When you’re a parent, one of the things you quickly learn is how to be creative. For instance, when Gavin decided he much preferred to stay in the bath long after he was done bathing rather than to get dressed, I decided to make his changing station more interesting by sticking up pictures from his VCDs onto the walls:
It worked a treat because he stopped fussing the moment he saw the pictures. In fact, it worked so well that he seems to want to bypass the bathing part and get right to the changing part. Last night, he went into the shower, dumped a few scoops of water over the lower half of his body (because it’s too heavy for him to lift any higher), came back out and pointed to his changing station. He garbled a few words in toddler language that must have meant, “Okay, I’m done, let’s get dressed.”
He was so cooperative to get out of the shower that it seemed almost cruel to drag him back in for a proper bath. This is what happens when your creativity works too well. Sigh…
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And I get to buy toys indiscriminately on the pretext of getting them for Jack! lol!
Try putting the pics in any clear recycled plastic (from toy purchases or washed bread bag) and tape it to the bathroom wall.
He’ll stay in the bath for a while. 
Tell him when he gets bored that more are on the change table!
Thanks for the suggestion dear! Will definitely try it next time
We managed to get by tonight with a couple of breastpads :-p I think Gavin was just fascinated by the fact that they soaked up the water from his bathtub which would come back out again when he squeezed it.
Gotta treasure these moments when they are so easily amused…