The First Years Sit and Store Parent Bathing Seat and Stepstool
by The First Years
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Baby Products Reviews of The First Years Sit and Store Parent Bathing Seat and Stepstool
Customer Review: What a back saver!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a GREAT product! We have very limited space where we live, so it is wonderful to be able to keep my daughter's bath toys, soaps, lotions, and other items in one toteable place. But, even better, the seat is the perfect height for me to sit tubside and give my daughter a bath without looking like a hunchback afterward. I'm prone to backaches to begin with, and leaning over a tub to wash an infant is just torture. This seat has made things sooo much easier!Customer Review: great storage container, good step stool, so so tub side seat
Summary: 3 Stars
As a tub side seat the sit 'n store is comfortable enough to sit on, but it's impossible to sit facing forward with my knees against the side of our garden tub and still be able to reach down to bathe my daughter. Sitting sideways is a little easier, but then I'm have to twist around which is rather uncomfortable. I even tried kneeling on it, but that puts a strain on my back. I usually end up standing and pushing the tub side seat away. If I could just find a comfortable way to use it during bathtime I would give it 5 stars because it functions so well in every other way.
As a storage container it is spacious enough to hold all the pieces to my daughter's bath toys and it even has vents on the sides so air can circulate through.
My 2-year-old loves using it as a step stool. It's light enough for her to move it on her own, but big enough to offer her plenty of room and it stays in place without sliding around while in use.
I like the color of the blue lid, unfortunately it clashes with the color scheme of the bathroom, so I used Krylon spray paint for plastics to paint it a more neutral color. I usually store it in the cabinet under the sink, but if I happen to leave it out it blends in with the decor and it doesn't take up too much space.
All in all I would recommend it. It's convienent for sitting while I dress my daughter and serves as a portable bath kit. Since she often attempts to run when she knows it's bathtime, having eveything in one place makes getting started much easier.
Another use for it is as a toilet training step stool. Small children can rest their feet on it, and if you have a removable child toilet seat, depending on the size, you can store it inside here along with a box of flushable wipes and child hand soap.
Customer Review: Good tub seat, be careful as a stepstool!
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this step stool when my daughter was a little over a year old, and when I was pregnant with her now 9 month old twin brothers.
It works well as a bath seat. On the lower level (I will get to the whole "lower level" thing in a moment) I can reach the kids better, and I dont strain my back as much. I love that its pretty comfortable, but I added an extra grip cushion to it (wraps around the top, perfect fit!) so my bottom doesnt begin to get sore as I sit for a while. Its GREAT to store bath toys, and spare washcloths... It has vents to keep the air circulated, clean, and keeping the mold/mildew off of the items inside... Just for a little insight, its not a great place to store things that you have to get to constantly, like shampoo, because if I leave it in there and sit down, I have to get up and take it out again, but AFTER the bath its great for storage, just while the kids are in the bath they still get their hands on the soaps. I also found the top to stay closed, it isn't too easy to open (have to pull it forward) so my daughter cant do it, and the top is also very sturdy and strongly made.
I have never quite used it as a step stool (purchased a wooden, 2 step one) since it can be dangerous! If its on the 2nd level, when anyone over 20 lbs (my daughter is about 25 lbs now) stands on it, it will collapse, and my daughter has been bruised up by this before. Its also not all that sturdy for hand washing... If your child stands on the edge, or anywhere other than the middle, it will tip, and she almost broke her jaw falling forward towards the ceramic sink, but thank-god it was just badly bruised!
I still use this tub side seat for washing the children, and sometimes my daughter will use it to get on the toilet, but I really dont leave it in the bathroom without the wooden one there too, as my daughter knows that the blue stool isn't for standing on, and she usually listens. Purchase it if you want a place to sit by the tub, its a lifesaver... but if you are in the market for a step-stool, I recommend purchasing something else.
Customer Review: Wonderful Product!
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is so helpful on aching backs, it eases the clutter of toys, and is very roomy. It makes the bathing process much easier and more enjoyable. It gets parents up off of their knees, and comes in handy as a step stool as well. It has been a blessing for me. And the price makes it a great buy. God Bless! Nurse/Mom of 5Customer Review: Get One!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite items! I love how it has lots of storage space inside. It holds all of her shampoos and washes (even the biggest sizes) and toys and rags....Everything! My husband loves how the seat can be adjusted to a more comfortable height when he gives the bath. It's so much better than squatting beside the tub. When a friend saw it, she bought it for herself. Her 3 year old uses it as a step stool to wash her hands and my friend uses it when she gives her baby a bath. My mom has a bad back and my mother-in-law has a bad knee but both of them have been able to give Avery a bath without pain. It seem very durable so I'm sure we'll get years of use out of it. This is a great item for anyone to have if they have children.