Bath Seats
What Is A Baby Bath Seat?
A baby bath seat is a contraption that a parent or caregiver puts a toddler into during a bath to help them stay upright. Once a baby is a toddler the baby is really too big for a baby bath tub that fits in the sink, but not quite big enough to navigate being in an adult tub. Toddler’s balance is often precarious, making it all too easy for a toddler to slip underwater. Baby bath seats and baby bath ring seats help keep toddlers upright in the bath tub. Most parents don’t think that a toddler needs a bath tub seat and that the toddler is old enough and big enough to be bathed in an adult tub, usually with mom or dad in the tub with the baby to make sure that the baby doesn’t accidentally fall into the water, or under the water.
The Controversy
Most experts say that bath seats for toddlers aren’t necessary. Not only are they not necessary, they can be downright dangerous. With a baby or infant in a bath seat a parent is more likely to feel that they can leave the baby or infant in the bath tub seat “for just a minute” and run to answer the phone or grab a fresh towel. But in that second babies can easily tip over and go under water, even drown. Baby bath seats are not very stable and don’t do a very good job of keeping an active toddler upright. By the time a baby becomes a toddler usually one parent will get in the tub with the toddler to give that toddler a bath. Most parents refuse to use bath tub seats for babies because there is such a controversy over whether or not baby bathtub and shower seats are safe.
Several parents groups have asked the US to ban baby bathtub seats and their use. If parents are determined to use infant bath seats or folding bath seats then they should look for a newer model, because newer models tend to be sturdier than older models. Parents should carefully research what brands of bath bathtub seats are recommended by experts and by other parents. One brand that is recommended is the Lumex bath tub seat or the Lumex bath seat. The DMI folding bath seat is also popular, but not as popular as the Fisher-Price Aquarium bath seat. Fisher Price is a very trusted name in children’s products.
