I already have trouble finding time to shower or even just get dressed and ready for the day with A running around. how will I ever find time to do anything when lo2 is born in 3 weeks?! ahh!!
I already have trouble finding time to shower or even just get dressed and ready for the day with A running around. how will I ever find time to do anything when lo2 is born in 3 weeks?! ahh!!
pomegranate / 3411 posts
i figure i will shower when DH is home, although i remember even that being a challenge in the early days with LO.
honeydew / 7230 posts
I think it's easier when they are really tiny and can be put in a bouncer or RNP in the bathroom. So when A naps, you can just put little bro in some containment device in the bathroom (or in his room or wherever) and shower then. In a year when you have two toddlers, though, you will never shower again except for the rare moments they both nap at the same time. But you can take solace in the fact that at least you're not alone. I never shower before noon (when they nap) so I have just come to terms with the fact that I will be unshowered for morning shopping trips, activities, etc.
squash / 13764 posts
I already only shower at night, after LO1 goes to bed. I figure I will continue doing that. As for getting dressed, I usually only take about 10 minutes to get ready, and LO1 can entertain himself for that time, and hopefully it will line up with LO2 being content or asleep for that short time!
watermelon / 14467 posts
I used to put H in her Moses Basket while I showered. Now that she's a toddler, I only shower when she's asleep in the morning or evening, unless my husband is home.
persimmon / 1135 posts
@twodoghouse: lol it's going to be insane! but that's a good idea putting him in a bouncer in the bathroom
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
#2 is still baking, but I usually prefer to shower at night after my toddler has gone to bed. I don't feel rushed, I can relax and take my time and enjoy it and get into bed all warm and clean. I don't imagine that changing once #2 gets here...if she's awake I'll just pass her off to D when he gets home and shower then.
nectarine / 2180 posts
@littleredhairedgrl: I sometimes let both LOs play in LO2's crib while I shower, and I take the monitor with me into the bathroom. I also don't shower every day but I'm okay with that
pomegranate / 3212 posts
I will say that I never knew how easy newborns were until my second! Toddlers are a whole new ballgame!
I did things with DS2 that hadn't even occured to me with DS1 - because they didn't have to! I would definitley second bringing the little one into the bathroom in the RNP or some such thing while your older LO naps. or even vice versa!
pomegranate / 3411 posts
i forgot about the bouncer idea. i did that a few times with LO when i really wanted/needed a shower during the day.
Also when napping is always a good option if your LO can sleep/nap good on their own.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
I let #1 watch a show on TV and put #2 in a bouncy seat in the bathroom. I find the earlier I do this, the more chance there is of it happening. If I haven't done it by 10am I have probably missed my chance.
honeydew / 7303 posts
On the weekend I shower when lo2 is napping and lo1 can play in her room or shower with me
honeydew / 7909 posts
I shower before bed now that I have 2... it's not my ideal but I do what works.
pineapple / 12793 posts
I shower during first nap. My oldest gets some crayons and paper or an iPad and i shower with the monitor on and the door open.
Most times my toddler ...preschooler comes into the bathroom and wants a shower too.
I don't get much privacy.
pomegranate / 3565 posts
I would put the baby in the rnp and let the toddler run around the bathroom. I just made sure it was reasonably baby proofed and I could see them through the shower door. I would talk to him the whole time. The baby often fell asleep from the sound of the water and heater. But this worked because my toddler was pretty good around the baby.
cantaloupe / 6059 posts
@oliviaoblivia: yes, to no privacy. I just go along with it because it lets me get showered.
I've showered with C every day since we had M. M would sit in her bouncer or sleep in her swing while we'd shower, but now that she's on one nap we all shower together. It is what it is. I'm just glad to have a fairly big shower so it works out.
apricot / 370 posts
I currently have one LO and am due in two weeks with #2. Right now I just bring LO 1 in the shower with me, so when #2 is here I plan on putting him in the bouncer on the bathroom floor and showering with #1 like I already do. I don't like to spend my breaks (nap!) on a shower.
kiwi / 706 posts
This sounds crazy but I make sure to have a "baby container" available in my bed/bathroom, kitchen/living, and basement (playroom) so I can easily park her for a fast shower or to get something for the toddler in the other areas!
These include rock n play, bjorn bouncer, and Moses basket
papaya / 10343 posts
I've always found it easiest to just shower first thing in the AM before DH goes to work. Otherwise, mostly, I don't. lol
nectarine / 2987 posts
What is this 'shower' of which you speak?
