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I put DD in her cot whilst I shower and that works out pretty well. Her cot is in our bedroom and visible from the bathroom (en suite bathroom) so I can sort of keep an eye on her whilst I shower. She has a mobile hanging over her cot that she loves so whenever I want to shower, I pop her in there whether she's awake or not, and she's usually ok. I also make sure she's been fed and changed recently so if she does start fussing, I know there's not actually anything wrong with her. If she does start getting fussy, I just talk to her or sing to her and that usually holds her over until I'm done getting ready for the day. LO is 13 weeks old and this system has been working since DH went back to work when she was 2 weeks.

I shower at night while DS is asleep. DH listens out for him and takes care of him if he wakes up.

I would put him in his swing or bouncy chair and being him into the bathroom. Most of the time I shower at night once DH is home or I wait till DS is napping and speed through a shower

Welcome! I will put her in her bouncy chair if she is happy and put the chair in our garden tub. I can see the garden tub from the shower stall. Sometimes I'll just put her on the floor in the chair but the tub is safer since we have dogs.

I've also showered with the bassinet pulled up to the bathroom door and the monitor on in the bathroom.

LO's 12 weeks old and I usually wait until DH gets home. But putting her on a newborn bouncer placed inside the bathroom has worked for me.

We have this one, but in a different color. As a NB she wasn't too interested in this thing, but she loves it now. We don't know what we'd do without it!

http://www.amazon.com/Bright-Starts-Comfort-Harmony-Bouncer/dp/B002VBXY54/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348141507&sr=8-1&keywords=newborn+bouncer

Usually I would wait for my husband to be home, especially in the beginning, sometimes I bring her in the shower with me but its still hard becaus I struggle to hear her over the sound of the shower.

I try to wait until DH is home.otherwise, I will put her in her bouncy seat in the bathroom and poke my head out every so often.

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She screams for me from her Pack n Play!

I have to shower every day or else I just feel gross. Luckily DS and I got into a routine. I would put his swing in the bathroom doorway and take a quick shower while singing to him. He stayed entertained and I could freshen up. When he decided he didn't like his swing I would just put a few plush towels on the floor, lay a blanket over them and plop him down with some toys.

I usually shower when DH is home. Yesterday I experimented showering with LO in the bathroom with me. He was really well behaved and spent most of his time watching the water go down the drain.

I put him in the bouncer chair or playing on my bedroom floor and I quickly shower, or I shower right when I put him down (there really isn't much you can do if he cries for a few minutes, he'll be okay!!).

I often take him into the shower with me once I wash my hair/body/shave.

Ever since his stump fell off he's been showering with me. When he was immobile I would lay him on a towel and cover him with a washcloth. Then when he could we put him in the bumbo and then a shower seat. Now he plays around in the shower while we do what we need to. It allowed me to shower every day and it was a nice quiet time for us.

In fact, after his first shots, he was inconsolable and I put him in theshower and used the shower on his shot place and he calmed right down.

We have one of those extendable shower heads. So that helps.

I shower and do my hair and make up every day, no excuses and I have a self imposed deadline of noon to make it happen. My preference is to do it right after a feeding when she's either sleeping or awake but content. If she starts fussing though I just move a little faster. I'm okay with her crying while I'm showering because I know she's safe, fed, and dry.

I've always preferred showering at night anyway so I just wait for DH to get home. If I'm feeling especially gross during the day I put him in his bouncer in the bathroom and make sure he can see me. Or sometimes if I need to shower in the morning and he's awake and happy I'll just leave him in the bassinet (with DH usually still asleep a few feet away).

When he was really little I showered while he napped or brought him into the bathroom with me in his little bouncer seat thing.

Now I'll shower when he's playing in his crib, playing on the floor outside the shower or if I've run to pick him up from daycare in the jogger I'll take a shower with him in the tub taking his bath at the same time! He sits in a gardening bucket in the tub for his baths (saves water) so he just sits in that on one end of the tub and I shower on the other.

This summer when we were using an outdoor shower and before he could sit up on his own I put him in the bumbo in the shower next to me after washing him (big enough shower that he didn't continue to get wet and warm enough that it didn't matter that he was still wet.)

I used to shower when LO napped... I would be so nervous she would wake up that my showers never lasted more than 5 minutes.

I try and squeeze them in when she's napping or when DH is home.

I sit her in her chair with her toys in the bathroom and shower with the curtain opened a bit. I pop out every now and then to show her I'm still there and she loves it because it turns into a little game. The other day I peered out with my head all soapy and she loved it!