It happened almost by accident. First Megan sat diaper clad on the edge of the tub while Logan splashed about. Then we dipped her toes in. Then, on Logan's request, we dipped them again...and her diaper got all sorts of soaked. These diapers soak up a lot of liquids given the chance and so we removed the water logged Pampers and dunked Megan in the tub again. She loved it. She smiled and cooed. She kicked her feet and cooed some more. Logan laughed and washed her head with a washcloth. They had a blast. IN fact, Megan threw a massive baby tantrum when I took her out of the water.
That was Saturday night. Tonight we sat in the bathroom and while Logan climbed in the tub. Megan watched her big brother closely. He walked to the end of the tub across from where we sat.
"Put her in!" he demanded and he splashed water with his leg.
In response Megan let out a big, and I do mean big, belly jiggling baby laugh. *They* say babies don't get those gut busting laughs until about 4+ months but Megs had one tonight at 2 1/2 months old. Boy did she find this brother splashing hysterical. She kicked her feet and gooed at him. And so we obliged. Into the tub went Megan.
She floated around. She kicked her legs like a little frog moving through the water. She cooed and gooed. She giggled. She stared with wide, round eyes at her brother. She was happy. And so was her. He washed her hair for her and her back. He gently ran wet fingers across her cheeks. He tried to splash her but when reminded how little she was he stopped. He is, by the way, now holding out until she's 'bigger' and can really play in the water with him.
When it was time to end the bath we let the water down the drain and removed big brother. Megan hung out a bit more. When the water was nearly gone Megan got to lay on her back in the puddle that was left splashing around her limbs in pure glee. Assuming this child was about to get chilled to the bone beign wet without water in the tub, I wrapped her up in a towel. . .
And she cried.
And she screamed.
I got her dressed in her PJs and she cried and screamed so more. Daddy came down to take her because big brother was asking for Mommy read stories. Megan cried and yelled a bit more then bury her head on the big Daddy shoulder and fell fast asleep.
Guess this big little girl loves that tub! Perhaps we need to ditch that baby bath thing already!?