{"id":407,"date":"2012-02-01T03:44:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T11:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/?p=407"},"modified":"2012-02-01T03:44:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T11:44:31","slug":"10-real-reasons-kids-fight-taking-a-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/02\/01\/10-real-reasons-kids-fight-taking-a-bath\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Real Reasons Kids Fight Taking a Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Do you have a child that hates taking a bath?\u00a0 What do you think the reason is?\u00a0 Sometimes adults feel like kids are just being difficult when they refuse to take a bath and that there isn\u2019t a real reason behind why they don\u2019t want to take a bath.\u00a0 However, sometimes there are real reasons why they resist.\u00a0 Check out 10 real reasons kids fight taking a bath.<\/p>\n

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  1. Fear of water: <\/strong>Some kids could have a fear of water.\u00a0 It does happen and when kids get older their ability to voice their fears improves.\u00a0 Maybe they choked on some water in a baby pool once or they knew someone who drowned.\u00a0 That could have caused them to fear water and wonder if the same thing could happen to them.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Painful rash: <\/strong>Kids can get a nasty case of diaper rash or variations on diaper rash that are extremely painful when they hit warm water.\u00a0 Even older kids could get a rash brought on by an allergy to laundry detergent.\u00a0 If parents always send them in to shower by themselves then there is no way that they would know what is going on.\u00a0 Older kids might be embarrassed to say something about a rash.\u00a0 Rashes are sometimes brought on by medications and it could be serious so look deeper into why your child doesn\u2019t want to take a bath.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Fear of going to bed: <\/strong>Some kids suffer from night terrors or nightmares and have a fear of going to bed.\u00a0 Many bedtime routines include taking a bath so it\u2019s not unusual for a child to think that if they can prolong the bath that they will prolong having to go to bed.\u00a0 Getting to the bottom of their fears is important so you can give them the help they need.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Get too cold afterwards: <\/strong>It\u2019s not fun to get out of a nice warm bath and get really cold.\u00a0 It\u2019s possible that your child is really sensitive to temperature changes and just dreads getting into hot water only to get out and be really cold.\u00a0 Helping kids by bringing a heater into the bathroom or drying them off quickly afterwards may help them not dislike the experience so much.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Don\u2019t like getting hair pulled afterwards:\u00a0 <\/strong>My daughter has long hair that tends to get really tangled when she washes it.\u00a0 She has actually told me that she hates taking a shower because she doesn\u2019t want to get her hair pulled.\u00a0 While we try our best not to pull her hair we have added a spray-in detangler to her routine so she doesn\u2019t hate it quite so much.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Hate cleaning the bathroom up: <\/strong>Both my kids hate that they have to pick up towels and wipe up any water on the floor when they get done with a shower.\u00a0 They also have to pick up their clothes and take them back to their room.\u00a0 For some reason they hate doing this and this will cause them to fight taking a bath.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Hate the blow dryer: <\/strong>Some girls hate the blow dryer.\u00a0 The sound is loud and it blows their hair in their face which they don\u2019t like.\u00a0 Going to bed with wet hair or going out in the cold with wet hair isn\u2019t a good option so sometimes blow drying is a necessary evil.\u00a0 To avoid this fight you might move the bath time from bedtime to maybe the morning or after school when there\u2019s more time to let it dry naturally.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. Don\u2019t want to miss out: <\/strong>If you have particularly social kids or you are doing something really fun as a family it can be hard for a child to leave the fun to go take a shower or bath.\u00a0 Try to let your child know that you will pause the movie or the game until they get back.\u00a0 To avoid this you might change bath time to after school when there isn\u2019t so much family fun going on.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Afraid of falling in the shower: <\/strong>Children can get a little careless in the bathtub and maybe they have slipped or fallen in the past.\u00a0 Having a fear of falling or getting hurt is actually pretty common.\u00a0 To help with this you might put rubber grips on the bottom of the bathtub to give them better traction.<\/li>\n
  10. Hate getting sprayed in the eyes: <\/strong>Once a child reaches a certain age they are better off taking a shower versus a bath.\u00a0 Girls with long hair have a hard time washing their hair by themselves in a bath so a shower works out better.\u00a0 However, they are still pretty short and may hate having the spray get in their eyes.\u00a0 A solution for this is a shower head that attaches over the faucet and can be suction cupped to the wall at whatever is an appropriate height for your child.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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