Rubber Duckie is trying to kill me

Lets talk about baths today. You have got to understand that washing three babies is much different than bathing three toddlers. Babies are all cute and coo. You splash a little water here and there a touch of soap a little shampoo a dash of powder after a dry off and voila, clean little baby. A toddler can be as calm as a placid pool or the very fury of a hurricane.  In the early days we would bathe one child at a time in these little buckets which you would set up on the counter and use the sink to provide the water. They may cry if the water was to hot or cold. but other wise they was very little problem, unless we had a pooper. Poop in the bath is a bad day for everyone. Thankfully that has only happened a handful of times. Until recently we would wash all three kids at the same time in the bath. They would fight over toys and tend to splash, so what parents need to keep in mind is that you are not going to stay dry. It may be possible to stay dry with a single child, not with three. Sometimes I really just wanted to get a huge spoon and stir the children in the bathtub like a stew. You have to wash all their little cracks and crannies. Their pits and their bits. You have to make sure you get the ears and behind their ears, between the toes. It's labor intensive and as they moved from the counter to the actual bath the strain on the knees and back have increased. Once all three are clean and ready for departure, you get them out one at a time to dry off, apply lotion, and dry hair. We normally finish the bathroom routine with the brushing of the teeth. Thankfully the kids are coming of age where they can do a good deal of the personal cleaning in the bath themselves with supervision. And no they don't all still bathe together, it's faster and less wet on me and my floor when we do one at a time. I do love being so necessary in my children's life but a part of me is excited for when they can bathe themselves.