Brilliant design with the folding feature
November 7, 2022
I've been surprised how much I'm enjoying this bathtub.
For my daughter, who is a preschooler now, we bought another bathtub when she was born. It was fine, and we used it for baths until she could sit up well on her own, at which point we didn't use a special infant tub. Given that experience, my thought has been, an infant bathtub is an infant bathtub. But then I received the Stokke tub to test out with my son as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel, and I have to say, I actually love it!
First off, I really appreciate the collapse feature. We live in a small apartment in a city and an infant tub that doesn't fold up either takes up good real estate on your floor or in your closet, or has to hang from the towel rod and kind of take up space visually. The Stokke tub truly folds away, and can then be tucked into a closet or leaned up against the side of a vanity (the latter is what we've been doing). It's not physically or visually intrusive, and I deeply appreciate that in the face of baby and kid stuff taking over our space.
As for utility, good marks all around. Easy to open, easy to collapse. The little newborn seat is easy to attach. I was initially worried my son might slide down it, but that just doesn't happen based on the material and angling. It's a smart design, which makes sense given that this is a Stokke product (we also love their Tripp Trapp high chair line). This newborn seat itself doesn't fold up the same way that the bath as a whole does, but it's not too big.
I know one of the main marketing points for this product is that you can travel with it. Personally, I don't feel a need to give my infant a bath when I'm traveling--I just bring them into the shower with me. I wouldn't want to do that every day, but when I'm traveling I'll take the ease of that over bringing a tub with me. Others might feel differently. And the travel feature could also offer some opportunities, like making a little ball pit, doing a milk bath photo shoot, etc.
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