One of my favorite time of the day is to share a shower with my son. As a stay at home mother, my day routine is pretty much simple voir boring. I wake up, give food to my son, watch Regis and Kelly, while browsing Facebook (that is if my son takes a nap), watch the View, and do some chores the rest of the day while breastfeeding. Nothing is new or different. And this can be a very depressing routine. Yet, there is one time of the day ( apart from laughing my butt off at "Friends") that gets me excited and can soothe me down at the same time: sharing a shower with my son.
I take showers. I love bath particularly on cold days but I do not have the time to soak in them. So I take very hot showers. I prepare for it by putting my son on his bouncer inside the bathroom and turn on the hot water faucet. Then I carefully lay out on his crib in the next room his diaper and clothes plus the clothes I intend on wearing after showering. I go back inside the bathroom and take off my clothes. I jump into the shower and clean myself first. When I am done, I go out and undress my son who has been patiently waiting for me on his bouncer. He understands that it is time for his shower when he sees me undress him. Sometimes he cannot even contain his excitement and squeals like a groupie at a Jonas Brothers concert. I hold him and get inside the shower. He enjoys the hot water as much as I do. I hold on carefully to him and wash him with liquid soap. His body becomes very smooth and slippery therefore I have to hold him extra carefully. After washing him, I just put his head on my shoulder and rock him under the bath. He enjoys this moment by sucking on his fingers. At that moment, I am the calmest I can ever be. I look at my beautiful son and cannot help but be grateful to GOD for him. I enjoy his warm and plump body next to mine. I am so in love and I cannot explain how or why. My son is not even my type: he is short, chubby, bald and does not even have teeth yet. But under the shower, he is the most precious and beautiful thing I have ever seen(ok, pretty much everytime he is the most precious and beautiful thing for me). I just wished I could stay under the hot water, entangled with him forever. But the clock is ticking, I got to go and start dinner for the two other loves of my life.
