Personally, if I saw someone fill up a bucket of water and then put a baby inside, I’d be worried. Wouldn’t you? Apparently though, soaking babies in buckets of water is the latest child pacifying “craze” from the Netherlands.
Do they look happy to you?
The “Tummy Tub” is supposedly gaining in popularity around Europe, and is meant to help ease the transition from a mother’s womb.
Manufacturers boast various benefits, including:
- Babies naturally adopt the foetal position and it is amazing to see how quickly they calm and relax.
- Babies feel warm, reassured and secure.
- Helps babies settle and sleep, and is excellent for colicky babies.
So…it’s more or less like having a warm bath with mom. Only without the bonding experience. Ah well, I guess using a bucket does save on the water bill. At the very least, the bucket could also be used for housework!
What do you think about the Tummy Tub? A great tool to keep baby happy? Or a glorified gimmick bucket?
Posted by mumzzy on 1 September, 2009 at 10:06 am
erm…my baby enjoys the normal baby tub…it’s good enough…no need to buy a special tummy tub
Posted by MarkLim81 on 1 September, 2009 at 10:11 am
But the special tummy tub can come with the special tummy tub stand, so that it looks like your baby is in a steamboat. ^_^
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Posted by I'm a Full-time Mummy on 1 September, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Yeah.. I still prefer the normal baby tub la.. no need to get all these fanciful tub although it looks kinda cute!!
Posted by MarkLim81 on 1 September, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Hi, back from holiday?
Hehe, one baby not so cute. If you got several in buckets you can arrange them around like in the picture.
Posted by I'm a Full-time Mummy on 2 September, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Yup, back from holiday… huarghhh…so tiring…
Anyway, how do you reckon we get around to clean and wash the babies if they are in the tub? I’d still prefer the normal baby bath tub which I can roll and wash my baby all around.
Posted by Mil on 9 December, 2009 at 4:17 pm
There is a nursery rhyme with the title “3 men in a tub”.
Posted by Malaysian Education on 2 September, 2009 at 2:14 am
Hi,
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Posted by MarkLim81 on 2 September, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Hi, thanks for stopping by!
Everybody loves babies, but I hope they learn something beneficial from my site too!
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Posted by MarkLim81 on 2 September, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Hit the reply limit there Jenny.
It’s for the best! More tidy that way!
I don’t think you’d be able to roll your baby around in the Tummy Tub, unless you want to tip the bucket over and roll it around as well. =-P That might interfere with giving them the “secure” feeling.
I saw some videos of the Tummy Tub on YouTube, and parents mostly sprinkle water on top of the child’s head. Didn’t really see any of them giving a thorough soap and scrub.
Posted by I'm a Full-time Mummy on 3 September, 2009 at 4:47 pm
errrr… wat if the baby piss inside the tub? can’t really see it… gross…..
Posted by MarkLim81 on 3 September, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Yea, you are quite gross.
Does Ben normally pee and poo in the bath? =-P
Pee is sterile anyway. ^_^
Posted by Mil on 9 December, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Did you know they already pee in the amniotic sac even before they are born? At least you get to change the water after the babies are done.
Posted by dukerichs on 6 September, 2009 at 12:39 am
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Posted by MarkLim81 on 6 September, 2009 at 1:03 am
Thanks.
Posted by amylee on 15 September, 2009 at 3:01 am
I only saw the tub in the shop after my boy was several months old, and felt that it was a shame I didn’t know earlier.
My boy was pre-matured and seemed to be in distress a lot of times during the initial months. People told me he’s just stretching real hard in order to grow fast fast.
I always wondered if the tub would have offered him any comfort. Also, any safer, ie less chance of slips and falls compared to in the bath tub/ basin?
Posted by MarkLim81 on 15 September, 2009 at 7:37 am
How much does it cost in Malaysia?
The tub is supposedly ideally suited for premature babies, perhaps due to the focus on trying to be a “womb-like environment”.
As for slipping and falling, it looks like they have barely enough room to move.
So as long as the bucket stays upright (which it’s designed to do), there shouldn’t be any accidents with the child.
Posted by MarkLim81 on 10 December, 2009 at 3:35 am
Hi Mil!
Rub-a-dub-dub, 3 men in a tub.
Do they poo in the amniotic sac as well?