I usually have DF around to help me look after Isabell while showering, but now that we have a bumbo i think i will use that when DF isnt around to help.
Also the high chair is a good idea too
when he was small enough or woudl let me he sat in his chair/bouncer with some toys and watched me.. he still will do that occasionally but usually i have to shower when DH is home...
when DH is travelling i shower either when N is at care or a v quick shower while he sits in bouncer and plays (i have to sing and splash water on shower door etc to keep him happy)
my DD sits outside the shower and will watch me and is quite happy to do so. i will give her different things to play with though, like my moisturiser jar or my deodorant stick, she loves them!!
Same as a few people already - if he was asleep I'd be ok, otherwise, DS would just have to come in with me and play on the floor of the shower. I started using Moo Goo products quite early on (DS was about 3 months old when I started), so I was never worried about him sucking on shampoo water or body wash - it's water grade! So, I'd recommend using natural products (not just products that claim to be 'natural', actually research it!) if you're showering with babies - ingestion of anything else can't be great for them!
When she was a baby I always waited till she was asleep (which was nearly NEVER) or when DH were there.
NOW neither of us can shower without DD stripping her shoes and socks (not as handy in stripping down completely yet) and getting in uninvited So we just give in and put her in the shower with us/DH. I just place the bathmat on the showerfloor, give her a bucket and a cup and she will sit there till New Year's. She will even come and get me off the sofa and get into the shower and tells me "mommy shower" Darling angel!
Needless to say, we shower at night when she is sleeping .. I just bring the monitor in the bathroom with me, just in case she wakes up.
When DD was little i used the baby bouncer with toys hanging from the top...now at 16 months i bring her into the bathroom, close the door, put toys all over the floor and shower with my big toe keeping the screen door closed. She amuses herself by putting all of the toys and the clothes i want to wear when i hop out, into the bath tub! I use to use the high chair too and it was great.
Now that DS is crawling he comes into the bathroom and I close the door and let him play with toys on the floor.
Just a question for those of you who have DD/DS on the floor in the shower, do they slip over at all? I'm worried DS will fall on the slippery floor?
Thanks!
Adkins - yeps. Most $2 shops have the granny anti-slip mats - we put a couple in the shower and it had a dual purpose - stopped him slipping over and also putting his fingers down the drain grate!!!
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So we just give in and put her in the shower with us/DH. I just place the bathmat on the showerfloor, give her a bucket and a cup and she will sit there till New Year's. She will even come and get me off the sofa and get into the shower and tells me "mommy shower"
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