# Just hose him down in the yard!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-hose-him-down-in-the-yard/627282>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 5, 2012, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-hose-him-down-in-the-yard/627282 "2012-07-05T07:20:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-hose-him-down-in-the-yard/627282/1 "2012-07-05T07:20:29Z")

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In the further adventures of parenting a toddler my son is for some bizarre reason terrified of the shower. First I thought ah he is scared of the water(plus it is unheated) so I make him warm water and try to use a cup to bathe him. No dice even more terrified!:rolleyes::rolleyes:

If I am in the shower taking a shower he will come in whether I want him to or not, but the second I turn my attention to him he starts screaming and trying desperately to run, and let me tell you even with two adults a soapy toddler is harder to hold on to than you’d think!

We finally landed on hosing him down with a hose in the middle of the day when the sun is shining, which he seems to enjoy even.  
God kids are weird!

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-hose-him-down-in-the-yard/627282/2 "2012-07-05T12:15:57Z")

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> [@grude](#):
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> In the further adventures of parenting a toddler my son is for some bizarre reason terrified of the shower.

We told you the Fisher Price Psycho Playset was a bad idea…

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-hose-him-down-in-the-yard/627282/3 "2012-07-05T12:33:42Z")

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> [@42fish](#):
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> We told you the Fisher Price Psycho Playset was a bad idea…

But it came with REAL Hershey’s Syrup!

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-hose-him-down-in-the-yard/627282/4 "2012-07-05T13:09:21Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> But it came with REAL Hershey’s Syrup!

Mother would not approve.

**Grude** , see if you can get the kid to yell protest chants while you turn the hose on him.