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Because you don't want to leave a toddler unattended? How do you shower once the kids are awake?
I did leave my toddlers unattended, gated and safe, in their bedroom or living room while I showered and used the bathroom. I never brought my kids into the bathroom with me at home. Not even when they were newborns.
If it's not the kids, it's the cat and the dog. I lock the door, but since I share a room and bathroom with my husband, he unlocks it. Then it's visiting time for everyone. My kids know it bugs me so they do it as a joke and try to get the rest of the family in there too.
Once I had children, my days of going to the bathroom by myself were over. Any parent can relate to that.
Sorry, don't relate. Those days are over?? I have three kids and have/had no problem going to the bathroom by myself. Leave the baby in the crib for 5 minutes and go to the bathroom. Give the toddler a toy or a couple of books and lock the door for 5 minutes. And even if leaving a baby alone for 5 minutes sounds either unsafe or traumatic to you, do you mean to say that people who have children of elementary school age or older still have their kids in there hanging over them while they're on the toilet?
In public, yes, I did take the little ones into the stall with me a few times. I was not often in a really public setting where that was necessary. For instance, in the little bathroom at the library, I would leave the toddler in the stroller right outside the stall. There was rarely anyone else in the bathroom there anyway.
Before our YMCA got very strict about prohibiting children, above age six, in the locker room/changing room of the opposite sex I would often notice boys who were clearly seven, eight or nine openly staring at women changing. One boy, probably about nine years old, used to walk away from his mother and just plant himself directly in front of any woman who he wanted to look at while Mom totally ignored this behavior. Once he even stood on the bench to try to get a better look at the breasts of a taller woman!
Quite a few of us complained to management. They told her that he was not allowed in the women's locker room anymore and either had to use the men's locker room or use the family bathroom/changing room with her. Mom complained and complained to everyone that they were "discriminating" against her baby by not letting him go with her intro the woman's locker room. Sheesh!
I'll tell you what. I would be OUTRAGED if such a thing happened to me. Snap the little bas'turd' with a towel. Whats the matter with people? Is there not any decency anymore? Little girls do not need to be in the men's restroom either. How do you think the men who use the bathroom feel? I've seen lots of little girls using the lady's room while the father waited outside.
It depends on the place, I don't take my kids into the public bathroom unless they need to go and I'm the only parent where family rooms don't exist.
I have seen 10-13 yr old girls in the guys bathroom and I personally don't care. I go about my business, if it bothers you then you can find a stall and be your own.
Yes that is part of the problem because so many parents are so worried all the time about something happening to their kids that they won't even use the bathroom without all being together in the same room. Read back over the thread. The overriding emotion driving these decisions is fear.
This I agree with ^^ except I've not personally seen more than one parent in the room.
Sorry, don't relate. Those days are over?? I have three kids and have/had no problem going to the bathroom by myself. .
I have 3 kids as well. It was far easier to go to the bathroom at home with the door open than to close it. If the kids did not open it, one of the cats would. Or the dog. Or the kid would ride the dog while I was in the bathroom. Etc.
Soooooooo many crisis were averted by simply peeing with the door open. No one was traumatized. (except maybe the cat).
When we went places (which was often - I was a SAHM who took my kids to many museums, library story hours, zoos, etc. etc etc.), if someone had to go to the bathroom, we either used a family restroom, or we all fit into the handicapped stall. It truly was NO BIG DEAL.
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