I have pondered up on the subject for a while and I have come to a few conclusions, is it wrong to feel that you shouldn’t write about something when you think its natural.
But a new activity of which I have love doing is showering with Pyper, Renee always wanted me to do the bathing if she couldn’t do it as she worked late, so I took the liberty of deciding that since I love showers then hopefully it will be faster to shower with her myself.
I am worried about telling people as they might conjure up ideas of myself and her being in the shower, when I really love it. And I hope she does too, It’s a quick ritual with every shower, but we have the right shower for it, it’s a large open shower over a bath with a curtain and also a fan heater to make sure she is kept warm once out of the shower. So I get her baby mat set up with a towel and then a change of nappy and a little nightie and also a stretch and grow. We use body wash and shampoo for babies. I have attached a photo to show how I hold her, I am able to wash her carefully and keep the water out of her ears and eyes.
It takes 10 min’s in the shower and it’s easy to get set up and pack up at the end of it when she is waiting to be dressed. All babies love the water but the trick is I have a digital water thermometer for babies to make sure the water is no hotter than 40degrees.
The showering I believe allows her to do something with me, but I also get the chance to understand what she goes through and also sometimes she gets a little bit anxious around water so I like to make sure her back and head are never lower then 45degrees from being up right. I shower with her 3 times a week and I think we have a great time, and remember you can always sing in the shower with your baby also, water drowns out a tone deaf dad.
- Scott
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Good on you for taking your
Good on you for taking your girl in the shower. It's good for her and good for you. Good to get her used to the shower early in life, so that you don't have dramas later on such as the hair washing/shampoo nightmares that so many kids have. I also don't see a problem with dads bathing with their girls. Anybody who disagrees obviously has issues of their own that they need to address. While mothers continue to bathe with their sons, I will continue to shower and bath with my girls!
Hey Pyper is just the same,
Hey Pyper is just the same, she clings to me and I feel important in her life, and also I dont want her to be afraid of water when she grows up.
Hey thanks and I really love
Hey thanks and I really love it and I love wiping the little drops of water of her face, it looks like she is grumpy but she isnt. Although I do get a little bit worried that I dont drop her!
Scott, thanks for sharing
Scott, thanks for sharing this personal part of your life with us - beautiful. And good on you for having the courage to take Pyper into the shower at such an early age. It is a great idea to get wee ones used to having a shower at an early age, so when it is time to graduate from the bath to the shower the transition is smooth. And as you suggest, showers also save time over baths too. I also love the photo.
We have an eleven weeks old
We have an eleven weeks old baby girl and she loves her showers, the first time she had once she almost fell asleep!! Since then we have been doing it regularly and it has proven very efficient to unblock her congested little nose. She does not mind water falling on her head and her face and she clings like a little monkey ;-). We hold her very tightly because she flaps her arms around when the water falls on her head but we think is good for her to get used to it (had a brother and a niece that hated water in their eyes and washing their hair during childhood was a nightmare).