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May 13, 2008
How to use the bathroom
How to do various things in the bathroom with an older baby:
To bathe:
1. Move all objects you don't want them playing with to a higher location. Examples include the toilet bowl brush & cleanser, and the wastebasket.
2. If you don't want an object in the tub with you, don't have it within their reach. This includes the clothes you just took off, your fuzzy house slippers, your towel and the toilet paper.
3. Be very sure you are not rinsing your hair while she is playing with the handle on the back of the toilet.
4. Get your bath first as she somehow gets just as wet as you do anyway.
To use the toilet:
1. Master the art of lowering the lid while you are standing up to minimize their window of opportunity to reach in and "play" with the contents.
2. Loosen their grip on you and stand up. Loosen their grip on you and pull up your pants. Loosen their grip on you and walk to the sink.
To brush your teeth (or any other sink activity):
1. You can stand with your legs spread shoulder width apart and pressed against the cabinet to keep them from getting into the cabinet while you brush your teeth.
2. If the fussing continues for 30-60 seconds, you might want to double check that she hasn't managed to get her finger in a drawer and you're actually pressing the drawer on it.
| By Wifeepoo | 7:00 AM
