Comments on: Getting back to the basics of this blog – A contest http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/ Living, Working, Parenting Without an Instruction Manual Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:58:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sandra Snook http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/#comment-406 Sandra Snook Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:25:50 +0000 http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/#comment-406 Darn - I am too late - drain the tub. Kids love to watch the water go down. I'm ready for the next question. I calculated I have 71 child-years (number of years with each child) of parenting experience and all the grey hair to prove it - Bring it on!!!! Darn – I am too late – drain the tub. Kids love to watch the water go down.

I’m ready for the next question. I calculated I have 71 child-years (number of years with each child) of parenting experience and all the grey hair to prove it – Bring it on!!!!

]]> By: Alicia http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/#comment-396 Alicia Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:20:36 +0000 http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/#comment-396 First, I use a bath rug, that takes care of the floor part pretty well. Then I actually drape a hooded towel across the front of me, so that I can pick up the baby while I'm still sitting beside the tub and wrap her up quickly while staying dry. When my first child decided he didn't want to leave the bath,I made up this song, "Bathtime is fun, bathtime is fun, now it's time for jammies, bathtime is done!" This bouncy little jingle always ended any resistance, along with a peak at his wet face in the bathroom mirror. My second just likes to be wrapped up in her towel tightly to be my "burrito baby." First, I use a bath rug, that takes care of the floor part pretty well. Then I actually drape a hooded towel across the front of me, so that I can pick up the baby while I’m still sitting beside the tub and wrap her up quickly while staying dry. When my first child decided he didn’t want to leave the bath,I made up this song, “Bathtime is fun, bathtime is fun, now it’s time for jammies, bathtime is done!” This bouncy little jingle always ended any resistance, along with a peak at his wet face in the bathroom mirror. My second just likes to be wrapped up in her towel tightly to be my “burrito baby.”

]]> By: Umm Skandar http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/#comment-387 Umm Skandar Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:21:22 +0000 http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/#comment-387 Humm . . . I usually have at least two in the tub at a time. Lift the drain. I throw an old towel on the floor, then get out a fresh towel for each child in the tub. I hold out the towel while the baby holds his arms wide, I swoop down and lift him out. Wrap, rub, and dry. Repeat. Then the fresh towels go on the rack to dry, the wet towel on the floor dries the floor and goes to the laundry room. I usually stay fairly dry. Humm . . . I usually have at least two in the tub at a time. Lift the drain. I throw an old towel on the floor, then get out a fresh towel for each child in the tub. I hold out the towel while the baby holds his arms wide, I swoop down and lift him out. Wrap, rub, and dry. Repeat. Then the fresh towels go on the rack to dry, the wet towel on the floor dries the floor and goes to the laundry room. I usually stay fairly dry.

]]> By: Avanna http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/#comment-367 Avanna Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:16:57 +0000 http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/#comment-367 Yep, we drain the tub. That way the boys know when the water is gone, the bath is over! A friend of mine swears by this: http://www.babywrappers.com/ Yep, we drain the tub. That way the boys know when the water is gone, the bath is over!

A friend of mine swears by this: http://www.babywrappers.com/

]]> By: Michelle http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/#comment-366 Michelle Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:39:00 +0000 http://onthefly.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/getting-back-to-the-basics-of-this-blog-a-contest/#comment-366 Drain the tub. Drain the tub.

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