Kathleen and Bath Time

Kathleen has only started enjoying her baths in the last year or so.
Prior to that it was practically a hold down drag out fight just to get her in there.
Now, if she could, Katy would bathe several times a day and sometimes she does.
Still not too keen on the hair washing aspect of it all but, she will do it without too much fuss.

In 2006 I finally got Kathleen to stand in the bath tub while the others were having a bath.
They were all much smaller then and the bath was bigger.
She would stand in one spot and cry. This continued for a couple of weeks.
Finally she would stand in there and not cry.
This was so much more pleasant for the rest of us.
Kathleen had just come out of her curl up in a corner and scream constantly phase so this quietness was very welcome.
After a few weeks of this, Kathleen started walking around the edge of the bath, still no crying.

I let her advance at her own pace. It is so much better when they want to do something so I figured that she would get to sitting down eventually.

And, one day she did.
She got up a lot but then sat back down and discovered it really wasn't such a bad thing after all.

Now, if she could, she would bathe constantly.
Nothing like a tub full of water to put a smile on that little girls face.
I don't enforce the bathing thing unless they are exceptionally dirty or they have gone more than three days which very rarely happens anymore.

It makes for a much more pleasant environment when there is little disagreement and they are more willing to work with you if you work with them.
Later