally rid ourselves of the shower doors, but this seat is still in use for baby number three. He is the third child we've had who has outgrown the baby bath tub before being able to sit up well enough to go into the tub without protection, and on our slipper tub bottom, this seat has been a godsend.
~&~ Baby Value ~&~
The spinning beads are pointless. My daughter played with them OCCASIONALLY, but not much, and my sons have literally never touched them. My sons have occasionally mashed their naughty bits up against the center post, but it happens very seldom, and even when it has, they haven't complained.
~&~ Overall ~&~
Overall, this seat has been a lifesaver for us, especially when bathing a baby with a rambunctious toddler or two, although it isn't perfect. What I don't understand is why safety "experts" have come out so strongly against these seats. In older homes like ours with smooth-bottom porcelain tubs, they are a near necessity. NO CHILD should EVER be left alone in the tub, no matter HOW secure the seat seems, but for those of us with these old-styled tubs, these seats really are a necessity.
Recommended:
Yes
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