I am a stay at home mom with a 2 moth old and I have a small dilemma. How can I get showered when I'm home alone with the baby? I would love to look nice for my husband when he gets home for work, but 9 times out of 10 I have to wait for him to get home before I can shower. Please help.
2007-02-15 04:40:07 · 38 answers · asked by Ruby Tuesday 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Congratulations on the baby. Now, welcome to the world of putting yourself second for a while. I have a couple tips for you. For the first six months, my husband was on duty with the National Guard and I had to balance everything alone, so I know where you're coming from. Best tips: Shower while the baby naps. Get a bouncy seat, put it in the bathroom with baby buckled in while you shower or shower with the baby. Watch out though! They are slippery little suckers! The bouncy seat works best though and the steamy air is actually good for the baby. Good luck!
2007-02-15 04:46:14 · answer #1 · answered by Barbara B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are worrying over much. The baby will be fine while you take a quick shower. Especially if the baby is napping. Just take the monitor in the bathroom with you and all will be well. Or if you and the baby are the only ones home, leave the bathroom door open and shower. The baby will be ok long enough for you to shower.
2007-02-15 04:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by Melanie A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a bouncy seat for the baby? Or what about the car seat? When it's naptime, or when the baby has been fed and is content, put it in the seat on the floor outside the shower. Then you can still keep an eye out, the baby is safe and occupied and then you can get cleaned up. Just keep talking to your baby while your in the shower and getting ready so it knows you are there even though it can't see you.
2007-02-15 05:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by missionhtg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi Leeann. I also have had this problem when my first was a baby i put her in a bouncy seat and brought her in with me. Now I have 3 girls, but only 2 of them (2, and 10 month) are home during the day the 10 month old is not a content child at all. I do understand what you are going through. I put both of them down for a nap, and this isn't always going to work, there still will be times when you just have to wait the joy of being a mother, our care comes last. And please do not listen to the negative comments left. good luck. :)
2007-02-15 06:18:31 · answer #4 · answered by destjaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm about to have a baby and I was also wondering about that too. What i'm planning to do is take a bath instead of a shower and I decided that I will take the bouncer seat in the restroom and put the seat where she will be able to see me and have the shower curtain open so I can watch her while i'm taking a bath. That's what I decided I was going to do. Or what you can also do is when you put the baby to sleep take the baby monitor with you and then you'll be able to take a shower. Hope this helps!
2007-02-15 04:45:45 · answer #5 · answered by Michelle G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to bring my baby into the bathroom w/ me. When we had a shower/tub combo, I'd sometimes put the baby in a baby tub wrapped in a towl at the far end of the tub. I'd make sure to keep the water on low and not wet the baby. Other time, and since we moved to a house w/ a split shower and tub, I would put baby in the baby bath on the floor right outside the shower. We have clear doors, so I could always see. If we'd had curtains, I'd have pulled the curtains aside slightly.
2007-02-15 04:45:36 · answer #6 · answered by Kari 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was afraid to shower with my first too, but with the second I shower. You have to, a baby shouldn't inconvenience you in that way you will just get frustrated and feel dirty all the time.
When the baby sleeps have everything ready ahead of time and just jump in the shower. Bring the monitor in with you and as lone as the baby is not screaming its head off you don't have to get out of the shower.
2007-02-15 08:19:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ummm.. should be OK to shower while the baby is fast asleep. But yes, I fully understood ur dilema.. u worry about the what if factor. I would say take ur chance as long as u know for sure the baby is asleep and in a safe place. Worst can happen is that they will cry ..so to combat that, just leave the door to bathroom open so u can perhaps kinda hear the baby screaming when he/she awake.
Good luck!
2007-02-15 04:59:13 · answer #8 · answered by Ichigo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm a single mom and had to figure this one out on my own. I would bring her little carseat...the type that the handle comes up and you can carry around into the bathroom and put it next to the shower...then just shower. I would randomly stick my head around the curtain to make sure she was ok..and she always was. Later i ended up getting a clear shower curtain so i could see while in the shower but it wasn't really neccessary. Once she reached about....5 months i got a little baby bathseat that i would put in the bathtub and let her shower with me. SHE LOVED IT!! Hope this helps
2007-02-15 04:53:01 · answer #9 · answered by kora_tori 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always put the baby in a seat right next to the tub, you know those seats that look like a car seat but they are for in the house? Then get real good at showering fast, that's a lifelong skill all mothers will need. My kids range from 21 to 4 and I still have to turbo-wash! By the way, babies don't shrivel up and die if they have to cry for a bit....chances are she'll just fall asleep anyway!
2007-02-15 04:44:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