It was Bathtime.
Micah is finally old enough to sit up in the bathtub without needing constant support, so last week I started giving them their baths together. It definitely saves time. And in a weird sort of way, I think Micah is a good example to his big sister!
Mara watched as I washed his bald little head. “Micah didn’t diiiiie,” she observed dramatically.
(And just in case you think my 2-year-old is worried about her brother drowning in the bathtub, I should mention that she says ‘die’ when she means ‘cry.’ It took us awhile to figure that out. She says ”people didn’t die,” after she acts out a school bus crash in which all the Little People fall out. We were wondering ‘where is she getting this stuff?!?!’ But finally we realized she was trying to say that the people didn’t cry when they fell. OOOOOkay. . . !)
Anyway, Mara loves her bath, until we lean her back to rinse her hair. She would really be fine, if she didn’t panic and flail around trying to sit up. So after she cried yet again tonight when she got her hair washed, Daniel was trying to figure out what is causing her consternation.
“Do your ears hurt?” he asked, seeing her tug on her ear.
“Yes,” Mara said sadly.
“Daddy’s ears don’t hurt when he gets water in them,” Daniel told her.
But Mara knew why: “Daddy big!” she exclaimed.
So that explains why Daddy doesn’t cry in the bath!