What's a good solution here?

[quesyrah]

DS keeps throwing toys out of the bathtub. It's getting on my nerves because he's 4 and too old for this and it makes a mess.

Last night DH took all the bath toys away. That's not fair to DD (15 months) though. Do I have to suck it up and bathe them separately (DH is only home at bathtime on weekends) or is there another solution here?

[diapersnwipes]

When either kid does it they get a warning and then get out. I know DS doesn't get it but I try to be consistent with this. Some days one kid gets a 2 min bath and that's ok.

[magentawarped]

Maybe just make sure DS is bathed first. As soon as the throwing starts, he's out. DD can keep playing.

[quesyrah]

Ugh. It's so much easier to get them in and out at the same time!

[mamaalysson]

Oct 23, 2014 17:06:31 GMT -5 diapersnwipes said:

When either kid does it they get a warning and then get out. I know DS doesn't get it but I try to be consistent with this. Some days one kid gets a 2 min bath and that's ok.

This is exactly what we do.

[diapersnwipes]

Oct 23, 2014 17:11:20 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

Ugh. It's so much easier to get them in and out at the same time!

Really? I try to take DD out first. That way I can lotion her and then while she gets dressed I get DS out. They brush their teeth together. If I take them out together I always have one wet naked child running around the house. If DS gets out first he tried to jump back in.

[lala]

Yea, we've just always kicked out the offender. But I am sure that's probably a pain for you since you're usually on your own.

[beantrees]

Oct 23, 2014 17:14:01 GMT -5 diapersnwipes said:

Oct 23, 2014 17:11:20 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

Ugh. It's so much easier to get them in and out at the same time!

Really? I try to take DD out first. That way I can lotion her and then while she gets dressed I get DS out. They brush their teeth together. If I take them out together I always have one wet naked child running around the house. If DS gets out first he tried to jump back in.

Yup this. I feel like it's so much harder to get them out at the same time. Also he is 4. Help him out, wrap him in a towel and tell him to go sit down or get dressed while you finish bathing DD.

[dc2london]

I'm always on my own at bathtime. If DS1 needs to get out first, I wrap him in a towel and send him to get dressed. If DS2 needs to get out first, DS1 is fine to stay in the bath on his own while I get DS2 dressed.

[Deleted]

I'm with beantrees. If he has to get out for poor behavior, he can wrap up in a towel and sit next to you until dd is done. Should get the point across pretty quickly.

[NandaB]

Team throw stuff you get out. Do you dress them in the bathroom? That's what we do (well really, my H because I'm lazy like that) one gets out and lotioned/dressed while the other stays in. If G is being a punk he gets out first.

[iheartthe80s]

I have a son who likes to pour water out of the tub. Nope. Whoever does that gets removed. Done and done.

[quesyrah]

They share a room so they get out at the same time and DS dresses himself while I dress DD. It's always been the easiest way to do it but I'll have to give it a try doing it separate.

[NandaB]

Oct 23, 2014 20:59:55 GMT -5 quesyrah said:

They share a room so they get out at the same time and DS dresses himself while I dress DD. It's always been the easiest way to do it but I'll have to give it a try doing it separate.

I bet having to get out and dressed in the bathroom while his sister gets to keep playing will be a good deterant. I would bring his jammies in si I could ominously glance at them when he starts to get rowdy.