Bathtub time

I visited my sister's house tonight. I had to clean my volunteer uniform. We discussed going to the local amusement park on Monday and where she disappeared to that freaked Mom out. They went to visit friends and family and saw a parade at one. We had a barbeque on the deck and she invited a couple neighbor ladies over for ice cream. It was nice and cool. I walked the baby around. Though my sister said the baby specialist said nothing was wrong with the baby to prevent her from walking and sitting up, she did mention to the neighbor ladies that there might be water on her brain to slow down her development in walking. At age 2 to 3 that should level out. She also has soft muscles that don't help with coordnation and balance. I think the baby's biggest problem is parental impatience because the comparing of children is inevitable. Once the baby walked to fast and tripped over her feet. Luckily, I holding her hands so she didn't hit the deck with her face. She liked walking back and forth and stopped at the deck steps. She can step up with assistance, but has yet to master stepping down. She also started kissing my sister. She has yet to kiss me.

After the visit, my sister got the tub ready for the baby's bath. Then the phone rang and my Mom doesn't get off the phone easily. So I helped at stripping the baby so she can have a warm bath. Once I got her in the tub, she played a few minutes. Next she peed in the water. My sister said it was alright as she kept telling Mom she had to bathe the baby before the water turned cold. Well, I ended up giving the bath. The baby grabbed the soap bottle and held it up against her chest. She said "soap", but my sister didn't hear it. She also grabbed the shampoo bottle, so I washed the baby off. She made faces as I squeezed a wet rag over her hair. My sister said I was much gentler at bathing than she is. I believe that. My older nieces preferred me combing their hair when they were little because I more gentler doing it. At the end, Mom finally stopped yapping so my sister got the towel out and dressed the baby. My sister was happy when the baby came over to me with a book to read. When I left the baby said "bye, bye" with a incomprehensible word afterwards. Maybe next week she will say my name. Post later. Bye!