Safety First Baby Bath

The Safety 1st company specializes in safe baby products, with bath items ranging from infant to toddler sizes, some offering in 3-in-1 convenience that convert as your child grows. Safety is vital when bathing your child; the following sections will help you keep your baby safe from infancy to the toddler stages and beyond.

Safety 1st Infant Bathtubs

• Most of Safety 1st's infant bathtubs convert into a toddler tub (up to 2 years old or about 20 pounds). Its Complete Care Four Stage Bath Center is an all-in-one bath tub for infants to toddlers. Infants are fragile and usually not able to hold their heads up; therefore, it is important that while in the bath they are cuddled in a soft cradle that is waterproof and easy to clean.

  This four-stage bath center has a spongy frog-shaped cradle that fits in the bath base, which can fit easily in a kitchen sink or tub for easy access. An adult must be present at all times during bathing children of any age.

  The frog-shaped bath cradle can be removed when the infant grows to toddler age (about 1 to 2 years) and can fit in the full-size toddler bath base. Safety 1st also offers a 3-in-1 Cradle and Comfort Bathtub, a Deluxe Infant-to-Toddler Tub and the environmentally friendly Nature Next Bio-Plastic Bathtub.

Safety 1st Toddler Bathtubs

• Toddlers normally love to play in the bathtub but still require safety measures to ensure there are no dangers surrounding their bath time. Safety 1st's Kirby Inflatable Tub can be put directly in the bath tub but gives the toddler less room to slip in a normal-sized tub. This tub can easily be brought on trips. There is also the Tubside Bath Seat for children who can sit up. The seat fits directly in a regular bath tub and has a swiveling arm that fits on the side of any tub for a comfortable arm rest for the bath giver.

Bathing Safety Tips

• According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, or CSPC, 71 percent of non-pool-drowning deaths of children occurred in the bathtub, most of the time a direct result of the caregiver's leaving the room, even if only for a second.

  According to the CSPC, "Never leave young children alone near any water. Young children can drown in even small amounts of water. Always keep a young child within arm's reach in a bathtub. Never leave to answer the phone, answer the door, get a towel or for any other reason. If you must leave, take the child with you."

  In addition, it advises: "Don't leave a baby or toddler in a bathtub under the care of another young child."