Objective Hot water is an exceptional stimulus for reflex epilepsies. Our objective is to present two cases of children with clinical features/seizures compatible with hot water epilepsy. Methods Cases description providing ictal video-EEG. Results Two Caucasian 13 month-old children, with uneventful birth and normal development, presented bouts of paleness, perioral cyanosis, hypotonia and loss of consciousness for a few minutes during bathing. Cardiac examination and cerebral MRI were normal in both. Interictal EEG showed normal background activity during awakening and sleep with no abnormal discharges in both of them. Seizures were provoked in the EEG laboratory with a small tub. Different stimulus (auditory, blowing, rubbing, cold water) did not provoke changes. Trial with lukewarm water and pouring it over his head and neck triggered the seizures: in the first case, and after a face tactile stimulus with a sponge, the seizure started with perioral subtle colour changes, followed by head drop, with an abrupt change in the EEG at the same time (3–4 Hz pattern of slow-voltage waves started above the temporal region, with fast spreading in the next 30 seconds). Slowing of the background during loss of axial tone and unconsciousness with prolonged staring for 90 seconds followed it. In the second case, seizure manifestation were staring and immobility, correlated with an abrupt change in the EEG (4Hz pattern of high-voltage waves above bitemporal region for 10 seconds, with abrupt normalization subsequently). They remained asymptomatic with valproate and changes in the method of bathing. Conclusions Bathing epilepsy is a rare form of reflex epilepsy with complex triggering stimulus. A combination of tactile and thermal stimulus is revealed in the first case. The exact physiopathology remains unknown. The prognosis is favorable, because of the good response to pharmacological treatment and the tendency towards spontaneous remission.