you...are so funny...and right. if you can't shower during the day...shower at night when the kids are sleeping. i do. it works out very nicely. my husband doesn't mind the nighttime showers either. that works out very nicely too...except on this little vacation that i'm on... xoxo
THANK YOU! I remember vividly when I put the munchkin in a bouncy, put her in the bathroom with me while I washed my road ass. Some things just can't be ignored, showers being one of them. That baby don't want a funky momma.
What I like about you is that you are honest, and you SEEK truth. BTW, I never lie or make excuses about not taking a shower now and then. Sometimes, you just need to be lazy!
I'm the only one, I think, that's going to disagree. I'm almost at the point now where I can consider leaving Isobel to watch a movie while I hop in the tub for a bath (the sound of the shower freaks her the eff out=screaming). But she's still freaky with the Jackass-wannabe moves.
Other than that, my times are only when she's out of the house with JDawg (which I use) and when she's knocked the eff out cold. I have the lightest sleeper in the world, so the times when she's knocked right out tend to be about two hours after she falls asleep until about one before she wakes up.
Plus my building has like, NO hot water in the mornings.
Haha! I used to just bring my kids in the shower or bath with me, even when they were tiny. I thought about making myself a mesh sling for the shower and pool, but WHO HAS TIME with little babies everywhere?
I usually just lurk on your site, but definitely had to comment today - this is one of my pet peeves! I have 3 little ones, the oldest is 6, the middle one is very special needs and the youngest is now 3. And I have NEVER had a day where I couldn't take a shower. So I never understood people who claim they can't! My youngest went through a phase where she cried like crazy when I got in the shower. I would bring her in the bathroom to play, and she would go nutso when the shower curtain closed. Yes, I felt horrible, I sang, I kept talking to her, but nothing worked. So I just took my shower in about 1.2 minutes and was done. And she survived and didn't have any permanent damage from this "trauma".
My mom had six kids that were 8 and under at one point and she never had to skip showers. I'm sure there were times when she had to drag a kid (or two) in with her, but you do what you gotta do.
I can't believe there are moms who actually say that!!
This post is great. And to be honest, I don't always shower every day and I don't even have kids. I'm either too lazy or there are spiders in the shower and my bf isn't around to get them out.
Don Mills DIva
· 1 year ago
Gawd Maria, there you go blowing my cover!
Next you're gonna say I should be cleaning and shit!
Shania
· 1 year ago
So true! I just laid my babies on the bath mat. It's not like they're going anywhere.
Mine did that too! Isabella would stand at the shower curtain, constantly pulling it back and sobbing when she was a baby, and then she'd get even more pissed when she'd get wet.
I went and bought a clear shower curtain just for her and it didn't work. Eventually I just said fuck it, and would sing loudly over her cries. I'm so mean. *lol* But it was around the time that I mastered the 2 minute shower [6 on days I wash my hair].
And I'm glad you came out of lurkerdom! Happy to see you here. :)
Ashley
· 1 year ago
I can get a shower now, but for the first few months, I had to get really creative. We co-slept for the first few months, so she refused to stop screaming unless I laid beside her, except for the few times she just got so exhausted she passed out. Once she got older (around 4-5 months), she chilled out alot. I remember having to scoot the bouncer and/or her swing into the bathroom. Even then, I only had 5 min top. In the first few months, I took to bathing with the baby once "daddy" got home. I didn't trust myself at first to get me and a slippery baby out of the tub, but I proved I could do it later. Now, she takes showers. With me. And, if I want a kidless shower, I generally wait til her bedtime (bc I can). But, I agree...MOST of the time, the excuse is used, but the truth is that sometimes we are too tired to take one and would rather sleep during their few naptimes - or have deadlines to meet for our work. And, sometimes we forget...kinda like I forget to eat and then get caught up with something else.
I think, for a lot of moms, they don't mean it to be a lie. They FEEL busy and overwhelmed...so, for them it is their truth, because it's how they feel. Ya know?
There are days when I've said that I was too busy with the kids to shower. Call me a lying ass mommy if you want but when they were napping I chose to eat or try to sleep (after an all nighter of puke/pee/sickness or whatever). So I guess I COULD have snuck in a shower but I prioritized. Eating and sleeping always trump a shower in my mind. I guess I'm just filthy like that. ;)
I agree. Even with a two-day old, I showered. I am a freak about showering though and the last time I went a day without a shower was in 1999 on my first (and last) camping trip. Even in my sleep-deprived new mom hormonal monster stage, I gave up 15 minutes of sleep in order to shower. Showering for me is a requisite for feeling human.
You are too funny. In the early days any moment I got to myself I tried to sleep sometimes it worked others it didn't. I have to honestly admit that if I was downstairs and my son was sleeping in the basinett I felt like I had to keep watch. I rarely left his side. I did put him in his bouncer for quick washups. But I had my days when showering just didn't happen.
Now I shower at night when he goes to bed. If he is awake and I try to shower it leads to serious waterworks even though he can see me. So I avoid that at all costs.
I have four kids. I have been a single mom for a very long time, abs am therefore also a full-time employess. At different times I have had two jobs. Never, never, EVER have I been unable to take a shower because the kids keep me too busy.
I try not to blame the kid anymore(although I certainly have!). I say I'm conserving water! Every other day is good enough for me(unless I need to go somewhere important).
