The safest and best baby bath.
What to look for when shopping for your first baby bath.

Shopping for the best baby bath is not as easy as you would think. You have plenty of choice nowadays from conventional plastic tubs to complete bath and changing stations.

Many come with great features like:

• Drain to let the dirty bathwater run of.
  
• Shower to rinse your infant.
  
• A mildew-resistant, padded foam lining.
  
• Foldable. Easy for storage and traveling.
  
• Circulating water.
  
• Inflatable.

Features that provide extra safety;

• Mesh cradle. (like a little hammock).
  
• Non skid surface. If you use the bathtub in a regular tub make sure there is a non skid surface on the underside.
  
• Anatomical  or contour shape for a better fit. Prevents baby from slipping under water.
  
• Build in thermometer.

For babies up to 6 months the best baby bath and your safest choice is a bath tub with a removable mesh or fabric inner cradle. This prevents baby from moving around to much and sliding under water.

Shop for baby bath.

With baby’s safety in mind consider the following before buying a baby bath tub.

• Avoid bath rings, a floating baby bath or inflatable baby bath tub, and bath seats with suction cups and without restraining belts. These can tip over and lead to drowning.
• Be careful the bath tub doesn’t have any sharp edges. This can scratch baby’s delicate skin.
• Baby bath tubs with foam cushions can become a suffocation hazard when your baby tears of pieces of foam and swallows them.
  
• A non skid surface on the underside of the baby tub prevents it form sliding in the normal bath tub.
  
• Look for mildew resistant lining to prevent mildew build up.

Special Types of baby baths

A travel baby bath.
When you are travelling with a little baby you have to take many things with you. The best baby bath for travelling parents is the fold away bath tub. This little tub is folding up and down rather like a little suitcase.

The Euro Baby Bathtub
is a new design and considered one of the safest baby baths. Its unique anatomical shape keeps baby prevents baby from slipping under the water! You can safely bathe children from newborn to 3 years old with 2 positions. Your toddler can sit in the bath with a safety post between his legs. It also helps to prevent the toddler from sliding under the water.

Spa baby tub
An other European style baby tub is the spa baby tub with a bucket shaped design.. This tub allows baby to sit in an upright position. Because of it’s shape the bath water stays longer at a comfortable temperature. It cradles the baby in a very natural womb-like position.

Here is a sample of the safest and best selling baby baths.