Showering with baby

So Adelaide is just a few days shy of 6 months old, and I love this phase.  Right now she can sit up on her own and play with toys.  Its so much fun interacting with her.  She even tries conversation.  I say something and she says, "bla boo ga da ma!" I say, "really?" and she says back, "ba ba ga!"

I use my feet to give her a little extra support.

Anyway, since I am basically a subscriber to attachment parenting, I won't leave her in a play pin or crib to take a shower while my husband is not home.  And I just know if I try to sneak a shower while she naps, she will most certainly start crying for me the minute I get my hair all sudsy!  So now with her stage of playing and sitting up... and loving water as she has since about one month old, I just take her in the shower with me!  I plop her bare bottom on the tub floor with a few rubber duckies and blocks and put the water on about 99 degrees and we do our thing!  She has fun playing with the toys, and I enjoy talking to her about her play while I wash my hair and body, shave my legs, and even my old routine of just standing their for 5 minutes enjoying the warm water on my neck. At the end Adelaide gets a good scrub down too!

We are way more careful with the products we put on our baby than we do ourselves so when I'm showering with baby I try to use products I wouldn't mind getting on her, just incase some soap splashes her way.  We received a ton of Johnson & Johnson body wash, shampoo, and such before she was born, but our doctor said she sees case after case of skin problems, acne and diaper rashes caused by Johnson & Johnson products.  She says "the bottle might say #1 choice of hospitals, but I don't know any pediatric dermatologist that condones it."  So since our baby doesn't seem to have great allergies I just use it on myself and if it gets on her, I'm sure it won't be too terrible!  We use California Baby products which are made in the USA (hurray!) and are very gentle on babies.