The TummyTub®

Simple, safe and practical! The natural way to bath your baby. Watch the TummyTub® movie. Download the TummyTub® movie.

The TummyTub® is a baby bath, designed in the Netherlands by professional caregivers, to ease the transition from the comfort of the mother's womb to the new, big world.

Babies naturally adapt back to the foetal position and it is amazing to see how quickly they calm and relax.

The benefits of the TummyTub® are acknowledged in maternity hospitals and homes throughout the world. Endorsed by physicians, midwives and nursery nurses. Check out the international TummyTub® website www.tummy-tub.com and find out for yourself that this unique baby bath is being sold and used all over the world.

The advantages of bathing in the TummyTub®:

• Bathing in the familiar foetal position - helps babies feel reassured and relaxed
• Stress free bathing for both baby and parent - excellent for colicky babies
• Anti-skid base and low centre of gravity for safety and stability
• Compact size - takes less space and less use of water
• Ergonomic hand grips and extremely lightweight
• Made of environmentally friendly materials
• Less surface area of water, the water stays warm for approx. 20 min.!
• Simple, safe and practical
• ASTM (USA), TÜV (Germany) and BSI (England) tested and approved
• The TummyTub® is permitted to carry the seal GS (Proven Safety).

When developing the TummyTub®, no less than 17 different models of bathing-buckets were tested by midwives and maternity ward nurses in their daily practice. The first prototypes (see pictures) were discarded by them as either too wide, whereby the babies could not feel the sides and therefore were not reassured or, were not deep enough to allow the babies to be sufficiently immersed in the water to keep warm. The smaller TummyTub® would also mean the babies would outgrow it much sooner. The head support may have looked very attractive but also proved to be unpractical, as the baby could only be held comfortably from one side.

Drawing 1: Too large - the baby cannot find support on either side, also the neck support is useless! Drawing 2: Too wide in front - the baby cannot find support for its legs Drawing 3: Too wide - the baby is not secure. There is also limited room to manoeuvre for the parents because of the head support.

The water volume

You decide on how much water you need to bath your baby. The water level marking on the tub is intended only as a suggestion, as not every baby is the same size. However, in the first few weeks after birth we recommend to have sufficient water to cover your baby's shoulders. This will ensure your baby does not get cold. Please feel free to watch our TummyTub video, as it will explain more about how to safely put your baby in the tub.

The water temperature

The water temperature should be between 35°C and 37°C. The temperature can be taken with a baby bath thermometer and for extra safety you can use the "elbow test". Because of the small water surface area of the TummyTub®, the water will remain at a comfortable temperature for about 20 minutes.

Please take note of the following safety warnings when using your TummyTub®

ALWAYS keep your baby within arms reach!
NEVER leave your baby in care of children!
Children can fall into buchets and drown!
Keep children away from buckets with even a small amount of water!

Why not a regular bucket?

• Regular buckets don't have an anti-skid bottom. Buckets are not tapered towards the bottom and therefore do not not give your baby a sense of security.
• Babies discover their new world by touching with their hands and tasting with their mouth. The pigments in plastic buckets will most likely contain toxic elements, as regular buckets are not meant for bathing babies.
• The handle of a regular bucket can easily hurt baby's little fingers.
• Regular buckets are too low. The water level is therefore not sufficient and your baby can't stay warm. Simply using a bigger bucket will not work either, since a bigger bucket would mean less sense of security (this was one of the comments from the nurses in the test phase of the TummyTub®).
• A regular bucket would never have the ASTM, TÜV and BSI approval for a safe baby bath.

Frequently Asked Questions about TummyTub®

Please go to our FAQ section to read about some frequently asked questions (with the answers) about the TummyTub®.

Professional opinions

In our Testimonials section you can read about the opinions of professionals who work with the TummyTub®.

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