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I have picked up on something sort of garden related that is helping me to teach my son to be independent.

Prepare for kinda weird and gross but this is helping me do something I have tried to do for years.

When my son is in the shower he won't do a good job of washing himself. He'd rather get to the job of getting water anywhere but the tub and shower - the fun stuff. Well it has been hard to teach him to properly wash himself. He especially will not wash between his legs.

To some degree I understand it from a sensory point of view. That spot is sensitive. But for years I've been telling him it has to be washed.

Well I've found a breaking point for him - hot, humid sticky - well you know. I take him outside and work some to get things cooking. When I take him in to shower he's more than ready to wash, especially down there! In fact you can tell he likes it. Let's see if it "sticks" into the rest of the year but I think it's catching on as the "thing to do". Hopefully it will replace the fascination of water on the floor.