August 14, 2004

Slippery When Wet

Before heading out for the day this morning, we decided to give Dorothy a shower with me. She's done it with Elizabeth a couple of times (with me on the outside helping to soap Dorothy), and while Elizabeth had claimed that Dorothy was slippery when she had soap on her, taking her into the shower was easier and quicker than getting out the bath stuff. So I decided it was my turn.

Chest hair helps to "grab" other skin, so when I was first holding Dorothy, I had no trouble at all hanging on to her, even with water on us. We shampooed her hair, and still no problem. But then Elizabeth soaped her on both sides, and put some soap on my chest so that I'd be clean when holding her, and to help soap up Dorothy some more. SOAP made a huge difference to her coefficient of friction. Which is to say, as soon as I rubbed her against my chest and then tried to change holds, I practically dropped her. :-O The funny thing is, she slipped down to my leg (I had one raised), and got soap from my chest on one entire half of her face. She looked really funny.

I got her into a secure hold, then we rinsed her off and finished her cleaning, then I finished my shower while Elizabeth dried her. We'll probably shower her again at times in the future, but now I know how careful I need to be!

Posted by Tom Nugent at August 14, 2004 08:55 PM
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