Adhesive Duck Deficiency

Or rather, the adhesive duck debacle.
For those of you who are fans of the show, The Big Bang Theory, you'll recall the episode where Penny slips in the tub, dislocating her shoulder and Sheldon has to drive her to the hospital. While filling out the paperwork, the question is raised, "How did the accident occur?" Sheldon writes, "lack of adhesive ducks."  Basically, Sheldon has adhesive ducks on the bottom of his tub to prevent slipping.

We've had issues with Micah slipping in the tub. His cute little bottom is just too slippery for our tub and quite often he would slip under the water, instead of staying seated. So, we invested in our "adhesive duck." A little blue bathmat from Ikea. It works great for Micah--no more slipping. His bum stays firmly in place during baths.

But unfortunately, it does not stick well to the bottom of the tub. Needless to say, as I step into the tub, the mat slips and I've gotten a lovely bruise to show for it. (I must insert here that I am happy that its only a bruise and not something more....like a broken neck).   Sadly this has happened more than once, and to Dan as well.

So how did the injury occur? The Adhesive Duck!

The little suction cups on the bottom seem to be defective and refuse to stick to the bottom of our tub. We've subsequently returned the bathmat and luckily for us, Micah is "big" enough to stop slipping in the tub. Talk about killing two birds with one stone.