Nikko had (has?) giardia, so since like day 3 after we first got him, he has been in the bath getting his butt washed off with baby shampoo at least 2 - 3 times a day. I talk to him like a little kid while he's in the knee-deep water in the bathtub - "oh, you're so patient with me, thank you, thank you. yes, i know i know this isn't fun, but we're going to make you better, and all clean too.... so pretty, so handsome. you're so good at this, such a good boy" and so on. (i'm pretty sure that's like an exact transcript, lmao).
Point of the story is, we've washed his butt SO often ever since we got him, he's actually totally OK with it. He just stands there, right where I want him, in the bathwater. I think it's all about frequency - he knows very well now that if he puts up with the butt bath, we play with him like crazy afterwards and love him to death (freedom after a bowel and bladder empty-ing, that's what we're suppossed to do in housetraining, eh?). Every time i've tried to pour water farther up on his back though, or wash his face with a warm washcloth, he gets really unhappy and tries to crawl out of the tub. But even still, he's not actually all that bad. I think he's resigned himself to what bathtime means, and that it's inevitable - at least for now. We'll see as he gets older and we stop needing to bathe his bum so often...
Lauren & Nikko |