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TJ1979 · December 2014

Since apparently Stoney has given up her duty of posting this, I'll start.

I

you Abby, I really do. But I find bathing with your kids (or anyone else, for that matter) to be weird and gross. I also just think baths are gross.

TJ1979 · December 2014

Um, not bathing with Abby's kids that is gross. I mean anyone bathing with their kids.

I'm probably not helping matters.

TJ1979 · December 2014

piccyami said:

I guess this really goes here more than the other thread:
Using the current dishcloth to clean anything other than dishes is gross. Unless you're through cleaning dishes. Maybe. (H thinks the dishcloth is for cleaning anything, and then you can go right back to washing dishes with it.)

MH once scrubbed the shower floor with our dish scrubby, then put it back in the sink. I threw up in my mouth. So personally I don't find that a UO.

km_md · December 2014

I agree with the dishcloth thing. I will wipe down kitchen counters after doing dishes but then that cloth goes into the laundry.

About bathing with kids, I bathed with DD until she could hold herself up well enough to go in her little bath seat so I don't find it really gross.

stoneycakes · December 2014

Shut your mouth, TJ! Baths are not gross!

Also, I'm totally putting shelving up in my kitchen. Dust be damned!

unaveragejane · December 2014

I personally don't dig the bathing with kids thing, but that's mostly bc I prefer privacy and personal space in the bathroom.

My mental dish rag rule is that a rag can be used for washing dishes, then wiping counters, then cleaning the stove top, then spills on the floor (rinsing in bn steps as needed). Any of the steps can be left out, but the order cannot be changed. And I never use a rag that's been wet for than 15 minutes after the last dish was washed. Sponges are good for painting and tile work but never dishes. Sorry, @stringy813‌.

stoneycakes · December 2014

unaveragejane said:

I personally don't dig the bathing with kids thing, but that's mostly bc I prefer privacy and personal space in the bathroom. My mental dish rag rule is that a rag can be used for washing dishes, then wiping counters, then cleaning the stove top, then spills on the floor (rinsing in bn steps as needed). Any of the steps can be left out, but the order cannot be changed. And I never use a rag that's been wet for than 15 minutes after the last dish was washed. Sponges are good for painting and tile work but never dishes. Sorry, @stringy813‌.

Wow, you're hardcore, Jane. I'll use a wet one if it's from the same day and I didn't wash anything particularly gross with it. I agree with your order, though.

TJ1979 · December 2014

missmimsyy said:
I have a friend what would routinely shower with her infant in arms. It just weirded me out at the time. I'm tempted to try it now.

Though I love a scalding hot shower. So that is problematic.

Mh has showered with E a few times and it wasn't that gross. But she hated it. To me the shower isn't nearly as weird as the bath tub.

SuperTinkerham · December 2014

missmimsyy said:

I have a friend what would routinely shower with her infant in arms. It just weirded me out at the time. I'm tempted to try it now. Though I love a scalding hot shower. So that is problematic.

We just started doing this for his bath time. I love it. So much faster, easier on my back and Grr seems to like it as well.

stoneycakes · December 2014

TJ1979 said:

I have a friend what would routinely shower with her infant in arms. It just weirded me out at the time. I'm tempted to try it now. Though I love a scalding hot shower. So that is problematic.
Mh has showered with E a few times and it wasn't that gross. But she hated it. To me the shower isn't nearly as weird as the bath tub.

OMG, I had to put DS in the shower when our bathtub was out of commission and it was worse than bathing a cat. He hated it so much!

TJ1979 · December 2014

Yeah, I'm terrified of slippery babies. Perhaps that belongs on FFFC?

sarenu1 · December 2014

stoneycakes said:

TJ1979 said:

I have a friend what would routinely shower with her infant in arms. It just weirded me out at the time. I'm tempted to try it now. Though I love a scalding hot shower. So that is problematic.
Mh has showered with E a few times and it wasn't that gross. But she hated it. To me the shower isn't nearly as weird as the bath tub.

OMG, I had to put DS in the shower when our bathtub was out of commission and it was worse than bathing a cat. He hated it so much!

E is the same way. She likes the idea of a shower, but hates the shower. She did like taking a shower at grandma's. She has one of those small hand held shower heads (I know there's a joke in there). E hates water in her eyes and this allowed me to control the shower head more.

Bonus she thought it was hilarious when I sprayed her down.

Kelly11235 · December 2014

TJ1979 said:

Since apparently Stoney has given up her duty of posting this, I'll start.

I you Abby, I really do. But I find bathing with your kids (or anyone else, for that matter) to be weird and gross. I also just think baths are gross.

Baths are like sitting a soup of your own filth.

unaveragejane · December 2014

@Kelly11235‌ I found this just for you.

flummadiddle85 · December 2014

unaveragejane said:

I personally don't dig the bathing with kids thing, but that's mostly bc I prefer privacy and personal space in the bathroom. My mental dish rag rule is that a rag can be used for washing dishes, then wiping counters, then cleaning the stove top, then spills on the floor (rinsing in bn steps as needed). Any of the steps can be left out, but the order cannot be changed. And I never use a rag that's been wet for than 15 minutes after the last dish was washed. Sponges are good for painting and tile work but never dishes. Sorry, @stringy813‌.

What is this privacy and personal space you speak of?

redrockmama · December 2014

We shower M with us all the time, he loves it. He just barely started tolerating baths, but hates them by himself. He's probably only had like 5 baths total. It's so much easier to just shower or take a bath with him.

Kelly11235 · December 2014

unaveragejane said:

@Kelly11235‌ I found this just for you.

