Bath time is the perfect opportunity for parents and children to really get to know each other and spend quality time together.
How you view bath time is up to you. Many parents choose to treat it as a chore and dread the evenings as do their children. In many homes, bath time is about as boring as brushing teeth. You, however, can choose to turn bath time into something special, which both you and your child will look forward to every day. For a child, bath time should be a transition between the noisy, busy world of day and the peaceful, cosy world of bed. With very little effort on your part you can make it a magic time for both of you.
How do you inject some magic into bath time? Firstly, by prioritizing it. Fix a time for baths that works around meals, cooking, welcoming home your spouse, making evening telephone calls and relaxing and establish that time for both you and your child. If the phone rings, leave the answer machine to pick it up. Try to do a quick tidy-up with your child before bath time, so that you arent faced with a horrible mess afterwards that way it becomes a transition between day and evening for you too. Make sure that you set aside...