so, experienced moms....
my little dude loves bathtime every night. his dad usually sits aside or in the tub with him, mostly aside the tub. my concern is that when samson does slip from his seated position (usually reaching for a toy) and slips forward, head into the water, or backwards, head in the water, that i'm not sure how to proceed. he usually falls right into our awaiting hands, but usually he conks his elbows and gets water in his face or eyes, but he never is in that position for more than a microsecond since we're right there, and i've never heard him cough, so i don't think he's gotten a nose-full.
let me stress that we have one of those cheesey tub-surround type of showers, the kind where the tub isn't a tub at all, it is just a plastic basin that extends to the shower. when i've conked my head, or elbows, on it, it makes a loud noise but doesn't HURT. this detail may matter, or not.
usually when this happens samson starts crying. when i am bathing him, which is only when DH is away, i seat him again, soothe him with stroking, my voice, and try to introduce a bath toy which will often eventually stop his crying, and sometimes even extend his enjoyment of the water. (when it doesn't, like tonight, which reminded me to write this, i get him out and snuggle him to happiness in his towel.) when DH experiences a "crash", he plucks him out immediately and samson stops all crying right then.
so my long-winded question is this: what is more in the AP-mode to do, given that we want samson to be in love with water, to swim, to boat, to dive, etc, in the future?
is one of us teaching him to be afraid of the water, in your opinions? please be honest, i want him to enjoy water, this isn't about my DH and i at all.
THANKS.
my little dude loves bathtime every night. his dad usually sits aside or in the tub with him, mostly aside the tub. my concern is that when samson does slip from his seated position (usually reaching for a toy) and slips forward, head into the water, or backwards, head in the water, that i'm not sure how to proceed. he usually falls right into our awaiting hands, but usually he conks his elbows and gets water in his face or eyes, but he never is in that position for more than a microsecond since we're right there, and i've never heard him cough, so i don't think he's gotten a nose-full.
let me stress that we have one of those cheesey tub-surround type of showers, the kind where the tub isn't a tub at all, it is just a plastic basin that extends to the shower. when i've conked my head, or elbows, on it, it makes a loud noise but doesn't HURT. this detail may matter, or not.
usually when this happens samson starts crying. when i am bathing him, which is only when DH is away, i seat him again, soothe him with stroking, my voice, and try to introduce a bath toy which will often eventually stop his crying, and sometimes even extend his enjoyment of the water. (when it doesn't, like tonight, which reminded me to write this, i get him out and snuggle him to happiness in his towel.) when DH experiences a "crash", he plucks him out immediately and samson stops all crying right then.
so my long-winded question is this: what is more in the AP-mode to do, given that we want samson to be in love with water, to swim, to boat, to dive, etc, in the future?
is one of us teaching him to be afraid of the water, in your opinions? please be honest, i want him to enjoy water, this isn't about my DH and i at all.
THANKS.