Actually....that's a pretty good song lol.

stoneycakes · December 2014

How filthy are you people if you feel dirty after a bath? What are you all coal miners?

KLXVI · December 2014

I can't handle touching wet rags or sponges that have been sitting in the sink. I must have a scrubber with a handle. DH has a few sponges and scrubbing rags that I have to hide under the sink after he rarely washes dishes.

We added a small shower recently with rainfall and handheld showerheads. L LOVES taking showers in there. He even grabbed one of the IKEA diaper bins to use as a small bath in his shower. Now if we say shower, he grabs a diaper and runs to the bathroom door!

DecafGrandeMocha · December 2014

UO: I get bored every time I try to read a Jane Austen novel and have never finished any of them. I like books/movies based on characters who love her stories (like Austenland and You've Got Mail)
and the stage productions of her novels, but the books themselves bore me. Sorry @unaveragejane‌ but your screen name and seeing your beautiful teacups made me think of this.

freezorburn · December 2014

I'm feeling a sense of deja vu with this bath conversation.

I like to rinse all the soap and shampoo and stuff off in the shower after taking a bath, but my current setup makes that pretty inconvenient.

If I ever build my dream home someday I want to incorporate a Japanese-style bath into it. It would be something like a wetroom shower with one of those cute little soaker tubs. So you could shower off and get clean first, and then have a hot soak.

TJ1979 · December 2014

@freezorburn‌ One or the houses we are looking at has a tub inside the shower. I thought that was soooo weird and was trying to figure out how to repurpose it.

unaveragejane · December 2014

@DecafGrandeMocha‌ I'm laughing so hard that I remind you of how bored you are!! :-p

TJ1979 · December 2014

stringy813 said:

@freezorburn‌ One or the houses we are looking at has a tub inside the shower. I thought that was soooo weird and was trying to figure out how to repurpose it.
Explain this more for people who are clueless?

I seriously have no better way to explain this. It's a walk-in shower, and at the back of it, there's a jacuzzi tub built into the tile, like where a bench would be. But it's inside the shower enclosure. I thought I could use it as a planter.

DecafGrandeMocha · December 2014

unaveragejane said:
@DecafGrandeMocha‌ I'm laughing so hard that I remind you of how bored you are!! :-p

Oh my goodness, that came across so wrong on my end!!!

stoneycakes · December 2014

TJ1979 said:

stringy813 said:

@freezorburn‌ One or the houses we are looking at has a tub inside the shower. I thought that was soooo weird and was trying to figure out how to repurpose it.
Explain this more for people who are clueless?

I seriously have no better way to explain this. It's a walk-in shower, and at the back of it, there's a jacuzzi tub built into the tile, like where a bench would be. But it's inside the shower enclosure. I thought I could use it as a planter.

So you would have like a mini rain forest in your shower? And you think that's cleaner than taking a bath?

TJ1979 · December 2014

stoneycakes said:

TJ1979 said:

stringy813 said:

@freezorburn‌ One or the houses we are looking at has a tub inside the shower. I thought that was soooo weird and was trying to figure out how to repurpose it.
Explain this more for people who are clueless?

I seriously have no better way to explain this. It's a walk-in shower, and at the back of it, there's a jacuzzi tub built into the tile, like where a bench would be. But it's inside the shower enclosure. I thought I could use it as a planter.

So you would have like a mini rain forest in your shower? And you think that's cleaner than taking a bath?

Sure. As long as I get a venus fly trap, we won't have any worries.

freezorburn · December 2014

Here's the sort of thing that you would see at a Japanese hot spring/spa. So, for a home obviously you would scale it down. The idea is that you scrub yourself clean before you take your soak, and if it's done right you can also have a view of the natural (or manmade) landscape.

freezorburn · December 2014

Here's another way to do it -- the bathtub is fully enclosed in the shower stall, so whatever floor gets wet is designed to drain anyway.

unaveragejane · December 2014

At our old house, the master bathroom had a jetted tub/shower combo. I absolutely hated it b/c jetted tubs are such a PITA to clean, and since this one got used daily for showers, it was even harder and required cleaning every week. Ugh.

stoneycakes · December 2014

unaveragejane said:

At our old house, the master bathroom had a jetted tub/shower combo. I absolutely hated it b/c jetted tubs are such a PITA to clean, and since this one got used daily for showers, it was even harder and required cleaning every week. Ugh.

Oh yes. Jetted tubs. I love baths, but I hate Jacuzzi tubs. I don't find the bubbles relaxing, I hate the noise and I feel like the jets are basically little petri dishes.

unaveragejane · December 2014

DecafGrandeMocha said:

@DecafGrandeMocha‌ I'm laughing so hard that I remind you of how bored you are!! :-p
Oh my goodness, that came across so wrong on my end!!!

LOL! No, I knew what you meant. I have to be in the right mood for Jane Austen, but I have probably read Jane Eyre half a dozen times.

bumpuser9353653 · December 2014

flummadiddle85 said:

unaveragejane said:

I personally don't dig the bathing with kids thing, but that's mostly bc I prefer privacy and personal space in the bathroom.

My mental dish rag rule is that a rag can be used for washing dishes, then wiping counters, then cleaning the stove top, then spills on the floor (rinsing in bn steps as needed). Any of the steps can be left out, but the order cannot be changed. And I never use a rag that's been wet for than 15 minutes after the last dish was washed. Sponges are good for painting and tile work but never dishes. Sorry, @stringy813‌.

What is this privacy and personal space you speak of?

violajack · December 2014

I like bubbly tubs.

I also like boys and would love another. DH has agreed to a third because he thinks he wants a daughter. Nope, I'm just going to have another boy. Because I totally have control over that kind of stuff.

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