Ok...I am not sure if we are the only family on the planet like this, but I am hoping not! There is NO such thing as PRIVACY in our home. Our bathroom doors are rarely closed and if they are it's not for long. Any door for that matter. It's like my kids have a phobia of closed doors. I think I have bathed 2 times EVER without at least one child's company. Either crying, whining, telling a story or wondering where something is. When I have it's because I have locked and barricaded the doors. There are many mornings now that I have a little boy playing trucks on the bathroom floor while I bath. So this morning while I am showering Griffyn is constantly opening the shower curtain. UHHHH! So when I take 30 seconds to the bathroom I don't even bother shutting the door, because I know if I do it will be flung open. This has become a problem when we have little friends over.I go to go and remember then hurry and shut the door and hope it doesn't open magically. Yesterday morning I was getting dressed and Rob shut our bedroom door...you would have thought we set the house on fire! I think that we have created something irreversible. My family has always been pretty open with stuff like that and I think I turned out ok. Even when we go to Rob's parents he doesn't close the bathroom door...ha! Really...I think that could at least be the few times a day that I can get a few seconds to myself, but NOPE! I guess maybe I am always going 100 mph and so I just don't even bother to change things. Fisher says to me the other day as I am hurrying to get dressed... "I hate your boobs"...really? So I say back..."I hate them too!" WHAT TO DO?
5 comments:
You are definitely NOT alone in this area! Ever since Lily could crawl, I haven't had a moment of privacy! It was like that growing up too, so I think we're pretty normal. I feel your pain though!!
So true! We as mothers can't even poop in privacy. The kids always seem to find you. What is that all about???
I let my kids cry.. Poor things for a few seconds right?
Not gonna lie - we coulda saved some cash on our house if we would have gone sans doors... but guests might feel a little weird eh?!
I'm laughing through this entire post! Sorry, Julz. We definitely do NOT have this problem in our house. One of the first rules I established with Sean was knocking before coming in when a door is closed. He'll still come in when I'm showering, but he knocks first and waits for me to say, "come in". The best way I can suggest for making it work is to show the same respect to the kiddos as you expect from them. When Sean's in the shower I knock before entering...same when his bedroom door is shut.
I seriously cannot help but laugh at this post though.
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