Today, I want to talk about, the bathroom. More specifically the fact that anyone but Mom can go to the bathroom when they want, how they want and with the door firmly closed.
Here’s how it happens in my house…
‘Nathaniel, do you need to go potty? Mommy needs to go, do you?’
No Mommy.
*go to bathroom, begin going to bathroom….*
I HAVE TO PEE PEE I HAVE TO PEE PEE I HAVE TO PEE PEE RIGHT NOW!!!!!!
That happens…all the time. So I decide that I will wait until he’s distracted with a show, toy or game and sneak off quietly to the bathroom. Not .092 seconds after my butt hits the seat he’s in there, watching, asking what I’m doing, why the sky is blue, does poop come out of my ‘gyna’.
Are you a door open with an audience or do you shut the door?
Door open…two or more extra eyes watching you pee or poop and asking you questions or telling you about something that could probably wait until your pants are up.
Door closed…you have to get your stuff done as quickly as humanly possible because you start wondering why it’s so quiet, what are they doing, what did you leave out that he could be getting into…what was that noise?!?!
I’ve tried both ways and there really is no ‘winning’ option for me. For awhile I would tell myself that he would get older and not care but then I finally got pregnant and realized there is another one coming right behind him to do the same thing. Maybe when he wants to have privacy in the bathroom we will pop in just to say hey and what are you doing. Did you clean up your room? Ask anyone to the dance? Oh, you are busy pooping??? Didn’t matter when you were three, what’s the big deal now??
BWHAHAHAH Umm mine are 20, 16 and 13 respectively. The 13 yr old is the ONLY one who does not still come bother me in the bathroom. Even my husband will do it.
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Same thing happens here all the time. Even when I take a bath. I’ll ask all 3 if they need to use the bathroom before I get in the tub. They all say no but as soon as I sink down into the nice hot water someone comes in to go to the bathroom. It never fails! I always tell Nick that if we ever move we will have 2 bathrooms and 1 will be just for me!!
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LOL! As a teacher, I have to go when I have the chance, not when I actually HAVE to go!
Now that my kids are older, I tend to use my bathroom in my own room, so don’t shut the door. Usually, if they decide they need something, they are yelling the whole way, so I can shut the door before they get there, but even at 8 and 10, they still yell through the door!
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JDaniel has decided he needs privacy in the bathroom. That opened up a discussion on how mom needs it too.
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One more reason I’m glad I do not have children….
When my children where younger, I did both, open door and closed door, lol!
Happy SITS day Stephanie!
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I always have company in the bathroom. They want me to sign papers, tie shoes, answer questions, change the channel on the tv (haha, like that’s possible!) Sometimes it’s a treat to get up and go in the middle of the night. At least then I can get some privacy!
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So true. We had three girls so when shopping, I took them to the bathrooms in the mall, at the rest stop, etc. The questions can be so embarrassing as can comments. Once my oldest who was sharing a stall with me said, Momma, you have a pretty butt. I heard snickers outside the stall and waited until the door opened and closed and I could retreat without a face-to-face. Enjoy your SITS Day.
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Sad but true! My kids are older so they know to knock now, and I have been known to hide in the bathroom, pretending I’m still going when I’m actually reading a book
A mom’s gotta do what a mom’s gotta do, right?
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Happy SITS day!
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Seriously. Kids are alot like dogs. Kind of. In that they all have similar behaviors.
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And if you lock them out, the little hands pop under the door! I actually had my iPhone in the bathroom with me one time and took a pic of both my daughter’s hands under the door trying to get my attention, then posted to Facebook, where everyone totally related. Happy SITS day!
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I get the as soon as I sit they have to go too one. I tell them we have other bathrooms but they HAVE to use the one I am on. lol ugh
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