Brain Storm/Brain Fart

I was trying to be productive tonight while nursing my vacation-spoiled baby to sleep so I was brainstorming ideas for Oliver’s future baths. I was trying to think of the ideal bath solution that would include his love for playing in the water. Nathan won’t always want to/be able to bathe him in the tub and I mentioned to our service coordinator that we will be looking soon for alternatives. So I was just picturing what the ideal setup would be. I quickly went from thinking of just bath type setups to larger bodies of water. If we could combine bath time with year round aquatic therapy then we would be taking care of two major pieces of our IFSP (IEP). So the body of water would have to be deep enough for him to kick and his pool float thing is perfect for that. We would need to be able to get in with him or stand off to the side to support him. It would have to be somewhat tall but not too big if we want it to fit in the house. If we tried to actually use soap to bathe him then we’d have to get something friendly like a Bronner’s natural soap or something and then probably still have the water circulate somehow. So I’m picturing the container of water and going through all of these possible sizes and shapes and where it would fit in the house and how would we do it year round etc etc etc. Then it became all too obvious that I’ve really been missing out on the important sleep – due to the above mentioned spoiled baby – and that this sort of thing ALREADY exists! A hot tub. Haha I bet I can’t get Early Intervention to pay for that- no matter how I word it!