Hassle free way to bathe your baby (Safety 1st Swivel Baby Seat)

Member Name: karalouk

Product:	Safety 1st Swivel Baby Seat
Date:	27/03/09 (234 review reads)
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Advantages: Safe and easy way to bathe babies

Disadvantages: No padding

I purchased the Safety 1st swivel bath seat for my child when she was about 6 months old and had just learnt to sit up by herself. It was an awkward and stressful time for bathing. Too big for baby tubs and bath supports, too small and unsteady to sit in the bath alone. What to do!? argh...

Then I came across the Safety 1st bath seat in the Tesco Direct catalogue and ordered it for £9.46, plus £5.00 delivery charge. It was delivered to my door within a day or two without any problems.

The seat comes in a not too large recyclable cardboard box and the seat is set up and all ready to go (except for the small toy on the front which takes about 30 seconds to clip on).

The seat is all blue and made solely from tough plastic. It has a toy feature on the front. The toy differs to the photo published by dooyou but only slightly - they look like 3 coloured teething rings. The seat has sides all around so the child cannot fall out or slip under. It also encourages the child to sit up in the bath themselves and to enjoy and be confident in the bath.

The seat is secured to the bottom of the bath by 3 large suckers. Just push the seat down and it is impossible for the seat to tip over or even be removed from the bath. The only way to remove the seat from the bath is to gently pull on a little tab which is attached to each sucker - such a quick, simple and easy action but the seat wouldn't budge without it. There's no doubt about it, it's super safe.

The seat was great for me because I could sit next to the bath without having to support her and watch her every move. I could just wait with her whilst she played with her toys and had a splash around. It also gave me the oppourtunity to enjoy bath times with her, rather than it just being a chore. As she started to realise she was safe in the bath her confidence in the water really grew and she began to love baths.

The toy on the front of the seat is good for chewing on - most babies using the seat will be teething at the time. The seat also rotates 360 degrees. My child used it from around 6 months to 12 months.

The only downsides to this seat is that it's not padded and is made of plastic alone. There were a couple of occasions when her bum slipped foward and the plastic bar which went inbetween her legs got a little too close for comfort and she would panic abit. I can emagine this is probably slightly more painful for little boys :/

Overall an invaluble piece of baby bathing equipment that I would recommend to everybody. I feel it's total value for money but would have liked the seat to have been padded (otherwise I would have given it 5 stars instead of 4).

Summary: bath times are fun at last!