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When you had a newborn, did you ever go without a shower?

misses625misses625 member
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If so, how many days?  I remember with DS, I went three days once without being able to get a shower because he would scream every time I put him down.  I had to call my Mom to come over and hold him so I could shower (DH was out of town).  Now I'm going through the same thing with DD, I can't shower unless someone is here to hold her so I can shower or else she'll scream.
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Re: When you had a newborn, did you ever go without a shower?

  • femmegemfemmegem member

    3 days sounds about right, but the newborn stage is all a blur. I was so sleep deprived. I don't really remember much of it. That's probably a good thing.

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  • brightningbrightning member
    Honestly, no. When she got to be around 5 mos is when she screamed whenever I left her sight and then showering became very difficult. I'd put her in a bouncy chair and shower with the curtain open so she wouldn't completely bawl her head off. When she was a newborn, I'd take a 10 min. shower to try and make up for only getting an hour of sleep all night! Some days, I swear a shower was all that got me through the day. GL to you!
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  • jennielizjennieliz member
    No.  I had a good friend give me great advice.  She said that they might scream in the bouncy seat for 10 minutes but that it wouldn't kill them and that going without a shower might kill me for lack of feeling like a person.  Addie had several sreaming fits but she's fine now and I felt human most days.
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  • buffalo_buckeyebuffalo_buckeye member
    Hmm I think a shower was the one thing I always had to have, mostly bc of the pp bleeding. I just needed to feel human at the end if the day. Now doing my hair, makeup, eating normal meals...that was hit or miss.
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  • LittleMamaBLittleMamaB

    There are still days that I go two days without a shower! LOL.

    (really, I'm not nasty...just exhausted!)

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  • JOEBunnyJOEBunny member
    No.  I can't function without a shower.
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  • marchbabymarchbaby member
    I always brought the papasan into the bathroom and they would sit/sleep in that while I showered.  My youngest would always fall asleep with the sound of the running water.  Once in awhile if I was desperate and he wouldn't nap i'd stick him in the bathroom with the shower on just so he'd fall asleep.
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  • cbidt*sgirlcbidt*sgirl member
    i'm currently on day 3 without a shower.  i have already made a deal with my dh that he WILL hold ds2 after ds1 goes to bed so i can shower.  i refuse to sleep in my bed tonight - even for the brief period of sleep i get - with this skanky dirty hair and body
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  • Temp108743750006959Temp108743750006959

    no, I managed to get one in, even if it was around 4pm!

    I used to put DS down and kind of sit really close to him, cuddle him, kiss him (but not pick him up)...then stand back up and move away. if he fussed, I repeated this a few times. very quickly he was fine with being put down while I showered, etc. during the day.

    but i certainly remembered being freaking exhausted!

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  • lsufanlsufan
    I cannot function without taking a shower.  There have been a few occasions where one of my babies has screamed throughout my shower, but I'd never consider just not taking one because of that.  Most days I just take a shower before DH leaves for work.  The only time I don't is when I'm going to the gym, and then I'll just find a time later in the day to shower.
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  • Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    Hell, my DD is now 9mos and I still sometimes go 3 days - which is totally gross and before I had kids I would never have gone more than 1 day without shaving!
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  • A-baybrideA-baybride
    Yeah, 2-3 days between showers was the norm for me, as gross as it sounds.  DD had to be held, awake or asleep or she'd freak (I can handle fussing, but she was way beyond that).  DH worked long hours and by the time he finally got home all I wanted was sleep.  Eating and personal hygiene totally went out the window those first few months.
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  • wife1014wife1014 member

    No, I took a shower every day.  I would put her in the bouncy seat in the bathroom.  If she cried, she cried.  If she was happy in the seat I would take a good shower and maybe even shave.  If she was sad, I cut it short.  It really is OK if they (babies) cry for a couple of minutes.  It is not OK for us to feel like crap all day without a shower and feeling lie a person. 

    I actually do go a day here and there now without a shower.  If DD is being difficult and we have to get out of the house, I will just wash, make-up, pony-tail and go. I think "getting ready"  with a toddler is way more difficult than with a newborn.

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  • ali-1411ali-1411 member

    I don't shower every day, I never have.  Especially if you spend most of your day indoors without a whole lot of physical activity...just how dirty can you get?

    3 days without a shower in the newborn phase sounds completely normal to me.

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