Tonight as I was bathing Cakes, my mind ran across something that it actually bumps into often at bath time. I have no idea if I'm just totally odd or if this is something a lot of parents think about. With Cakes having autism, he's not especially verbal. He has a handful of words he knows and uses, but the vast majority of what comes out of his mouth is screams (the majority being happy/excited) or gibberish. Because of this, a lot of what should be easy tasks to the "typical" kid are not so for Cakes.
For example, he is four years old and is not potty trained. I think he grasps the dynamics of what it's all about, but I don't think he understand how to make his own body perform the function. This is not for lack of trying, however. Both his teachers and aides at school as well as his in-home therapist take him to the bathroom several times a day and have charts breaking down each step of the process. In his four years, though, he's only actually peed in the potty twice. Two nights ago... he peed in the bathtub right after I took him off the potty.
This lead me to wonder: how many times has Cakes (or any of my kids for that matter) peed in the tub without my knowledge and I totally bathed them in it? Have I done it? I mean, I know urine is sterile, but that is still unnerving to think about. Gross.
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