So elegant and obvious -- why didn't we think of this? Blogging Baby writer Charlene Prince Birkeland bathes her baby in a plastic laundry basket!
I will say this for the now-obsolete baby bathtub -- it makes a great water-play toy out on the lawn during the summer.
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Excellent idea! Will definitely remember that one.
Posted by: Mieke | 27 January 2006 at 07:00 AM
When our baby was really little, I found even the baby bathtub was a little big and I hated worrying about her slip-sliding around, so we used a small basin of the sort often used for washing dishes or storing books - sufficiently small to keep her nicely bundled in and mostly upright. we did also have a moment with a stock pot that kept her in a sitting position before she could really sit... cute pic, if nothing else. Now we use that basin to store some puzzles and large books of hers in the living room.
Posted by: kittenpie | 27 January 2006 at 01:19 PM