When you have lots of wires, tubes, and stomas hanging out of you, it is only natural to want to grasp, fiddle and explore them.
And the perfect time for exploration? Why bath time of course.
We found the solution to this situation to be a simple pair of socks. They make securing a pincher grip much harder.
And by acting as mini wash cloths, they serve to redirect Parker’s attention to helpful activity. We put a teeny bit of bath gel on each sock and then sign ‘wash’ to Parker.
He then joyously starts to scrub a dub – dub while he’s in the tub!
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What a cool idea!
Great Idea!!! Love his little feet!
What a great idea! You know what else I think is sweet, that he is still small enough to bathe in the sink! Love it!
What a wonderful idea! I bet he feel like a big boy washing himself! And like I say in EVERY comment, he is so CUTE! LOL!
Love to all,
Amy
What a perfect distraction and what wonderful pictures!!
What a great idea and I love the socks! It’s funny how Melody and I had similar tips this week, and both you and PsychMamma talked about keeping hands away from tubing. Great minds think alike.
My brain just overloaded from the cute. Dear Lord…
What an awesome idea. We used socks for haylee when she was little since she did not have fingers on one hand we would sew rattles and things to the sock so that she learned to do things with both hands. The amazing things socks can do.
Ha! How hilarious that we both posted similar things in the same week! And we both used socks! We are geniuses! And Parker is SUCH a pumpkin! Great pics!
This is one of the many things I do when Tristan is in need of Nebulizer treatments. I love socks! By the time he gets them off the treatment is almost done
Great idea putting soap on them great way to get Parker to learn to wash and be more independent during bath time!