When we brought baby TJ from hospital, I was quite worried about giving him a bath. With a grandma who can't risk sitting down owing to her arthritis and a father whom the mother thinks of as having no knowledge about taking bath, forget giving one, TJ had to rely on his mother for his bath.
A bright blue round tub was bought. I held him in one arms and tried giving him bath using the other. In the name of giving a bath, I tortured a new born so much that my mother assured me that he would grow to remember this horrific part of life. That sent me asking the know-it-all Google baba for a solution and found that a bath seat could help. Having no time and patience to order it online and wait for it, I scouted around the local baby shops and found this one. A made in china product that cost me Rs. 370. Thinking that it would be another baby product that would go unused, I tried it by placing my son on it. He seemed to be totally relaxed on it and I was convinced enough to try giving him a bath on it. Oh, he took to it like a fish to water. He relaxes on it as if taking a sun bath.I do have a cute pic of him on it, but I don't think he would be thrilled to know that his nude pic is floating on the web.
He absolutely loves it and enjoys his bath. And me, I am happy too because he is on hands-free mode. I can use both my hands to bathe him and not worry about dropping him. After finishing off his front, then his bottom by raising his legs and then I do his back by lifting his head off the seat.
The seat has raised sides and bottom so you don't have to worry about the baby going down the drain hole. Also it has vacuum suction grippers on the bottom and holds itself well on the ground.
This is one product I just can't do without and if we are gonna travel for more than a day I would make the husband carry it with us along with numerous other baby things of course.
There are many variants of this selling between extreme ranges. I believe that an inexpensive (around Rs.300) sturdy plastic seat would do the job.