The boys had their first real bath on Wednesday. Yes, I realize that they were six weeks old by the time their first bath rolled around but in my defense they had umbilical cords and circumcisions. Oh and I was terrified of hanging on to their wet little bodies. We survived, all five of us, Bowser included.
Our bathroom does not have the greatest set up for bathing babies...we have no bath tub. The kitchen counter didn't seem like the best option so I decided just to sit on the bathroom floor. It took some work and planning but we figured out a way that works. It involved Bowser getting trapped in the bathroom but he was perfectly content watching and trying to figure out what was going on.
Logan went first, as I undressed him he started his usual little whimper and then whipped out the full cry. I was quite sure that he was going to have the fastest bath known to man. For a moment I was even debating just giving him a sponge bath, but I figured we should at least try it. The moment his little butt hit the water he was in love. Their little bathtub has a hammock that they lay in so their butts and back stay in the water. Logan was so good about having his hair washed and was perfectly content to just stare at me. He didn't even mind when I accidentally got water on his face. As soon as it was time for him to get out he started whimpering again, I can tell he is my son, he hates being cold.
In the meantime while I was dressing Logan, Bowser was busy seeing what baby shampoo and baby soap taste like. Yes, he was drinking out of the bath tub. This is the dog we can not get to drink out of his water dish because he likes cold water, not room temperature water. And as he's drinking the I'm starting to panic because what if the baby shampoo kills him?! All of my logical thinking skills clearly went out the window when the boys were born, if the shampoo is safe for babies, I'm sure it is safe for dogs.
And then it was Gavin's turn for a bath. I'm going to be honest, I would rather give Logan a bath any day. As I started undressing him, he decided that this was the worst thing to ever happen in his short six weeks of life and he cried as loud as he could. I debated giving up but decided that since I had already accomplished one bath, we were going to accomplish two. So, into the water Gavin went and as soon as I started shampooing his hair, he peed. He peed out of the bath tub and on to the pants I was wearing. And then it stopped. We continued on with the bath, and he peed again and stopped. Then again and stopped. And again and stopped. And finally one last time. Yes, that is a total of five times. I was in shock, I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.
So we ended bath time for Gavin and went with a quick sponge bath. I was not in the mood to keep switching bath water. As I was getting Gavin dressed, I heard the familiar sound of a dog consuming liquid. Yes, that's right, Bowser was once again drinking the bath water. In the span of twenty minutes he had consumed baby shampoo, baby soap and baby pee. I said a little prayer that he would survive the night.
And he did. We all did and learned some good lessons. Lesson one, Logan goes first because he pees less. Lesson two, wear a plastic outfit while bathing Gavin. Lesson three, get rid of Bowser during bath time. Lesson four, shampoo, soap and pee with not kill dogs, at least if they are consumed in relatively small quantities. And last but not least, lesson five...Galen gets to give them their next bath.
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