Probably. But I don't know for sure. Because I can't recall anything that happened to me before I was four years old. And, mama died four years ago, so I can't ask her.
I think a lot of people bathe babies in the kitchen, because then you don't have to kneel at the tub.
We had a small dog when I was a kid, and whether we bathed her in the bathroom or the basement laundry basin, she acted like it was the electric chair. She fought and clawed with the vengeance of hell to get out of the tub. Nevertheless, when that dog needed a bath, she really needed a bath.