The day that is most dreaded in our household is bath day. Even though Ryla enjoys sitting in the bathtub playing with her toys, she HATES to get her hair washed or water on her face. The picture above says it all. Once we start washing her hair the screaming and crying begins. Even though we feel sorry for her we wish that she would learn the love the water. We don't want her to miss out on fun summer water activities as she gets older and grow up with a fear of water.
Last night during bath time everything was going along as usual except the crying was not as severe. She did scream for her Daddy a few times but once her hair was washed she was happy again. Now, some of you may remember that Ryla took swimming lessons when she was 9 months old. At that age she really seemed to enjoy the water and was even learning to blow bubbles. Last night I decided to try some of the tricks the swim instructor has taught us to see how Ryla would react. It was truly a miracle! By the end of the bath Ryla was putting her face in the water and blowing bubbles! She was very proud of herself and I think she enjoyed having control with the water.
I still don't think she will be happy during any future hair washings, but I do have hope that she will get over her fear of the water. The next test will be taking her to the local swimming pool and maybe signing back up for swim lessons. Wish us luck!
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