Ducky Bath

First off, Ryder is back to sleeping through the night and seems to be feeling better. I heart antibiotics! He's still coughing, snotty and can't breath through his nose and makes me want to suction him (if only I had a suction canister from my work at home)...but better nonetheless.

Anyways, on to a funny situation. So Ryder is too big for his baby whale bathtub that he's been using since he was about a month or so old (before that, we dunked his butt in a large mixing bowl he was so small). He sits up on his own very well, but in a bathtub with his dimple butt all wet and slippery it makes me nervous to sit him by himself in the tub, even if there's a towel or something underneath him. They can fall so fast and that chubby body is so slippery when wet!

So I found a blow up ducky that he can sit in and play, but the first time I used it, he was super scared of it and cried. (now that was a fast bath: in and out before a complete meltdown happened. Just ask my mother-in-law who was here that night helping me while Joe was out of town). Here is a picture of me trying to get Ryder used to the ducky before we put him in it again.

So he wasn't sure of it at first. Then he would get a little more brave and put his hand out to touch it and then quickly pull it back before actually making contact. We did that for awhile until Daddy came downstairs (still in his boxers after just waking up) and got in the ducky to show Ryder it was okay to sit in the ducky:

As you can see, Daddy didn't like me snapping his picture quickly before he could move fast enough to avoid a picture (I always keep that camera handy for moments like this!) Ryder was enjoying the show though. But it worked because after Joe got out of the tub, Ryder was touching the duck and soon after that he was sitting in it playing. Now he loves it during bathtime! Good job, Dad ;) Minus the finger of course.