Ok so my daughter is now 17 months old. Recently in the last couple weeks she is deathly afraid of water. Mostly the bath. She hasn't been in a large body of water in a while so I don't know how she'd respond to it to be honest.

So background, she's always been pretty good with water. Not a fan on it being on her head, even if it doesn't touch her face at all....she was in swim classes and did great!! She loved it and the instructor even said she was ahead for her age. But I couldn't afford it and I don't have time because of work right now so we stopped going.,.

Anyway. The last few weeks she's terrified to be in the bath. As soon as I start the water she takes off to hide from me. Once I get her in she has a full blown fit and possibly even a panic attack. I have to get in with her just to wash her, which is an issue. I can't just climb in all the time,.. and even then she's still scared, even though I'm right there. Shower are even worse so I don't even attempt that anymore

Any advice?!