Comments on: Bathtime Blues

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:51:27 +0000

Offer her choices wright off the bat.

Livi, do you want the pink towel or the bunny towel? Do you want pink lotion or white lotion? Do you want pink pajamas or purple pajamas?

Lori

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:31:41 +0000

Have you tried just leaving her in the empty tub? (the way you’ve written it, she’s not screaming at that point, if she is, I don’t think this would work).

If you give her the option of getting out, she may just do it on her own (or call to you for help). You could even turn on the favorite TV program so she hears that there are more interesting things to do than an empty tub.

By: Nancy Spoolstra

Nancy Spoolstra — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:34:27 +0000

Here’s the blog link, it didn’t print out like it was supposed to…

http://attachment-disorder.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/i-m-the-parent-you-re-the-kid

By: Nancy Spoolstra

Nancy Spoolstra — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:33:28 +0000

I like the rocking idea, a lot. And keep in mind, by acknowledging her tantrum you are in a sense feeding it… you might do better just being matter-of-fact that bath time is over and we are moving on. Don’t act stressed, don’t act frustrated, don’t even act surprised that she’s pitching a fit. Just move forward like nothing is amiss, and rocking her very calmly is a great idea. She’s racking up a lot of attention over this… albeit negative attention.

I wrote a blog here
that kind of addresses what I mean… (but not exactly.)

By: Sunbonnet Sue

Sunbonnet Sue — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:06:41 +0000

maybe wrap her up in the towel and rock her until she stops screaming? then proceed with the lotion, dressing, reading books routine. she’ll likely grow out of the tantrums before long, and then they’ll be a distant memory…..