Remember this video of Max just kickin’ it relaxing in the tub?  Well those days ended.  Abruptly.  He suddenly decided one day to HATE bath time.  He would cry and cry.  And cry.  Then it turned into screams.  It was like we were torchering him.  Like he’d heard about ‘waterboarding’ and thought we were moving in that direction.

Trying different things to make it enjoyable again, we moved into a shower-like bath where Joe would  hold Max standing up in the tub while I suds him up and rinsed him off.  That seemed to be ok for awhile, but then that became just a big crying mess too.

Our next attempt, was Joe putting on some swim trunks and hopping in the tub with some toys.  Then I’d bring Max in for “play time in the water”.  The first night, Max just hung on to Joe for dear life and didn’t look down at the water.

The second night he loosened up a bit and would hold a toy or two and even sat down in the water for a whole minute!

By the third night he was eager to get in the tub!  It only took three nights!  Yippee!  He was finally comfortable enough to sit in the water, play with the bath toys and have some fun!

By the fourth night I didn’t know if he was going to like LEAVING the tub.  We were afraid to end “play time in the water” thinking he might now have the OPPOSITE reaction and cry, cry, cry because bath time was over!

Funny how these quirks come up and you have to get creative and find solutions.  Every.  Day.