C (age 19 months) is obsessed with water. He loves to pour it, drink it, spill it, and dump it.
Usually all over my kitchen.
A great location for this activity is the open dishwasher, which spends most of its time open anyway. He lines up his cups and pours water from cup to cup. This is a great solution because all of his spills end up in the dishwasher.
The downside to this “solution” is that he will stand at the refrigerator DEMANDING his water. This means mommy is constantly walking over to the fridge to fill up his cup.
Of course, if you don’t give him cups for the dishwasher, then he will demand the sink.
DEMAND the sink. With a cup in hand, ready to play.
And he does this ANYTIME he hears the sink running.
ANYTIME someone walks into the kitchen.
ANYTIME I begin to unload the dishwasher.
ANYTIME I begin to cook.
ANYTIME he wants to drive me crazy!!!
Which is turning into ALL of the time.
He will take a chair from the kitchen table and haul it over to the sink. If there isn’t an empty chair, he’ll begin screaming at people to get them out of their seats. Then, he’ll steal their chair and make for the water.
And while it drives me mad most of the time, it does entertain him. And keep him busy and quiet for a little while.
Until he dumps the entire water bottle on himself and the floor.
So we change his clothes, grab a beach towel, and start over…
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5 comments:
I remember this phase with Little Man!!! Water, water everywhere! :) Wish I had thought about the dishwasher- what a great idea that is!!
You have the patience of Job : ) My 3 year old loves the water, and usually spills it all over the bathroom, and I clean it up and ban him from any more water adventures, the dishwasher is a great solution I never would have thought of!
As annoying as the 'demandingness' can be, I am told by those more experienced than we, that we will dearly miss these times! How adorable that he is so intent on this activity...
Our one year old is a water bug too. He constantly tries to get into our bathrooms to play in the toilets, which is too easy since our bathroom doors don't latch properly. The dishwasher is a great idea (and would keep him from falling into the tub)!
This is hilarious! Wesley is the exact same way. Every time we pass a sink he will ask to "wash his hands". Which often means he'll need a change of clothes when he's done.
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