Baby Spa

Today Malachi got a special treat: time at the baby spa.

Well, it's not actually a spa, but it is a special place for babies to have a bath and go swimming. Not a lot of people have heat in the winter, so it's a lot better for them to bring their babies and small children here to have a bath. They provide the sinks/tubs, shampoo, soap, towels, etc. What we were interested in though was the swimming. It's popular for babies to "go swimming" as young as two days old here - even right at the hospital. Malachi loves his baths, so we thought it'd be fun to try it out!

Here's the special room. They're usually located on the second floor of baby stores.

They put a floatie gently around the baby's neck!

Malachi had a lot of fun kicking around his little pool.

After swimming it was bath time.

The woman with us did a great job.

(Eric just wished we had a nice high sink like this at home to give baths in.)

Then she put him on a big soft table and dried him off.

She dressed him and even trimmed his nails.

He was one happy baby!

The total cost of swimming and bathing was about $5, but you can get a punch card for less per time. I don't know if we'll get the card, but I think we'll take him again!