Me time...how about just a shower in peace?

[JoshandJamie]

Given the recent thread on me time - Does anyone else have a shower that goes something like this:

Put the bin up high. Put anything that can be opened (like toiletries, toilet cleaner etc) up high. Put something heavy on top of the loo. Take the toilet roll off the holder. Scatter a selection of toys on the floor of the bathroom.

Get in the shower - but first try to have a pee with someone trying to climb on your lap. Then get in the shower. Stand on one leg using the other foot to hold the shower door closed so that little hands can't pry it open. Keep opening the door and drip water on floor to prevent world war three between two boys under 3. Speed clean, barely rinse hair. Screw exfoliating, cleansing etc. Shave one leg. Make that half a leg. Get shower power turned off as almost 3 year old manages to climb on top of toilet and turn shower off.

Get out of shower and step on hard plastic Bob the bloody builder to find that toiletries were not high enough. Apparently they're also not toxic as have been eaten. Dental floss, previously viewed as innocuous bathroom item is apparently a useful tool in toddler art. Spare toilet roll was forgotten and has been unravelled. Toilet brush has been reached - despite being on top of medicine cabinet - and has been used to fish my toothbrush out from the loo.

And this happens most days. I have left out the bits about trying to poo and having to get up half way through to stop some or other emergency.

Is it wrong to want to ablute in peace?

Really funny !
Yes I'm the same; my 1st 2 boys were 20m apart (ahhh those were the days !). Then I had dd who was quite civilized. Now I have ds3 who's 2.10...Andrex puppy with the loo roll anyone ? Or how about following Mummy into her (walk in) shower even though you're fully dressd for playgroup at 7.10am, having been up since 5.30am (and no I can't lock the door because even worse havoc would ensue)...or how about putting a small wooden plantoy car or 2 just near Mummy's hairdrier, so she steps on them in her haste to be ready for the morning school run...oh mummy are you doing a wee or a smelly poo, let me see...

I have a nearly 3yo dd and she just watches cbeebies while we get ready in the mornings. We both go to the loo/shower in peace. We also have 9yo ds but he's by no means always watching her. Can't you make it safe for your ds to be in another room?

WWW, I'm always puzzled by this too, but that's because the DSs have never shown any kind of interest in following me to the bathroom. Must be a nightmare!

DD1 strips and demands to get in the shower with me these days, I put DD2 in her cot with loads of toys whilst I shower but she always ends up howling the place down.

I wait until DP comes in at 7pm has his dinner then I sneak up and have a long hot shower in peace, if you have a bath you can still hear them but you can't if your head is under a power shower.

Hunker - thats amazing they don't show any interest in you going to the bathroom, DD2 crawls around the door now as most of my life is spent in the downstairs loo with potty training DD1, DD1 get me toilet roll and tries and wipes my bum whilst pointing at my lady garden going "oh mummy"!

DS1 will say "Mummy do vee-vee!" when I go into the bathroom when he's having a bath. Maybe if we had a downstairs loo they'd pay more attention to it?

I used too have those...absolute nightmare...and why do people feel that now we are out of the worst and ys is 2+ we should have anohter one....lol....but you know it does get better...if the younger ones decide they want to be upstairs with me, 99% of the time a Thomas Video in one room for ys and whatever ms wants to watch will sort them out!
Of course there are still special occasions when the ys is overclingy and won't let me have my shower in peace, but it's so rare now...hopefully a matter of the past!
Spo for now, do what you have to do, go with it and eventually your lil one will get the independence they need to go off on their own...

That does sound a bloody nightmare shower time!
I tend to put ds in his bedroom when I am in bath or shower, luckily his room is next to the bathroom and I can see what he is doing if I keep door open.
I do have to keep my bedroom door shut and put washing basket infront of it incase he starts jumping on my bed or touching things he shouldn't!
Tonight when I had a bath I put him in first, then dressed him in the bathroom, topped the bath up and he played in his room while I had a bath. He does sometimes pop in and see me and throw toys in the bath (last one was a vtech phone, ruined!) But generally he keeps occupied. Probably more chaotic with more than one maybe?