Today's topic: personal hygiene.
Our subject: 10yo male, firstborn, Type A personality
The circumstances: He failed to use soap/shampoo in the shower he was persuaded (under duress) to take. So he had to take another shower, his father threatening to come in to the shower WITH HIM and scrub his head for him. This did not actually transpire, but the idea of his father coming IN TO THE SHOWER and viewing him in his altogether put the fear of God into the boy so he actually used soap.
His enraged quote (at the top of his lungs, whilst in the shower the second time): "Hygiene stinks! It's pointless! It's disgusting!"
The family's collective mocking did not improve his mood any, but at least the boy is next to godliness now.
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6 comments:
soon...he will take those showers on purpose and wash his hair, etc, so that he can impress all those girls. =) aren't you excited!? of course, I think if you told him that he'd think you were nuts and say something to the equivalent he doesn't like girls? only a guess...girls have cooties you know. Although, imo, boys do. =D But J argues that I do. So...whatever. =)
ROFLOL Oh dear, I remember my brother at this age. When told to take a shower in the middle of the week, he would raise his voice and say he'd had one on Saturday. He thought once-a-week bathing was perfectly fine and anything else was totally pointless!
Rebecca, Kevin and I argue about that too. =P
That is so funny, my brother was the same. Once he had a wart on his hand so my Mom bought some wart stuff. The instructions read: let your hand soak for 10 minutes before treating. And then the wart fell off!! He didn't even get to the treatment part. Even though we are adults now, we still laugh about that.
I am so thankful that I am not the only one with this problem of getting my almost 10 year to wash himself too. To him, the thought of Mommy coming in to wash him is probably worse than if Daddy was to do it for him. We have had this problem with C for a while so we initiated the sniff check after he gets out to make sure he cleaned himself with soap. The joys of having young men!!!!
Reminds me of a friend whose 5-year-oldish son was showering himself for the first time. He met with great frustration, because his mommy had told him to tip his head one way to avoid getting soap in his eyes. His dad had told him to tip his head the other way to avoid said soap. He finally got through the shower, quite proud of himself. I asked him if he got clean, and he said, "Yep! I washed my armpit and my legpits!" I didn't dare ask him what legpits were!
Hi there - I found you through Tammy's Times!
Thanks for the great tip/threat! I may have to use it some day .... soon! Our ten year old daughter went a whole week at camp with just one shower - and did not go swimming either! Ick! The joys of summer camp - living among the great unwashed and fitting in just fine thankyouverymuch! I thought GIRLS were supposed to care about these things! It didn't seem to hurt her 'boy appeal' one bit, we are getting calls and letters already. Sorry guys but you are about 9 years too early! Hold that thought! I think they noticed her love of all things amphibian and her frequent fearless meandering into the creek. That and the big blue eyes and blond hair, maybe?
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