When Malchy was first born, Shay and I read that kids sleep better when they have a bedtime wind-down routine. We decided his routine would consist of a bath, books, milk, and a song. As a counterpoint to mom always providing the milk, we decided I would be the bath person. Since then, I would say that conservatively I have given Malachy 500 baths. Mal loves the water and we have a ton of fun in the bath. We invent games, splash each other, play with toys, and sing songs. There are a number of songs that we have composed specifically for the bath. The most famous one is "Bathtime for Buggles". It is a march you sing while chasing each other through the house to the bath. There is also "Water Trickles", and "Glub Glub Glub Goes the Fish". Our favorite games are peek a boo, pie face, which one do you like?, crazy face, and pull the plug. We don't always have fun exciting times in the bath, I have also fallen asleep leaning against the side of the tub from total exhaustion. On the other hand, I can never remember any crying in the bathtub. Since we both enjoy bath time so much my plan is to write a series of blog entries about the bath.
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