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We asked our Facebook fans whether it was best to bathe your child before or after dinner. In My Child editor Lise’s home, her hubby Brian did all the cooking so she’d always bathe their son before dinner, which also kept him safely out of the kitchen. Here’s what others say… • Bath then dinner – otherwise my daughter would often poo in the bath… aggghhh! • Bath then dinner. He loves his bath and it helps calm him down so he’s not in crazy toddler mode during dinner. • For Mr Three bath first. He needs to wind down in order to sit still to eat. Miss Seven Months, however, is dinner then bath. She’s a lot messier than her brother and always dirties her nappy after dinner. • I do baths first because my kids go to bed early and there wouldn’t be time after dinner. Every night I wonder why I do this when I’m changing them because they got dirty at dinner again! • For us it’s bath after dinner… it can get really messy, like lasagne in her hair tonight! • We do dinner first, then bath. Dinnertime is always busy and messy, so the littlies have time to play in the bath and unwind before quiet time and then bed. We love bedtime! • How about dinner in the bath? My boy would love that! • Dinner then bath. Miss One does a poo after dinner, plus dinner tends to go everywhere.
july 2014 | mychild
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