so has anyone ever felt that they may have traumatized their child ever? i think i may have last week! child - lydia......trauma from - a duck washcloth. i had lydie in the bath with all her toys - which she used to love to have in there with her. ben was in to and they were having so much fun just splashing each other (i actually had my 2nd shower of the day with them!) it is so fun to watch them together! night and day difference!!!! red hair - black hair......double chin - no chin.....rolls everywhere - skin and bones.....2 teeth - mouthful of teeth.....pot belly - no belly.....you get the picture. anyway i was watching them play and then found a duck washcloth that is a puppet too. i was using the best duck voice i have and talking with them. initially they were having a ball with it, then it happened........lydia started pointing at the duck and the duck grabbed her fingers with it's beak. INSTANT HYSTERIA!!! i don't know if she ever had a run in with a duck in the orphanage or what, but i tell you what i've never seen a child freak out as quickly as that! she pushed herself to the back of the tub screaming and trying to get away from the washcloth as much as possible. she was shaking like a leaf!! so what would any good mom try and do? well of course try and show her that it's just a puppet. 2nd round of INSTANT HYSTERIA!!! that obviously didn't work at all. so after THROWING the blasted puppet out of the room to show her that it wasn't after her after all - i got her out of the tub just a-shiverin' (and not from being cold either!)
needless to say, she now can't have anything in the tub with her at all. another bath a few days later with no duck washcloth but just a few toys (including some rubber duckies) - she started to freak out that the other toys were coming toward her....hence the reason i think i've traumatized her for life!! so bath time is just bubble time - darn it....i miss doing my duck voice! it was pretty good if i don't say so myself! at least i got smiles out of her afterwards.......
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Jolynn, that is funny but not funny ya know. poor thing--i'm sure she will get used to toys in the tub soon. maybe introduce one at a time for a while.
he he---how cute.
Oh Jolynn, I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one that went back for another try!! I had a very similar experience with my Seth. I used a bath mitt that has a farm animal on each finger--it sounds like he reacted about the same way as Lydia did. Of course, I had to put on a big smile and try it again--to reassure him that it was fun! It took a long time for me to be able to use even a regular old wash cloth on the poor boy!!
My dear, have you thought about what Lydia and Ben might do when "white stuff" falls from the sky down upon them? I can't wait to hear the story of their first experiences with snow.
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