penelope loves bathtime.
that's right - not a typo (although there are many on here).
penelope anne has decided she LOVES to take baths. how did this happen you may ask?
well i'll tell you. it started out slow. really really slow. but somehow, right before christmas (as the best present ever) she started taking baths again.
for those of you who dont know - she had not taken a bath in a bathtub since March 2010. Yes - 9 months. we held her down in there a few times to hysterical screaming, we tried the sink, we trid the old ducky baby bath, we tried just sitting in an empty tub, we tried bathing puppies, we tried every toy in the world and ever trick...non worked. we got by on a bucket of soapy water, sponge baths and the distraction of yo gabba gabba on tv. in the summers when she was stinky we'd just bath her in the pool.
yep, i said pool. the kid LOVES water in nay shape or form... except for some reason the bath tub.
however... one day in late december she walked by the bathroom and decide she was interested in the yo gabba gabba foam creatures i'd tried to bribe her with a few months back. i said we can't play unless we get in the bath. she considered then asked to be put in. she was fully clothed and htere was no water - but she was in the bath. we did this again the next day. and the next. until i slowly started taking of clothing before she could get in. (you need to take off yoru boots, no bath with your shirt, etc).
one day, with just a diaper on, i decided to trun on the water... she freaked a bit...but finally touched it. just a stream (no water actually filling the tub). it went well until i tried to take off the diaper, bad move. bath over.
i came armed the next day. same plan. in the bath with diaper, water slowly dripping. however this time - new bath mat, and new faucet cover. suddenly the faucet was intersted. i got the diaper off. i decided to try filling up the tub. once she relaized what was happening...she freaked.
i quiclky got out hte bath gel crayons from aunt kori. these crayons allow you to write on your self but it's actually soap. little did she know she was getting clean. in the middle of this she freaked again. but no worried i had the super secret weapon this time. colored shaving cream in a cupcake tin (god i love pinterest).
a few foam brushes and she was in heaven :)
and the rest is history. baths are alive and well in our house again - praise the lord.
she actual cries now when we say bath is over. she always wants "more splash"
i love having a clean kid. she smells so nice :)
now... photographic and video evidence :)
exhibit a: she NEVER stops talking in the bath.
exhibits B: she's not screaming in these photos:
exhibit C: after bath time (this is what kris and i missed the most. we loved playing in our bedroom with a clean happy little girl.. )
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