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to bring my baby in the shower with me?

181 replies

Flingmoo · 09/02/2015 22:02

He's 8 months old and I am fed up with being stinky and greasy where I seem to have no time for baths and showers these days, he sits, crawls and climbs things so can't just stick him in a bouncy chair for the duration. He's a light sleeper so can't make noise showering or bathing while he's asleep.

DH and I usually bring him into our bath but won't be practical if I'm home alone. Wondered if shower would be possible though as it's an enclosed en suite shower so maybe he'll just sit down while I shower? I could sit down with him... Anyone else done it? Or am I being completely crazy?

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Missdee2014 · 09/02/2015 22:03

Why can't you leave him playing with some toys in a safe place? Never experienced not being able to shower due to having a baby.

loudarts · 09/02/2015 22:04

Can't you put him in his cot with a few toys?

LuckyLopez · 09/02/2015 22:05

Just put him in his cot with toys.

Hoppinggreen · 09/02/2015 22:05

Cot with toys while you have a very quick shower?

coolaschmoola · 09/02/2015 22:05

The jumperoo was my friend for things like this.

MrsCosmopilite · 09/02/2015 22:05

I invested in a playpen and put the tv on for 10 minutes! :/

kilmuir · 09/02/2015 22:05

put him in his cot!

CatsClaus · 09/02/2015 22:06

stick him in his cot and get on with it...you are not entertainments manager 24 hours a day, despite how it may feel.

AND have you any idea how slippery wet naked eight month old babies are??

Artandco · 09/02/2015 22:06

It's fine. Why can't you bath alone with him though? Just lay towel on floor next to bath, and have another towel in reach. Get in bath holding baby as usual, once he's slippery when finished just reach over bath and lay baby on towel, add other towel on top.

Then get out yourself and wrap in towel, then can pick baby up and wrap him properly to dry

TheFecklessFairy · 09/02/2015 22:06

Shower in the evening when DH is home?

EternalBeauPlate · 09/02/2015 22:06

If he's a light sleeper it's probably best to make some noise so he's doesn't get used to complete silence when he sleeps.

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Flingmoo · 09/02/2015 22:06

What kind of safe place? His cot? I think that's the only safe place in the house as he is very adventurous and will climb and grab everything. Thought about just leaving some toys in the en suite and keeping him in with me while I keep an eye on him through the clear shower doors, but he keeps standing up holding onto the toilet, he's still a bit clumsy so if he slips over its a hard stone floor to bonk his head on!

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Flingmoo · 09/02/2015 22:08

Sorry, X post! Yes he is very good a entertaining himself and will happily play for an hour or more with minimal intervention from me. I don't have to entertain him these days, but I do have to frequently intervene to stop him cracking his head open on things or grabbing anything unsafe.

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JackieTheFart · 09/02/2015 22:08

Good god woman, just put him in his cot for the ten minutes you'll be in there!

LadyLuck10 · 09/02/2015 22:09

Ridiculous that you can't leave him in his cot for 10mins.

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Flingmoo · 09/02/2015 22:10

DH gets home at 5.30 and DS bedtime is 6.30 so not a very long window, I do sometimes bathe then but often run out of time faffing around doing other stuff. I just hate the idea of him waking up early from a nap, not necessarily use to me making noise, and then me having to get out the bath before I'm finished!

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monkeyfacegrace · 09/02/2015 22:10

You make it sound like very hard work!

Just put him in his cot and shower every morning Confused

I don't get the issue?!

BMO · 09/02/2015 22:10

Have a bath with him (not sure why you can't alone?)
Put him in a cot/playpen
Shower in the evening

arlagirl · 09/02/2015 22:11

Why do people make work for themselves???

SconeCreamJam · 09/02/2015 22:12

I took mine in with me, he loved it and I knew what he was up to. Win win.

Discopanda · 09/02/2015 22:12

Do you have a bath chair? We used one with DD when she was little and you could pop it in the shower so you can keep an eye on him whilst you washed.

Kentigern · 09/02/2015 22:12

I let my kids have showers with me from about this age - I got to have a decent shower because I knew where they were and they loved splashing on the floor with a few bath toys occasionally chewing my legs it happened by accident the first time when DS1 just climbed in the cubicle from playing on the bathroom floor - obviously getting his clothes soaked etc! So I just let him get in thereafter, problem solved!

BMO · 09/02/2015 22:12

Not making any noise while he's asleep seems crazy btw.

Penguito · 09/02/2015 22:13

No- put him in the cot with a few toys!

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Flingmoo · 09/02/2015 22:13

I will consider the cot option now you've suggested it! TBH I had thought of it, but personally I'm quite keen to have him associate his cot with "sleepy place" not "place where I sit and play with my toys"... Just keen to maintain the good sleep associations. (I know that might sound a bit neurotic to some)

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