I take yauyau’s bath time seriously, because she is a smelly baby, and also because she picked up a lot of her tricks during her tub time.

She practiced her initial sitting skills by holding on to the edge of the tub. There was a period of time when she was extremely quiet, and she broke the silence by having little conversation with her rubber mates. She also learnt how to stand and squat in the tub. I am rather puzzled why the bath time seems so dear to her, but there is no point pondering over the amazing power of the bath tub.

So lately, I have incorporated some learning activities into her bath time. The toilet is our classroom. I found this cap from the laundry fabric softener bottle to act as the kid’s cup. It has a wide mouth and a slimmer body, which fits perfectly into the child’s small palm. I thought I would teach her how to fill up the cup and play dumping water out of it. It seems an easy task to me, and also something rather fun. But she didn’t manage to learn that trick. She discovered something else.

She decided a cup must act like a cup, and hence begun practicing drinking water. I never knew she likes to drink water so much. And yes, the wash cloth, she has been sucking water from it too. When I gave her a sippy cup or bottle, she won’t drink so diligently. Anyway, the tub is a good place to practice drinking from cup, at least no wet floor to mop.