First Bath Together

A few weeks ago we stopped bathing the boys in their whale tub for little babies, and moved on to bath seats!  I only bought one of these at first to try it out, and it worked well - although more time consuming to actually fill the tub, bathe one baby, take him out to get diapered and dressed, and then bathe the second.  Even though this is a somewhat quick process, the water got a little cooler for the second bath and took more time to warm it back up.  So we bought a second seat and tried them both at once.  The boys love being in the water together, and everything is kept calm as long as they each have their own green ducky to put in their mouths!

Since we started this routine on a weekend, Ryan was home to help out and everything seemed pretty simple.  But during the week, I usually have to start their baths before he gets home in order to have everything done before bedtime.  I realized a small dilemma on my first night alone.  How do I get one baby into the tub without leaving him unattended for a few seconds to go get the other one?  I tried stripping the second down completely and leaving him in his crib so that all I had to do was run back into their room and grab him quickly once the first was in the water.  But of course, in the few seconds I was gone there was pee on the sheet!  And trying to do this in reverse is even harder because they are wet and need dried off and diapered (I wasn't going to risk an accident again).  I still didn't like leaving one of them alone in the tub, even for a few seconds, and came up with another alternative.  This solution isn't that great, but sort of works in the short term - I brought a bumbo seat into the bathroom and use it as a holding station.  Since they can easily escape these seats now, I'm limited to only a few seconds of holding.  And they don't particularly like to be put in the seat afterwards, while wet and wrapped in a towel.  Not to mention that while in the bumbo, they try to reach around and get their hands on everything...including the toilet! 

For now, I just try and minimize bath nights to those when Ryan can be home to help.  Which is good anyway because Oliver has discovered he can worm his way around and out of the seat if he really wants.  So keeping tabs on both of them when they're right in front of me has also become more challenging as well.