Bath/shower time
Gypsy LOVES water and especially loves bath time. Unfortunately however, it is really really difficult finding bath tubs when you are travelling unless you have a very large budget. And even then half the time the bath tubs aren’t quite as clean as you would hope..
We normally just take her and her toys in the shower with us. We usually tag-team it so that if I go in with Gypsy, I will then pass her out to Roh who will dry her and put a nappy on her while I shower myself. Then he goes in and showers while I dress her, or viceversa. Which works well, but after a week or so of only showers, we could tell that Gypsy was really starting to miss a bath and being able to splash around. So a couple of times we sat her in a sink and let her splash around there! One of the guesthouses we were at brought us a bucket oneday for her to play in, and she loved it. So we decided to buy her one of her own... Luckily we have a tuktuk so travelling with a bucket isn’t so much of a big deal for us! It’s been quite the investment actually. Sometimes, on particularly hot days, it’s her own swimming pool! Sometimes it’s where she likes to hide her toys. Other times, it is her bath before bedtime. It’s also where we do our hand washing! It’s really been great.
Gypsy LOVES water and especially loves bath time. Unfortunately however, it is really really difficult finding bath tubs when you are travelling unless you have a very large budget. And even then half the time the bath tubs aren’t quite as clean as you would hope..
We normally just take her and her toys in the shower with us. We usually tag-team it so that if I go in with Gypsy, I will then pass her out to Roh who will dry her and put a nappy on her while I shower myself. Then he goes in and showers while I dress her, or viceversa. Which works well, but after a week or so of only showers, we could tell that Gypsy was really starting to miss a bath and being able to splash around. So a couple of times we sat her in a sink and let her splash around there! One of the guesthouses we were at brought us a bucket oneday for her to play in, and she loved it. So we decided to buy her one of her own... Luckily we have a tuktuk so travelling with a bucket isn’t so much of a big deal for us! It’s been quite the investment actually. Sometimes, on particularly hot days, it’s her own swimming pool! Sometimes it’s where she likes to hide her toys. Other times, it is her bath before bedtime. It’s also where we do our hand washing! It’s really been great.
But it has made me really start to wonder what we will do when we go to India after here as the bucket is definitely too big and bulky to come with us. I’ve found a couple of foldable baths online (I actually nearly bought this one before Gypsy was born!) and am hoping I can find something similar in India. If you too have a water baby, and you have the space in your luggage, it might be something to think about bringing something like the "flexibath" pictured below with you. Otherwise, maybe not all, but I’m sure most guesthouses will have a bucket you can borrow (but give it a good clean first.)
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