It arrived suddenly. Almost without warning. One day, the same child who was happy to bathe began to show reluctance, with increasing force, to the point that, both the preamble and the moment of the bath, have become a pitched battle.

These types of cases develop in children who are around two years old-and even a little longer. Depending on the age of the child, there may be many reasons why this happens. Infants may be afraid of the water or the noise they make when they fall from the shower, and even to go down the drain, which, although they seem irrational fears are their fears and must be respected. Usually everything starts with a bad experience, like having slipped and fallen during the bath, having received very hot or very cold water, or having shampoo in your eyes, and feels that, if it happened once, it will repeat itself, and he sees the bathroom as a terrible experience.

Children who do not have a routine at home that prepares for bath time, usually show any excuse for it, since calling them to bathe often interrupts their game routine. And when they get older, they can start to feel shy and do not want mom or dad to keep bathing and they do not know how to tell their parents.
Then, first, the parents should observe the child and try to understand the indicators presented. We cannot underestimate the fear of children. We are the adults and we are called to understand their fears and help them overcome it. And it is not with reproaches that the anguish diminishes. Thus, forcing a child to fight even when he is terrified that the drain will swallow him is making the situation worse.

The best recommendation we can give you is to begin with empowering the children and giving them as much information as possible so that they feel calmer and can better face their fears. A good strategy is to explain to them that there are germs, their risks and how bathing helps to eliminate them. If you do not get them to understand you, there is an exercise that involves putting frost on their hands and inviting them to play. After a while, you take them to the places where they were so that they realize that there is frost everywhere, that they touched their eyes and have frost on them, that they put their hands to their mouths and also frosted them , and in this way explain to them that this is how germs spread and that is why it is so important to bathe and be clean.
Also, as parents it is imperative that the child see that their parents enjoy the bath, they express themselves joyfully in the shower and do not show tension or fear, remember that we are the example to follow of our children. It is not a bad idea that when children are small, parents bathe together. Remember that we learn mainly by imitation, however, if the child's behavior before the bathroom is out of the ordinary and is not solved by looking for a creative response, it is necessary to consult with a specialist to determine the causes.

Letters under the sleeve:

• If the child does not like to have water in their eyes, they can make a visor of some waterproof material next to the child. In this way an activity is carried out with the child and in turn the child will want to bathe with his new creation.
• Put a little Vaseline on the eyebrows. The liquid slows down and begins to flow through the temples.
• Inviting him to put favorite toys in the bathtub can favor a more favorable view of bath time.
• Stick to the floor of the bathtub non-slip safety mats to make our little one feel more secure and see this as a fun novelty to enter the shower.

What do you think about these tips?