It started with some little pieces of sock lint or something floating in the water. Then he noticed that the soap bubbles were floating around too, and he became convinced that our bathtub was somehow lethally contaminated and that we were trying to torture him by making him take a bath.
I am talking shear terror and deep fingernail clinging here.
He was NOT, I mean NOT getting in that tub.
After three nights of no bath, something had to be done. This is where the genius part comes in.
I thought back on my very expensive education (a child development degree from Southern, Illinois University- anywhere is very expensive for a single mom putting herself through college) and what I had learned during my time as a student there.
Tens of thousands of dollars in debt at the end and I knew a very important, and now very useful skill- how to make homemade bubbles.
Desi and I made them from scratch downstairs, took them upstairs and ran the bath water. His Dad and I started blowing bubbles directly into the bath water. I made a big goofy fuss about the bubbles, and before you knew it- Desi was in the tub pouring water out of a cup onto the floating bubbles.
Voila- no longer scared of bubbles or bath water. And now, Desi is back to a nightly bath time, and Dad has to blow bubble after bubble into the water until his cheeks hurts.
Recipe for homemade bubbles:
- Pour one cup water into a dish
- add lemon scented dish soap, a few really good big squirts
- a tablespoon of sugar
- gently mix
- blow bubbles!
1 comment:
You know, that trick works for grown ups too! hee hee. :)
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