1. Start running the water. The sound will send the boys running (and crawling) into the bathroom. As the 2-yr-old says, "It's BATHTIIIMMME!!!"
2. Get the 2-yr-old in the tub first while the baby is trying to climb up your leg yelling (because he wants in the tub NOW!)
3. Bathe the 2-yr-old first. This is important to do BEFORE you put the baby in the tub. Otherwise, the baby likes to crawl and go swimming in the tub while you are preoccupied washing the 2-yr-old's hair.
4. Bathe the 2-yr-old as QUICKLY as you can with the baby climbing on your back and pulling up on the tub.
5. Strip that baby down and put him in the water! Ah, he's content for the moment.
6. Wrestle baby while you attempt to wash him. Try to keep the splashes from the 2-yr-old away from baby's face.
7. Give up protecting baby's face. He doesn't mind the splashes and yells at his brother when he stops playing with him.
8. Wash that sweet potato gunk off baby's eyebrows.
9. Let the brothers play together.
10. What what were you thinking? Baby won't leave his brother alone - he's climbing up on him and pulling his hair.
11. Continue to let them play together in the tub. They DO enjoy their bathtimes together so much.
12. Okay, take baby out. After his tenth attempt to stand up in the tub and giving Mama a heart attack when he falls in the water, baby's turn in the tub is over!
13. Get baby dressed on the floor while the water drains. The 2-yr-old won't get out of the tub unless ALL the water is gone!
14. Get the 2-yr-old out of the tub and get him dressed for bed.
15. Remind yourself its almost bedtime so you can shower and cool off yourself soon!
1 comment:
I love it, you had me laughing from the start. You've got two sweet boys and they have a wonderful Mom!
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