May 16, 2005
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the little people wanted to watch survivor last night so there were no baths. SO, there was much bathing and knashing of teeth this morning. I am trying desperately to hang onto the shreds of a decent mood in spite of their protestations and general shittiness about the whole thing. I’m trying desperately to stay out of that place where I want to rip off my own arm and beat myself unconscious with it.
have you been there? do you, A. have children… B. do you bathe them… and C. are you not a jackass? well then, YES, I suppose that you have… unless, I imagine, yours are aquatic wonder sports, in which case I’m sure they get you in some other department. you have my sympathies.
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or we could take turns kicking ourselves
can i come over sometime?
dude, have i been there. they get into the bath just fine. but then getting them back out? and dry? and dressed? and tooth-brushed? and pottied? and hair-dried? and into bed? and asleep?
it’s an absolute wonder to me that our species has survived.
i’ve washed my sister’s kids & that’s enough for me. tyrants.
i don’t think i can have kids. i’ll have an aneurysm.
rache and amy, both into water sports, interestingly enough.
mine, he can’t run away, yet. he can’t even crawl out. he just slashes and pees. which is amusing, if you look at it the right way.
um splashes.
he’s not into the slashing yet.
Once ours were old enough, into the shower with them.
Tub baths are a pain in the ass.
Uhm….I have a hard time giving my cats a bath, does that count?
How funny is it that kim typed “slashing” first?!!!!
Can I just say AMEN sistah!
Sundays I used to have three kids. I used to stick them all in the tub with a lot of bubble bath,close the door and play music very loudly. When the noise got louder than the music and the bubbles came under the door, I’d get them out. I’d tell them when the bathroom was cleaned up they could have icecream and cookies and m&ms. If they weren’t fighting, they’d do it. If they were fighting I’d call their father and go and have another joint.
you know, i honestly never would’ve questioned the slashing thing if kim hadn’t've corrected it. seems perfectly reasonable to me.
what i really came to say was that i finally bought myself a little sumpin with your gift certificate, and i’ll show you as soon as it comes. *jumps up and down in leather-clad anticipation* (bahaha, i just described kim’s love life.)
Having spent time in Japan makes bath time for my kids a breeze. But my sweet angelic nine year old daughter transforms herself from a demon of the deep dark dream world every morning into an evening angel. By evening, there is that angel. It’s uncanny, and as much as I love her I fear for her future partner(s).
Been there, done that, totally regretted it! I at one point swore that my youngest son had developed gills and could breathe as he rolled himself around under the water. Loudly protesting me trying to wash him. He hasn’t had a complete bath in 4 years.