Bath time?

All of the baby books say that you should give your baby a bath at night as a part of his/her bedtime routine, because it is a calming and relaxing experience.  

Well if that's the case, then why does bath time at our house look like some sort of baby rave?  

I'm telling you, if only we had some flashing lights, glow in the dark pacifiers, and loud music, we'd be set!  Nothing brings out the crazy in our boys like bath time!  

Before I delve into our current bathtub escapades, I should probably give you a little back ground info on how our bath time has evolved over the past year.  

In the beginning, the boys both hated baths.  I'm talking, screaming the entire time kind of dislike.  Then, after a few months, they started to enjoy them.  They would lay back in their little rain forest bathtub hammock and innocently smile while we washed them up.  Next came the sitting up stage, when they were able to sit up by themselves and lightly splash their hands in the water.  And then, well, then came now.  

You see, our boys are on the move, and apparently they never got the memo that it's not safe to stand up and stomp like wild stallions in the tub.  While Jack holds onto the side of the tub and literally tries to run through the water, Rowan is down on his belly trying to do the breast stroke.  

During tonight's bath, Jody asked two questions:

1.  "Are normal babies like this?"

2.  "Do they make bathtub seat belts?"      

I don't know the answer to either one of those questions, but I do know that bath time always cracks us both up.  Although our every other night routine doesn't seem to calm down our kiddos, it does at least wear them out.  By the end of the evening, the boys are so tired from their romping in the tub that they quickly fall into a blissful sleep.  

Meanwhile, Jody and I are working on some solutions to our bath time craziness.  He suggested that we strap the boys in their backpack carriers and get in the shower with them.  

I'll keep you updated.   

Here are our little sweeties. . .pre-buck wildness