Leave me alone!
Dad reports:
We have taken a new approach with Tommy. In the evening once we get Tommy into the tub we leave him to his own accord. He may get in at 7:30 or 8 and stay soaking in the tub until 11. Is he scrubbing or doing teenage stuff? I don’t know. But he isn’t yelling and he puts himself to bed afterwards. Last night his bath began at 8pm and ended at 10:30. At 10:35 he was sawing logs.
The idea that he might be sleeping in the tub scares us.
The first night we did this Tommy banged on the tub and dropped things as if to say “interact with me” but he is always saying “leave me alone” and we have. Apparently he really just wants to be left alone.