I feel like I *should* say this is bittersweet, and in the
longer term, I am sure it will be. Now,
though, it just feels AWESOME!!!
Over the last couple of weeks, the girls have learned to
shower themselves. I feel a little bit
guilty that I didn’t encourage this earlier.
I think the girls were probably ready (and I remember bathing myself
when I was about their age). It’s just been
so easy to plunk them both in the tub, or for the three of us to hop into the
big walk-in shower.
It was just before the girls went to basketball camp that I
thought I’d better bite the bullet. They’d
need to get cleaned up after camp, and I wouldn’t be home. I got them both in the shower. I stood in the door and coached them through,
going through the motions on myself.
The girls seemed to get a kick out of it, and they did a
good job!
A few days later, I coached them through washing their own
hair. I still fear they won’t get all
the soap out…but truthfully, I fear that when I wash their hair, too.
It’s such a load off to know they can take a quick shower
when they need to. And it’s a lot less
pressure for me to rush home from work to wash their hair so it has as much
time to air-dry as possible before bed.
1 comment:
YAY - I'm throwing a party for you!
Our kids are not really big on showers (although here on holiday K is more into it) but we run the bath, and they jump in and do their business. We do check that the faces are properly clean and toenails/ nails, but they're mostly good :)
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