Caleb has always l-o-v-e-d the bath. In fact, after prying him out, he would then proceed to scream like crazy when we wrapped him up in a towel....until last week.
I have no idea what changed, but suddenly our bath-loving child now screams the moment we put him IN the bathtub! I thought maybe it was just the day, or the phase of the moon...so we gave it a few more tries...with no success. He won't even sit down. This is a huge dilemma for a boy who likes to get dirty! Baths are a MUST in our house! So, I did what any mother would do (I think...)
I put on my bathing suit and got in the tub with him.
(You are now realizing why this post has no pictures!)
He immediately looked up at me with a huge grin, as if to say "Umm Mommy, what are you doing in here with me?" and then proceeded to splash and have a great time for about 10 minutes. It was like old times in the bath (minus the fact that I was in there too!)
I know this may seem like a silly thing to write about, but it brought me such joy to know I made him feel completely safe. It was like he had never been scared in the first place. There is no better feeling than to know you are able to protect your children....even if that means taking a bath in your bathing suit :)
6 comments:
Cute. You're a nicer Mommy than I am! I probably would have just turned on the shower! Hahaha! =)
I love this post! It made me smile so much. It's the moments like this that make a mom stop and realize how important our job is!
So just the visualization of you plus swimsuit plus bathtub plus smiley Caleb was enough! Good work mom!
Aww! I can just picture that dimple all excited you are joining him. Such a great Mom!
You are such a sweet mama!!!
I just love this Kyle. What a good mommy you are. Your boys are blessed to have you. Guess you are going to be taking baths every night now!!
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