The Mysterious Case of the Shower

When I was pregnant, I read a lot of books and blogs.  about pregnancy, breastfeeding, childcare and yoga with your baby.  In a lot of these books and blogs they mention how hard it is to shower.  Not the act of showering itself I think, but the ability to take time to shower.  I was very concerned about this fact.... was mothering a newborn so hard that you couldn't even shower?  I couldn't imagine how that would be...  If you know me, I love to shower.  I love baths, pools, hot tubs, lakes oceans, streams... I love water and I also like being clean.  So the idea that I wouldn't be able to shower was very troublesome indeed.

So, here we are, and The Tater Tot is officially 10 weeks old and I can tell you that I have not yet missed a shower.  I shower every morning, and I take a full shower... So I started to wonder, who are these women who can't seem to shower and why?

I think it is all about priority.  I was in the park the other day, sad because I had no time to run, and then a woman zoomed past me with her baby, a very new baby, in a running stroller.  Over the weekend, I left The Tot with The Husband and went shopping and thought to myself that I would love to be able to get out during the week and run errands, and then a woman whizzed past me with a thousand shopping bags and her baby in a sling.  So, while I can't be sure whether those women were showered, I know I was.  So, it really is just a matter of what you find important.  I need to shower in order to be a successful mother... other mothers need other things.

So, how do I shower every day?  Well, I have a great husband who makes time during his morning routine to make sure I have a moment to shower. (he also makes sure there are clean bottles, groceries in the kitchen and dinner made if I need those things).  I also just time it right.... some days, after the Tot eats, he sleeps, so I put him in his bouncy chair, and then I bring the bouncy chair into the bathroom with me.  The sound of the shower (and even the sound of the hair dryer) seem to calm him anyway, so he sleeps through my shower.

So, mystery solved I guess.  Now, I guess I will try to figure out how to exercise... or not.