Who's bath?

I’m sure I’m not the first one to walk away from bath time wondering who was getting the bath, my kids or me.  Giving our baby girl a bath can be done without getting too wet.  But when we give Luke a bath, that is a whole different ballgame.

At first Luke used to throw all his bath toys out of the bathtub, which just got the floor a little wet.  That wasn’t too bad.  Then, he started throwing his wash cloth out of the tub as well.  This left a bigger puddle of water than the toys did.  After that, Luke learned to splash.  I admit to teaching him.  One night I thought it would be fun to try and get him to splash.  I figured it was good OT, right?

Well, it was at first.  Then Luke turned into a “splash monster”.  When he starts splashing it is best to stand back.  If you don’t, you wind up covered in water, and so does the bathroom floor.

Getting his momma a little wet from the splashing wasn’t enough for Luke.  No, he had to come up with a way to get his mom not only a little wet, but completely soaked.  A few months ago he figured out that the cup I use for washing him off, holds LOTS of water.  So, Luke started being sneaky about getting this cup.  If it was up on the ledge, he would get up on his knees and get it.  If the cup was on the outside of the tub on the floor, he would reach over and get it.

Once he gets a hold of this large cup, he would fill it with water and dump it out a few times.  At first I thought this was great, after all Luke was figuring out how it worked and was almost trying to clean himself!  Well, looking back I think he was experimenting before putting his big plan into action.

One fateful night Luke decided he must have practiced enough.  He filled up the cup with water and then dumped it over the side of the tub!  Landing most of the water on me and the rest on his towel.  I was so wet!!  Luke just laughed as I said “NO!” 

Needless to say, from that point on I have been on high alert.  When Luke goes for the cup I quickly snatch it away.  Luke is very quick, so I don’t always get it in time.  Especially, when I am trying to multitask by giving both our baby girl and Luke their baths at the same time.  It is definitely a time where I wish I had a third arm.  I guess I’ll just have to get by with the two God gave me.