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A Little Lyle Lovett, Please!
What is bath time like for you? OK…not you, you. I mean bath time for your kids. I know what bath time is like for you. A glass of wine. A locked bathroom door. A trashy magazine. Thirty minutes to yourself. Sigh… Back to reality. Bath time. With the kids. Whoo hoo. Here’s the routine at our house: 1. Whoever cooks dinner, doesn’t clean the dishes, but they do clean the kids. 2. Bath water is turned on and the aforementioned cleaning parent chases both girls around the house trying to convince them to make their way to the tepid, non-bubbled-due-to-excema-water. 3. Potty visits before the bath entry. First, Ava, who considers potty before bath as wipe-optional activity. Next, Carmen, who sits on her trainer toilet exclaiming “it’s coming” for five minutes with nothing actually happening. 4. Finally both girls in the bath. 5. Extreme fighting over every toy. 6. Demands for more potty time from Carmen. Climbing out, soaking wet, resisting assistance (“No, I do it!”), sitting for exactly 1 second and then, unsafely climbing face-first back into the tub. (Yes, please remember AmandaS when casting your ballot for Best Mother of Year) 7. Extreme splashing. 8. Hair washing, face washing, foot scrubbing. 9. Extreme fighting over every toy. 10. Demands for more potty time from Carmen. Climbing out, soaking wet, resisting assistance (“No, I do it!”), sitting for exactly 1 second and then, unsafely climbing face-first back into the tub. 11. Carmen plays and one end of the tub, talking to herself. Ava plays at the other end, talking to herself. 12. Private, parallel, conversations commence for 10 minutes. 13. Extreme fighting over every toy. 14. Extreme splashing. 15. Extreme fighting over who gets to pull the plug. 16. Extreme splashing. 17. Carmen out first. 18. Ava out second. Oh, how I long for a little more of #12. Do you think if I cranked up Lyle Lovett, it would help? Hmmmmmm...Let’s try it and see… www.last.fm/music/Lyle+Lovett/_/Private+Conversat ion 4 comments from 4 users
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posted by
sydsmommy
on Jun 30, 2008 at 08:41 AM
posted by
blahblahblah
on Jun 26, 2008 at 09:13 PM
Oh, that sounds like bath time at our house. Complete with Lee climbing out of the tub and back in, two seconds later, face first. Except we have no quiet parallel play for 10 minutes. It's a half hour of them trying to get as much water out of the bath and on the floor as possible, and us yelling "NO MORE!".Of course, they are in bed by 7:30/8:00, so it's all worth it! :) posted by
creatress
on Jun 25, 2008 at 08:49 AM
WOW! That sounds like a UFC sport! I do think a little Lyle would help. He gives one kick butt concert by the way. :) posted by
hmoeckli
on Jun 24, 2008 at 09:26 PM
That sounds insane! Please remind me of this post when I start talking about wanting another baby. :)
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Crazy me and I thought only my daugther thought that potty pre bath was optional ;-) again I think they are kindred spirits!