After so many times of trying to get my son to shower by himself, he’s finally done it. I can’t remember it being this hard or taking so long with my daughter.  My son had an accidental pool drowning around at the age of 3.  And for a while he hated getting his head wet.  He would start crying because I think it brought back the traumatic incident to his mine.  He was ok with baths but as soon as his head gets wet, that was it.

So he had to take baths the filipino way where we pour the water over his head momentarily.  After so many months, maybe years, we got him into the shower using only the small shower head on him.  He still didn’t like the shower with the water beating down on him.  But tonight was the first time he was able to do it without mommy telling him what to do at the door of the shower.  I was proud.  And he went in without complaints or whining.  Soon, he’ll be able to transfer to their own tub in their bathroom