DAILY SNACK
Here’s the thing we don’t talk about much:
Hygiene is tricky when you’re at home with young kids.
Sure, we talk about not having the time to take a shower,
And still being in your PJ’s at 3pm when you have a newborn,
But what about when you have an 18 month old?
For four years, I’ve been winging it, shower-wise.
My preference is to shower in the morning, upon waking.
That NEVER happens.
Between breakfast and getting dressed and shuffling off to our morning routines,
Or just dunking my head in a pot of coffee for a couple hours,
It’s hard to find the time.
The time I do have,
When the little one’s asleep or after bedtime,
Is invariably spent taking care of much more pressing matters that I simply cannot attend to with screaming kids running amok.
That shower will just have to wait a little bit longer,
Until it really can’t.
So, yesterday, I was determined to find a way to shower while Irene was still awake,
In our not-quite-finished and incredibly un-childsafe home.
I brought the bath toys down to the main floor bathroom,
(Because the upstairs tub is good for baths but not showers just yet)
And filled the sink with soapy water.
I closed the door and was able to keep an eye on her through the glass shower door,
While she stood on a step stool and played to her heart’s content.
Genius!
Why I haven’t thought of this before,
I’ll never know.
But, just in case you haven’t either,
There you go.