Fact v. Fiction 2 Year olds and Showering

While having 2 children is definitely more work, the 2 year old remains the most work. With the little one, you can still contained them in an exersaucer or bouncy seat of some sort. Not so for the 2 year old. You can exhibit limited freedom for the 2 year old, but, be prepared to stay after them. Here is my case in point of the limited freedom.......taking a shower while the 2 year old roams free.

1. Fact or Fiction: With a two year old there is no way to work in a deep conditioning treatment while taking a shower.

-Fiction! You can work in a deep conditioning treatment, but, you should limit it to a 2-5 minute version. I've found that Frederic Fekai has a wonderful one that does the trick!

2. Fact or Fiction: There is no way you can work in a shave when you are trying to limit your shower time to 10 minutes.

-Fiction! Somehow, someway, your body senses your minds anxiety at having your little one out roaming in your room and bathroom and pushes into an adrenaline rush type of frenzy for 10 minutes or so. Your arms, hands and fingers have never been so dextrous! Believe it or not you've flown through a shave virtually unscathed. Only a knick here and there. The key here is using a trusty razor. Schick Intuition is NOT, and I repeat NOT a recommendation. One would think that it would cut out some time because it is a razor/cream combination. If you want your legs not to look like they've been attacked by a weed eater, do not use this razor.

3. Fact or Fiction: Your showering process can be just a peaceful as it always has been in the past.

-Fiction!!!! So, limited freedom is just that, limited, so you try to keep that sweet little 2 year old within ear shot. I still have no idea how I accomplished the amount of pampering I accomplished while fussing/threatening spankings/and giving "atta boys" to Jack through the steamed over glass of my shower. He thankfully knows when I'm being serious and when I'm idilly threatening. Luckily, when he grabbed my Pepcid Complete off the counter and somehow yanked the cap off, he knew my "JOHN BARON DIEFENDERFER, PUT THAT CAP BACK ON OR YOU'RE THIGH WILL NEVER BE SAME AGAIN" meant business. No spankings occured, the cap went back on and he resumed pulling all of the q-tips out of the box and stuffing them into one of Todd's shoes.

I don't know about you, but, when I read this back through, it made me nervous all over again. But, when that face looks like this, I realize it's worth it :)