Friday, February 4th, 2011 at
5:44 pm
this feels like a silly question but i’ll ask it anyways…..
My judgemental friend loves to compare our two boys (hers is 2 1/2, mine just turned 1) and the other day she seemed shocked and appalled to find out that my guy stands during bath time. She said that it’s not safe and that I’m enforcing a bad habit and that for her son, it was never an option to stand.
Well, that’s all fine and good, and I understand the safety issue, but our boys are TOTALLY different. Her’s is very quiet and reserved. He’s a cuddly mama’s boy that goes with the flow. Mine, on the other hand, has been a busy boy since he was in the womb. He "talks" constantly (bababablalalababadada…..I sometimes think he’s reciting the Ghettysburg address), is very active and playful, and into everything. He started walking at 10 months, I think, just because he had places to go and things to do!
I switched from the infant tub to one of those bath seats that looks like a booster seat with suction on the bottom as soon as he started crawling because he could climb out of the tub. The bath seat lasted about 3 weeks until he started pulling up, and then he could climb out of the bathseat. So I invested in a nice big bathmat and he’s been bathing on that….usually standing up, ever since.
I feel silly and I have no idea why I’m letting this bother me so much, but like I said, she just made it seem like I was doing such a bad thing. I frankly don’t think at one year old I need to turn bath time into a battle if it’s something he enjoys, and I don’t think he’s old enough to be "disciplined" into sitting.
Does anyone else bathe their children standing up, and am I really doing that much long lasting damage?
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