when do you shower?

I am home all day with DD by myself and haven't been showering until my Dh gets home from work in late afternoon. I am afraid to leave my daughter sleeing incase she gets up.
what's your advice??

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Well my boys are older now, but even when they were young I would just bring the monitor into the bathroom with me, shower, and if they woke up while i was in the shower, i would finish up, put a robe on and get them.

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Take a shower when she goes down for a nap. In a worst case scenario she's going to wake up and cry for a few minutes while you finish up. Crying won't hurt her. Or, if she's awake, bring the bouncy seat or swing into the bathroom. Babies tend to like the white noise of the water running. In fact, when DS would wake up in the middle of the night and we had a hard time getting him back to sleep, we used to take him in to the bathroom and turn the faucet on.

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I do it in the morning. I always have. If he woke up he would jus thave to cry for a little bit. I would go super fast though

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I usually do it when DD is napping after her morning bottle.... I usually do a quick shower it doesn't take too long

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Ok with advise taken in I am going to attempt to take a quick shower while she is sleeping....I guess I could miss the Price is Right just this once

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I always take a shower when they nap in the morning. My older son watches TV while I shower.

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When she was little I'd put her in the bouncy seat facing the shower when she was awake and fed -- and go quick!

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I take my shower when dh gets home.

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shower? whats that?

usually when she's napping, though sometimes I take her in with me.

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When DD was younger i would bring her in her bouncy seat in the bathroom while I showered.

Now that's she's older I either shower while she naps or I put her in a pnp in my room right in front of the doorway of the master bath.

I look forward to showering on the weekends when I can take long leisturely peace and quiet showers while DH watches her

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I 1st waited until DH came home, but since he doesnt come home until 7 or 8 at night sometimes I couldnt go the whole day without showering - so as soon as I give Cailen his morning bottle (anywhere between 6-7AM) and he falls back to sleep, I wait until he is fast asleep, and then jump into the shower - it is working out much better!

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This is what I have been doing and it works out great

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I agree with everyone else, as soon as she finishes a bottle, I hop in (no more long showers like I used to have) wash up real quick, if she cries for a few minutes, its ok

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When I was home when DS was first born I would put him in the bouncy seat and bring him into the bathroom with me.

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I use to get up early when DH was still sleeping and shower then before he went to work. when she got up to about 8 weeks, I would put her in her bouncette and when she fell asleep I would shower then leaving her in my sight.

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Sometimes I'll do it before DH leaves in the morning or when they are napping.

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I usually do it during her morning nap. If I need to get out of the house early, I put her in the pack-n-play in my bedroom. I used to put her in the swing in my bedroom but now she doesn't like to be so confined.

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I've been doing at night when dh is home.

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I would either take a shower if she was sleeping in her crib (if she woke, she may cry for a few mintutes but not too long) or I would bring her in the bathroom in her bouncy chair.

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when I was home I would showere when they napped, or bring them in the room and put them in their bouncy seat if I had to go out.

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When she was first born, I would do it as she napped since she slept for 3 hours at a time. When she got to be about a month or so old, I would put her in the bouncy seat at the opening to the bathroom and shower so that I could see her. She'd usually sleep, but at least I could see her. Then, as she got older, I'd just put her in the pack n play. Now I do the same thing, in the pack n play. If she's antsy, I put the pnp in front of the TV. Honestly, though, it took a while for me to get to the point that of saying that if she started to cry while I was showering, then she'd be ok for a few minutes. Once I made that decision, it was much easier.