The First Years Sure Comfort Newborn to Toddler Tub
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Baby Products Reviews of The First Years Sure Comfort Newborn to Toddler Tub
Customer Review: Expect more from design of product-doesn't store easily
Summary: 2 Stars
I just finished bathing my baby girl-6 mo old and felt aggravated enough to sign into amazon and list my issues. I completely agree with other reviewers that baby is not secure at any time-I have a pretty chunky baby and she leans to the side and I constantly have a hand on her to keep her from tipping over the side and falling out. I like that it has the newborn slant and the toddler straight back sides but she doesn't seem comfortable on either. More work for an already tired mommy.
This tub drives me NUTS in terms of storage. We have it in a regular size bathroom with one sink, toilet and bath/shower-WHERE to put this thing-there is no room in linen closet-it is too long, it doesn't stand up on its own-we all trip over it if we lay it flat on the floor. I bought a big hook at home depot in hopes of hanging it up over the bath door but the plastic is so slippery...it won't actually hook on anything. So it ends up being in our shower/tub-until we want to use it or our 5 year old does. Oh I I tried to just stand it up but they have made both ends curved so it slides out when you lean it against the wall/tub wall-usually at about 3 am when you think-What was that? oh that flipping tub!
I don't knwo waht the solution is but I cannot wait till this baby girl can sit up safely in the big tub and I can ditch this thing-you would think that over the years they could take the side with the "handy shampoo/washcloth hole" and FLATTEN it so you could at least stand it up somewhere in your home/garage/backyard/anywhere.
Customer Review: AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL
Summary: 2 Stars
First off my sister (a VERY ditzy blonde) bought this for me thinking it was a TWIN bathtub. Like I could bathe both babies at the same time... *sighs* Like I said, ditzy blonde. :D Here's the problem. One of my twins, Emmalee, had a bowel movement when I put her in the tub. It wasn't runny so it "stuck" under her tushie. Of course I had to grab her out immediately, rewash her in the actual bathtub, feed her change her and so on so it took a good 20 minutes until I was able to clean up the mess. Now I'm not sure if it was because of the long wait to clean up but when I dumped the water out some of the feces got caught in the little part at the top (the newborn end) that sits down over the sink. OH EM GEE is all i can say! It was AWFUL! That crevice is so tiny! I had to use a butter knife, washrag, the end of a bottle brush and a pencil to get it clean! It was SO disgusting not to mention extremely unsanitary! This happened two nights ago. Last night I was so fearful she'd do it again that I bathed her quite quickly. Tonight I'm going to shove rags down inside those crevices so we both can enjoy our bath time! Those crevices serve no purpose and shouldn't be there in my opinion and for that, and my experience, I would NOT recommend this product. If they fix that, then absolutely but NOT as is. *ugh*Customer Review: Not Great for my 5-6 month old.
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this tub because I liked that it could be used for toddlers, as well. However, I have a small baby, and I can't imagine her using it for much longer. She slides around in it and ends up all different directions and positions. She can't completely stretch her legs out, which causes her kicks to hit the other side HARD. No matter if I put her in the "toddler"/sitting up side or the "infant"/laying partially side, she always slips one direction or the other. It makes baths really frustrating to have to keep adjusting her.
Now, I haven't tried other baby tubs before. She didn't have one as a newborn, I washed her in the sink. After this, I washed her in a normal tub, filled a couple of inches high, and although I had to hold her head the entire time, it was a lot less stressful than it is now with this tub.
The good things about this tub: She IS able to sit up, at least this way, without fear of hitting her head on the porcelain tub. It is a lot safer in this way. I do like the little "container" on one side, and I use it, as suggested by the manufacturer, for rinse water.
All in all, I feel like I wasted money on this tub, and wish I would have checked out more tubs than I did before my purchase.
Customer Review: Pretty Good- one complaint
Summary: 4 Stars
For newborns- the tub is great using the mesh net. But they're not infants for long. I think I got about 4 months out of it.
For infants (about 4 mos and up), it's pretty good for the most part. My complaint is this: my 7 mo old who is quite chunky keeps sliding down in it. Her [...] won't stay in the grooved part where they're supposed to keep it. She twists and turns and it gets slippery and she starts to slide down. Consequently, I have to keep one hand holding her crotch area to prevent her from slipping under the water. This doesn't make for easy washing w/ only one hand left to use. For that reason, I don't think it's the best.
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I've owned this tub for 3 1/2 years. Used it with my first son and then with my daughter. It wasn't until about 4-5 mos after daughter's birth that I realized that I could sit my child straight up on the "toddler" side and then I don't have the slipping problem! Ugh. So much for my fancy college and graduate degrees!
Customer Review: Great tub
Summary: 5 Stars
I've used this tub for three months now and love it. We started with the Summer Infant Newborn-To-Toddler Fold Away Baby Bath to try to save space; which it really didn't save all that much space. Plus, it was not very sturdy to hold my son up because he kept slipping down on the tubular bottom. I found that I needed to use two hands to keep him safe in the tub, therefore had troubles washing him because I could not hold him sturdy with one hand and wash him with the other. With the First Years Sure Comfort Newborn to Toddler Tub, my son is able to be supported and have a great time splashing away. It has a little compartment to hold your shampoo and soap, so you don't have to reach or turn your head away from the baby. I place this tub in our standard tub while washing him and just turn it over to dry it out when we are finished with it. I would highly recommend using this tub for its sturdiness and ease of use.