Comments on: Refresh

By: agb

agb — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:13:29 +0000

thanks linda, this made a long day worthwhile.

By: MRW

MRW — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:06:36 +0000

Yeah I had to stop sharing baths with my son a couple of years ago and I miss it.

By: erin

erin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:39:07 +0000

what a gorgeous description. i had to laugh at the timing b/c just last night the husband tried to bathe with our 2 year old for the first time. the toddler would have nothing to do with that and asked he could instead take a bath with mommy. i’ve never done that (out of simple routine) but you make it sound so lovely i just might!

By: Mom101

Mom101 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:39:00 +0000

I gazed at Thalia tonight and blurted out, “you’re a girl. A beautiful girl.” She’s only 4 but the chub is yielding to cheekbones and I’m floored that I produced such a being.

Thanks for jarring a nice memory. Beautiful post Linda, as always.

By: Megs

Megs — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:42:30 +0000

I must have a bath every day. Sometimes I skip a day, but then that builds up a bath-debt. If many days go by with only far-inferior-showering, I end up throwing the baby at my partner, closing the door demonstratively (closing a bathroom door, like ALL THE WAY, is a dramatic act in a household when children are involved. unless you’re one of those fancies that does their business in “private”) and having a monster of a soak. Like adding new hot water multiple times and finishing a novel kind of soak.

Oh yeah, I bathe with the baby sometimes. But as he would nurse all day and all night if I let him it’s hard to distract him from the boobs.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:24:55 +0000

I can feel this deep down in my middle somewhere. That aching place.

And not just because I would kill a barrel of kittens for a soaking tub.

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:59:59 +0000

I L.O.V.E. bathing with my kids in our soaker tub! It is a great moment… now that they are a little older, mommy wears a bathing suit but I hope that I will be able to continue to share that with them for as long as possible!

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:52:08 +0000

So sweet. Enjoy it all.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:01:23 +0000

I have always preferred a bath to a shower. From the time Riley was old enough to hold his head up, we have bathed together – We have not missed a single bath in well over a year. It is my favorite part of the day as it is a time reserved for just us. Every night around 6:30 we sit together in shallow tepid water while I gob on conditioner and try to comb the mats out of his wispy fine hair. He tells me in his baby babble about his day and doggies and kitties and Elmo’s World. And he points and says “buba!” and lays back in my lap giggling while I blow bubbles at the ceiling. I can’t imagine a time when we have to give all of that up. I’m guessing it will get weird when he develops body hair.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:55:19 +0000

AH!,…the way you can put things into words makes me BAWL and wish I could explain things like that. How could I be sitting here blubbering about taking a bath at 3:00 in the afternoon? But yet, you write with such clarity and detail…..over A BATH. Your words are powerful and the love you have for your little dudes eminates(sp?) through everything you write.