ETA: In truth it isn't that hard. I either let the toddler have a show or play in the bathroom and I shower when the baby is napping, or I bring baby in with me to chill in a bouncy chair or whatever while toddler plays elsewhere, or I shower after they go to bed. Totally manageable.
kiwi / 643 posts
I have a 2 year old and DS#2 is due in 2 weeks.
Right now I shower at night WITH DS, I just find it easier that way- but will probably have to stop doing that once baby #2 is here. DH works 60 hours a week including weekends, so I will probably just shower at night after DS goes to bed, even though I hate waiting until 9:00 at night. Or I will just continue showering with DS and put the baby in the bouncer- we'll see
Even though I shower everyday, I only wash my hair 2x a week so that makes things easier!
pomelo / 5660 posts
I shower before LO wakes up. I turn on cartoons for DS but he usually walks in and joins me. No such thing as privacy.
grapefruit / 4291 posts
Am I the only person with two little people that doesn't have any problems taking a shower? My big girl usually just loiters in the bathroom and my six month old just hangs out on his play gym or rolls across the floor till he gets stuck on something!
persimmon / 1386 posts
@Kemma: That's how I manage it too. Not a SAHM, but I have to shower every day before I leave for work. Both girls usually just hang out in the bathroom with me (2 years and 6 months).
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I shower during the day when my toddlers are napping/playing and I usually leave my baby in the RNP or crib. Or I wait until everyone is asleep at night!
nectarine / 2834 posts
I shower at night or if I want to look extra nice, I'll set an alarm for about 6:45, 15 min before DD1 is to wake up. Usually DD2 sleeps until about 8am, so I can get showered and DD1 can hang with me and DH while we both get dressed for the day. it's not as hard as I thought so far, but that's because of DD2's schedule! I'm sure it can all change once that changes.
blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts
Right now I shower before DH leaves for work (6:30-ish), just before K wakes up. If I didn't have that choice, I'd probably bring the baby into the bathroom in his RnP, and let the toddler watch a show on my bed (with the bathroom door open).
pomegranate / 3127 posts
Mine have the same bedtime since like 6 weeks! Putting them to bed makes me very sleepy though, so usually I crash right after they do. Sometimes I do manage to wake myself up and shower.:)
grapefruit / 4418 posts
When your oldest naps? Drag a bouncer in with baby if awake. I give my toddler the iPad while she sits on the floor of the bathroom while I shower sometimes and am already strategizing for when baby comes - I'll probably stick with that set up and bring baby in the RNP, too.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
I showered at night, or in the morning before DD1 was up. I'd put the baby in the bouncer.
persimmon / 1135 posts
@Mae: haha yeah there are weeks where I get only one or two in.. which is why I'm worried about what'll happen with lo2 arrives.
@catomd00: iPad would def help with A. there's no way I could get her to sit on my bed and watch a show like others have said. she is such a little maniac she'd be bouncing off the walls the second I walked away
@coopsmama: how does it work showering with C? A gets only baths and I feel like she wouldn't do well in the shower
cantaloupe / 6059 posts
@littleredhairedgrl: Well, he didn't love the shower at first at all. But I made him take quick ones with me and brought in a few toys - and only had them last 5 mins at first. So he got used to them slowly. (This was still when I was pregnant. The first time we tried he screamed at the top of his lungs and I tried to precariously hold onto him with my 38 week bump long enough to wash off and get out of there! Gah!) He started out sitting on the floor and I would point the spray away from him. It wasn't convenient by any means but it worked and at least I could quickly scrub and get my hair washed.
These days both kids sit on the floor and play with a few toys (small plastic cups, toothbrushes actually which they LOVE to scrub the shower with, and sometimes specific bath toys) and my showers can last as long as I want. They do well now. It's all a matter of training, easing them into it, reassurance, and they learn to deal with it.
I do look forward to the weekend though when I get to shower all by myself while DH watches the kids!!
pomegranate / 3192 posts
I shower super early before DH leaves for work. Otherwise I wouldn't have a chance to during the day.
bananas / 9973 posts
@knittylady: lol - yes! this!
@littleredhairedgrl: Honestly, I found carving time out to shower with LO1 was always a struggle. Then, a few months before LO2 was born, LO1 decided she wanted me to shower with her. I guess it was some kind of sense of a change coming up or whatever. So I started showering with her every night. Sure, it got hard towards the end of the pregnancy, and I still never get alone time to bathe, but it kills two birds with one stone and I get a shower every single day now! Now with the new baby, I still shower with LO1 and she gets my undivided attention for at least 15-20 min.
persimmon / 1328 posts
My LO plays in his baby proofed bedroom with the gate closed while I shower, so I imagine when the baby arrives I will just have it in a bouncer in the bathroom - that's what I did with DS when he was small. I have tried showering with him but he is scared of it!
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