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I stink. Period. I don't get to shower on a regular basis. It is hell. I hate it a lot. It only increases the sense of isolation I feel as a stay at home mom because I don't feel like I can actually be seen in public a lot of the time. Please be sensitive. I also can't remember the last time I had a bowel movement without an audience. Seriously, who are these dream babies who are happy to sit in a crib awake?!
Oh! MelissaJ! Thank you! I was beginning to feel like a total freak. My husband works insane hours, so he's gone by the time we're up. (And who are these babies that you "wake up?" Holy cow! What would that be like?!) My first 2 children would scream bloody murder for the entirety of my shower, no matter what contraption I tried to put them in. They also went through periods of not sleeping without me. My son has sensory issues and invariably would scream until barfing. So I would come out of the shower, spewing milk, to an inconsolable baby, and a barfy mess to clean up. And pretty much evrey time I would think, "Oh, this is NOT worth it!"

I now have 3 kids. The last, thankfully, seems to be "normal," probably more along the lines of what the many insensitive posters are referring to when they say cruel things like, "Oh come on people, get over it." Also, please don't give condescending advice when you only have one child! Adding a second and a third is a completely different situation.