Product Review-Blooming bath

Blooming Bath for Babies

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Price Range: $40

When we were searching for must-haves for Baby T, we knew we needed some type of bathtub for her. But we have limited space with only two bathrooms. Our master has just a shower so we'd be bathing the baby in our spare which is the one guests use. I didn't want to get one of the more common tubs that are bigger and take up a lot of space because I knew I would want to hide it when we were having people over.  I found the Blooming Bath for Babies and decided it was the one for us.

This product has worked very well for Baby T. She was very tiny at birth, so she got baths in the kitchen sink for a while. I did have to put a bowl underneath the Blooming Bath for extra support or else the petals would fold up too much and not allow baby to lay properly, but other than that, it made me feel like she was comfortable and protected for the hardness of the sink. Some water will puddle in the bottom, but not enough to emulate an actual bathtub. If you are trying to keep baby warm with the water, then maybe not so good, but otherwise its fine.

Now that Baby T is older, we lay the Blooming Bath down in the bottom of the tub and she loves it. She likes to kick freely in the bath and this allows her to do that where I don't think other baby bathtubs would. You can see a picture of her in this blog post. Like I said, its super soft and provides cushion for her to just lay in the bath and kick around.

Overall, the product's pros outweigh the cons for me and I do recommend this especially if you have limited space for storage and a baby that likes to kick in the water. (Baby T's head is far enough out of the water when she lays on this to to be worrisome as long as you don't fill the tub too much.)

PROS:

*Very soft and flexible for easy storage; can be stored underneath our bathroom sink of in the linen closet
*Can be used in the sink or the tub
*Soft and cushiony for baby's comfort
*Can be packed in luggage if needed on a trip
*Its cute!
*I've seen people use it outside for baby to lay in the grass on as well. It doesn't have to be a bathtub I suppose

CONS:

*I mentioned earlier that it needed some support underneath it in order for it to work in my sink. This could depend on the size, depth, width, etc. of your kitchen sink.
*It gets really heavy with water--One of my biggest complaints (which is probably silly) is having to pick the Blooming Bath up after Baby T's bath and squeeze the water out of the foam. It seems trivial but it just annoys me.
*You will need somewhere to hang it after bath time to ensure proper drying. I'm not sure, but it seems to me that mold could grow because of the moisture in it if its not dried properly. We haven't had any trouble with this yet and we've been using it for 6 months now.


You can find the products here:

www.bloomingbath.com

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***These are solely my opinions due to my own experiences with this product. This is not a sponsored post.***