Progress: The Bath

The first 2 1/2 -3 weeks that Beau was home, he did not like the bath. I should say he hated the bath. He started crying as soon as we entered the bathroom. He would make his body completely stiff and scream the entire time. Needless to say, this was not really fun for any of us.

Slowly, he started to like the bath more and more. At first, he would splash and play for about 2 minutes before starting to cry. With each bath time, he would remain calm for longer periods of time. We modeled for him how to play with his stacking cups and how to splash in the water. He also has this fun floating bath toy that sprays water. It was a gift from our friend Dana and he really likes it!

After being home 35 days, I can say that Beau is learning to love the bath. He still doesn't like having his hair rinsed, but other than that he does a great job.

As you can see in the picture above, he really likes to drink the bath water. Yuck! We have started using less bubble bath because he really does drink several big gulps of water during each bath. We were afraid the bubbles would give him a tummy ache! :)

And just because I never want to give the impression that we have it all together or make you think that Beau smiles all the time, there is still plenty of this too....

He is still cute when he is mad!