Yeah, most of the neighborhood was around my age, and same goes for my relatives, so I've never been much of a babysitter. The last time I remember was for perhaps a preschooler, who started to miss his parents and stripped off his clothes then curled up in bed crying. I was like, 'oh, er, ah, there there naked kid. Let's get the pyjamas on then hit up some comfort food or whatever.'
Depending on their age and what I've been charged with, I'd at the very least park my ass right outside the door and play cards for a while if they can bathe themselves. When turkeys can drown just by looking up when it rains, and swimmers can pull a muscle so they're distracted from kicking to the surface, it should tell you that it's not the location that's the problem so much as any action that allows enough water to get in your lungs. The movie Garden State described how the main character's mother was paralyzed from the neck down, so when she slipped in the tub, she couldn't pull herself up. Hell, my grandmother was the only one at her nursing home who was allowed to bathe by herself because she
wasn't an invalid like the others. They'd just check on her for the same reasons you should with anyone heh.
I know this is all very "duh", but I guess that's why the news angered me. There are solutions in life that I find obvious because of moral reasons, then stuff like this that is just... really now? Any part of that made sense?
Lali, my other grandma straight up gave us bubble baths.
I've been thinking about that lately every time I come out of the shower, how I can't get the towel scrubbing just right. Grandma would get you dried off in a hot minute lol, otherwise my hair would drip on my nightgown for hours. At least I can make bubbles by soaping up my hands and blowing through an "okey doke" sign.
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