Prince Lionheart washPOD Bathe

by Prince Lionheart

• Safe and secure environment for Baby
• Baby stays warm and relaxed
• Recommended by doctors
• 0-4 months

Product Description

Color: Blue

From the Manufacturer

Introducing the ultimate warm and secure space for bathtime. The WashPOD provides a better way to bathe your little one in an environment that emulates that of a mother's womb. The baby in the WashPOD will naturally convert into the fetal position. Because this is such a familiar feeling it will quickly soothe, calm, and relax the baby and allow them to bathe without feeling out of their element. Recommended by physicians and midwives as one of the best ways to bathe your newborn baby. Age: 0-6 months.

Product Description

The Prince Lionheart washPOD provides a better way to bath your little one in an environment that emulates that of a mother's womb. The Baby in the wash pod will naturally convert into the fetal position. Because this is such a familiar feeling it will quickly soothe, calm, and relax the baby and allow them to bathe without feeling out of their element. Recommended by physicians and midwives as one of the best ways to bathe your newborn baby. Age: 0-6 months.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 51 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Mixed bucket July 11, 2010

By N. Barkus

Color Name:Blue

PROS:

size - Relatively small so uses very little water, and doesn't take up much space in our small apartment

contented baby - Our baby is happy at bathtime in the pod, he's four months old and 16 lbs, and still fits well. However, we never tried a different bath so we don't know if the pod is the reason for his comfort

inexpensive - compared to an infant bath tub this is definitely cheaper

CONS:

Plastic smell - When I opened it, it had a terribly strong chemical smell, ESPECIALLY the little pad. I am glad I opened it before the baby arrived because it needed to be washed and aired out literally for weeks to make the smell go away. Not a good first impression.

head control issues - there's nothing supporting your baby's head, you must have your hand on it at all times in such a way that you're controlling the weight and keeping it from going in any direction. This is really hard to do one-handed. So you really could use two hands for head control, hence my wife and I tended to always do bath time together; one holds, one washes. Every time I gave him a bath alone, I wished I had a nice reclining bath tub so at least the weight of his head would be safely supported.

After he gained head control it got easier, however you still have to keep a hand on it since babies who can't sit up on their own will of course suddenly pitch forward or back, but that is easier to control.

Reaching the diaper area - Difficult at best. Imagine changing a diaper on a baby that you're holding sitting up. It is possible but why would you? Their legs are folded up and you can't get into all the folds and crevices without lifting the baby so you can move his/her legs around to get behind the knees, etc. Lifting a wet baby one handed is a very bad idea, so again you need two people. Plus you're reaching into the water with your soap to reach the undercarriage, so you're losing a lot of soap into the water, which brings me to....

Rinsing the baby - if you want to get the soap off, you have to have rinse water ready in a separate container, (we used a large kitchen measuring cup) And then you have to lift the baby out of the water to rinse them while holding them. Again, one person cannot do this very well at all. I managed a few times but it didn't feel very secure. And if you don't do it fast, they get cold.

CONCLUSION: I feel there are several reasons I wouldn't buy this again.

As far as the pros I appreciate that it needs very little water, but the space-saving issues aren't all that valuable, since a regular tub can be stood up on end and then takes up about the same floorspace as this bucket.

I would only recommend this if your baby isn't comfortable/secure in a normal infant/newborn bath tub or you're happy having bath time always be a two-adult job. As we never used one of the normal tubs, we don't know if he would have tolerated it.

Finally, he's about to outgrow the wash tub but he isn't ready for the bath chair we have, so we're going to have to find something else to tide us over. It'll probably be an infant tub, so now I doubly wish I had just bought an infant tub from the beginning.

88 of 93 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Evie loves it!!! May 18, 2009

By Snow White

Color Name:Blue|Amazon Verified Purchase

Length: 0:35 Mins

Evie is 3 months old, and she loves sitting in warm water in her washPOD!

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Liam LOVES it!!!! October 14, 2009

By DawnDawn

Color Name:Blue

Length: 2:10 Mins

Liam is 2 months old. We use this wash pod every night since we received it because he loves it so much. I clean his bottom and private area with his wipes before his bath... and let him soak in warm water with some baby soap in it.