Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Baby in a Bucket
We are apparently having a heat wave. My child does not understand the whole "heat" thing and was a grumpus of the highest order yesterday. We were both hot and sticky and breast feeding was a chore and just made us hotter and stickier. I couldn't get Gretchen to go down for a nap. I think she was too uncomfortable. My dad called and invited us over for dinner, so Gretchen and I hopped in the car and went to Grandma & Grandpa's. By the time we got there, she was having a minor meltdown and getting a heat rash in the creases of her arms and legs. So mom said to give her a bath to cool her off. My parents aren't really equipped for some aspects of baby time, so my dad pulls out this big bucket they saved from about 5 years ago that had cat litter in it. My mom uses it now to soak her feet in to ease them. I wondered about sticking my bebe in a bucket formerly used for cat litter and currently used for foot soaking, but decided to hell with it since Gretchen was so sticky and popped her in it.
I'm sure this is probably further evidence of my faulting parenting. But look how happy she was. Can't argue with that, no sirree bob.
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