Again I am chilling out in an armchair as James takes a shower and rinses his hair. Start to finish this takes about 2 hours. Thank goodness for well water and a "mute" button on the shower head! Though time-consuming, this is a vast improvement from before.
Before started as a fight and meltdowns, and not a lot of washing. Improvement was a 10-minute to hour-long march by centimeters down the hallway to the shower, 20 minutes to make sure clothes were off and he made it into the shower, and a lot of shouty meltdowns on both our parts for another 40 minutes to make sure the water actually made its way to James and that some cleaning took place (followed by 30 minutes later on to get him to the sink for the hair washing portion in the kitchen). This has now morphed into a largely James-driven bathing experience. What made the difference? a bench.
He does not use it, but somehow having it there for the bottles (which used to be in a holder on the wall) and knowing he can sit on it has made all the difference. Whatever works, brother - whatever works! I am very proud of him and his progress.
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