That is how much space I get in the tub when my almost 3yo daughter decides she wants to take a shower with me. I am relegated to the bit of tub space between the water flow and the wall to which the shower head is attached. Hence, I'm not even directly under the water. Facing the wall, if I tip my head back, I can get my hair wet. If I arch my back (either way, depending which direction I'm facing) I can get either my back or front wet. But I cannot get my whole body wet at once because her little 36" frame is standing under the nice, warm spray of water. And never mind shaving. I mean, I attempt it, but I know I miss spots.
The rest of the tub space is taken up with Mega Bloks tub toys and ALEX Toys bath stickers; bowls of various sizes and multiple rubber water squirters. Any of these on their own take up very little space, but when you combine them all, along with the 3yo, a shower in an economy cabin on a cruise ship seems larger.
And for those mornings when she doesn't want to shower with me (or when I can convince her that there just isn't time, and I can ignore the tears), she will stand next to the tub and commentate. "You have to wash your pits," or, "That is your shampoo," or "You done?" If she isn't in the bathroom, she is in the living room eating string cheese and watching a movie. Then she comes in, multiple times, to tell me that she needs more cheese and wants to watch the movie again. Then there are the tears because she has to wait. And then I get, "You done?" "You done now?" "Momma, you done now?"
I'm done now.
