Bathtub Graduation

I am a firm believer that some things are definitely worth the wait.  For example, when I was about to turn sixteen, it was worth all the long hours in drivers ed with the creepy old guy and all the "educational" chats I had with my parents (ok.. mostly my dad) when I finally got my first car ; an awesome, black V8 Camaro... remember it was 1992!!  Cruising around in that car was awesome.  I don't know what got into my conservative parents for buying me such a cool sports car, but I still have a great feeling when I think about that car.  Ahhhhh....

So, what does that have to do with a bathtub?  Nothing at all.  Except for the waiting part.

I realize that most children have graduated from the bathtub sling to the regular tub by the age of one.  Not Jack.  And it wasn't for a lack of trying on my part (and Jack's too for that matter.)  Several months ago, I started asking some friends how they eased into the tub scene.  I remember asking my friend Jana what she used with her son and she candidly said "I used the tub that came with the house."  Geez...

I remember one night Jack decided to bail out of the sling, pull the drain plug, slip and slide from one end of the tub to the other, and then face plant into the water only to come up gasping for air.  I'm pretty sure his face was touching the water for all of a mere nanosecond, but it was enough to keep him from even trying to get out of the sling for the next few months.  And let me just say I was thrilled.  I hated bath time for those few nights I tried to bathe him out of the sling.  He was like a greased up watermelon.  

Well, we've finally tried it again, and successfully this time.  It probably helps that he got lots of bath toys for Christmas and his birthday and has a blast playing in the water.  

And here he is after his bath showing off his new trick (at the very end of the clip).