I don't make meals from scratch, I barely blog anymore, and never can pull myself out of the house. It's simply laziness & depression.
So, yeah, I'm a lyin' ass mommy. So what's the problem?
You know you speak the truth! Hell,when the rug rats were really little I'd take a bath with them. We'd all get our pieces parts clean and have some fun. Lyin' ass mommies! ;)
I had twins that had formed a conspiracy in the womb to never sleep at the same time for the first year of their lives. I was on 24/7 (cause the husband travelled)...
Yet, I would strap them in their carseats and carry them into the bathroom so I could shower each day...
A little bondage is good for the soul.
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illegitimateAngel
· 1 year ago
I disagree with the OP in a way. Everyone creates their own reality and I think that there are many mothers (okay, mostly white mothers. don't smack me Maria.) who's reality includes the notion that they can somehow insulate their children from anything and everything in this world.
I am not one of those mothers. I wash mah ass and leave that kid in the crib for a quick twenty :D
LOL this is funny! I DID go longer than I though I ever would when I brought my triplets home from the hospital because in the beginning before I got them all on the same schedule (hallelujah for that!) I was delirious. By the time I was done feeding them, it was time to do it all again so I had tiny snippets of time to try and sneak either a shower or sleep. I ALWAYS chose sleep over shower in those days. NASTY! But yes, it WAS a choice.
Preach! Sometimes I'm just lazy as all hell and going to the bathroom for anything other than relieving myself is just too much to ask. But I'll be damned if I blame it on Coco.
Christine
· 1 year ago
When Xander was a wee one I used to strap him into the carseat on the floor of the bathroom. When he got older Baby Einstein became my BFF. I know a mom with four (5 years to 1 year) and she says often that she didn't have time for a shower. Bullshit! Let the 5 year old watch the 1 year old and go for it. Yet, she has time to craft late into the night ... hmmmm .....
MomoFali
· 1 year ago
I not only shower daily, but a lot of time TWICE daily. No stank round here!
Not only do I shower daily, I usually have company. Something about an adult turning on the spigot in the bathroom, and two naked children materialize like Ron Jeremy in a porn flick.
I don't know if this is true or not because I'm not yet a mommy but damn, when I got to "run some water between my ass cheeks" I decided I really need to incorporate that phrase into my daily life.
Before I even knew what a blog was much less had one, I was one of those moms who had a hard time fitting in a shower. Yes,she was napping but if I left her alone who would be there to make sure she was breathing, not crying or looking anxious?
Yes, I was slightly insane during those first months. That much is clear.
I still use the old 'Stay at home mom TrickFuck'. If you see me at the market in a bombass getup full hair AND makeup-I didn't shower. And my showers, shaving, shampoo/conditioner and exfoliation top at 6 minutes. No joke, it's business not pleasure. If I skip a day it's because I don't effing feel like doing it.
I'm pretty open about the fact that I hate showers. I mean, I like being clean and everything. But my hair is a pain in the ass to dry. If I don't shower, it's usually because I didn't feel like it. I usually shower with Allie sitting in the bathroom and usually she tries to spy on me the whole time. However, she recently took it upon herself to break our toilet while I was showering. So I now wait until she sleeps.
I actually know people (stay at home mommies) who got nannies so they could shower!!! What a scam.
Lunanik
· 1 year ago
I shower every two days and am down to shaving and washing my hair once a week. Why? Because it's my way of conserving water. Seriously, it is. What...you don't believe me???
When baby girl was only a couple months old, I would have to leave her bawling in her crib to sneak a shower sometimes; or leave her bawling on a towel in the washroom so I could watch her.
Funny as hell! Yeah, you're right about that one. I would put the bouncy chair, playpen, whatever it took, in the bathroom to get my shower on - smiles!
I'm willing to cut the chick with triplets some slack, since I don't know how you have a cohesive thought with three kids all the same age (especially when they're newborns). But I couldn't agree more -- the rest of 'em are lying.
It's about priorities. I have not missed a single shower in 25 months and two days, and it really irks me when people say, "Oh, now that you're having another one, you'll never get a shower!" Just try to stop me.
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Other than that, my times are only when she's out of the house with JDawg (which I use) and when she's knocked the eff out cold. I have the lightest sleeper in the world, so the times when she's knocked right out tend to be about two hours after she falls asleep until about one before she wakes up.
Plus my building has like, NO hot water in the mornings.
See? I have every excuse in the book, dood.
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I went and bought a clear shower curtain just for her and it didn't work. Eventually I just said fuck it, and would sing loudly over her cries. I'm so mean. *lol* But it was around the time that I mastered the 2 minute shower [6 on days I wash my hair].
And I'm glad you came out of lurkerdom! Happy to see you here. :)
I think, for a lot of moms, they don't mean it to be a lie. They FEEL busy and overwhelmed...so, for them it is their truth, because it's how they feel. Ya know?
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I DID go longer than I though I ever would when I brought my triplets home from the hospital because in the beginning before I got them all on the same schedule (hallelujah for that!) I was delirious. By the time I was done feeding them, it was time to do it all again so I had tiny snippets of time to try and sneak either a shower or sleep. I ALWAYS chose sleep over shower in those days. NASTY! But yes, it WAS a choice.
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