other bath idea
DD usually takes a shower with one/both of us and loves it! she doesn't seem
to mind the water in her face, in fact, sticks her tongue out to drink it :) yesterday though, it was hot here and so I took her little bathtub out onto our back porch and filled it with warm water and just let her sit and play in it and get used to it on her own terms. I did a little washing up, but no rush to any of it. I also had a jug of clean water to rinse her off with. she really seemed to like it. as a kid, I never liked water in my face; used a washcloth over my eyes to keep it out. at the ripe old age of 42, I am still that way, unless I am swimming, where it doesn't bother me. go figure. anyway, I have made it a point with all 3 of my kids to not make a big issue of getting their faces wet so that they don't suffer through it like I did. my first two are almost 16 and 18+ yo, my newest is now 2 months. so far, it seems to be working. HTH Edith nak |
other bath idea
.. anyway, I have made it a
point with all 3 of my kids to not make a big issue of getting their faces wet so that they don't suffer through it like I did. my first two are almost 16 and 18+ yo, my newest is now 2 months. so far, it seems to be working. I would say that depends on your child, more than what you've done. It was never made a big issue with children I've known and most of them have objected. In my cousins' case one child objected, the other could have lived underwater and wasn't bothered. Both were treated the same way. I wouldn't count your chickens on the 2 month old either... Debbie |
other bath idea
Welches wrote:
. anyway, I have made it a point with all 3 of my kids to not make a big issue of getting their faces wet so that they don't suffer through it like I did. my first two are almost 16 and 18+ yo, my newest is now 2 months. so far, it seems to be working. I would say that depends on your child, more than what you've done. It was never made a big issue with children I've known and most of them have objected. In my cousins' case one child objected, the other could have lived underwater and wasn't bothered. Both were treated the same way. I wouldn't count your chickens on the 2 month old either... Debbie --------------------------------- Children who react with fear to water are those who were coerced or forced to endure water that frightened them at some point early in their childhood, and this is a neurotic symptomatology based on those traumatic events. This is shown in her case by having NO problem when swimming, but with washing, where it probably occurred. No child should ever be coerced to do or endure anything, it harms them almost permanently, in thousands of small ways. Steve |
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