Anyone have any good bathroom tips? For mom??

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Has anyone come up w any good ideas on what to do with your little one when you need to go to the bathroom/shower? All of our bathrooms are upstairs and his swing and boppy are downstairs typically. I don’t like holding him bc it’s hard to wipe/shower! But he is also old enough I don’t trust him by himself, even if on the floor!

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I have a 22 month old and a almost 2 month old. Showering usually happens when my toddler is taking a nap, I’ll then put the baby in the bouncer with me in the bathroom. My baby is definitely used to being in all the different baby apparatuses we own. We use the swing, porta crib, and bouncer regularly throughout the day. I hold the baby when he needs to eat, burp, and diaper changes but then he goes right back in one of the things I mentioned. It’s not that I don’t want to cuddle and hold him more, but when you have a toddler to care for as well I need to focus on him and show him more attention so he doesn’t get jealous and resent the baby. When the baby does tummy time we all play on the ground, but since the baby sleeps a lot still it’s easy to put him down in a safe place.

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We have a boppy newborn lounger for when we use the bathroom, make bottles, eat, etc. It’s not the same thing as the boppy nursing pillow. We used it for our first and we absolutely LOVE it. It’s so convenient and has a handle on the top that I normally loop my foot through and kinda kick it up to my hand to hold it and carry it from room to room if I’m holding the baby or our 14 month old. It was honestly one of the best things we put on our registry. It wouldn’t be safe for showering though as it doesn’t have a strap or anything and once a bit older, babe could roll off it, but it’s 100% worth it for other day to day stuff

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I have a regular boppy that I leave upstairs from my first kid and I drape a blanket over it and put baby in the bathroom doorway to use the bathroom. My 3yo will hang out with him sometimes too which the baby loves.  I shower when my husband is home in the evenings so I can take my time and relax a bit while in there. Much easier to relax now that my husband has found ways to soothe the lo and has stopped bringing him to the bathroom door so I can hear him cry.

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I put mine in her bassinet and roll it in the bathroom with me so I can see her.

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I put baby in the pack and play and bring the toddler with as I don’t trust toddlers with baby alone for any reason. If you just have a baby, out baby somewhere safe, as if they were napping and go.

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You gotta just do it, honestly. I have a toddler and a 6 week old, and I literally cannot have my baby with me everywhere I go. I put her in the swing and go tend to my toddler in another room if I need. When I go to the bathroom, same thing. Or I'll put her in the crib, if not the swing. I haven't brought my baby to the bathroom with me, but with my first I did a couple times when I was feeding her. It gets harder as they get older (learning to crawl and roll over) but for now this little, you can leave them by themselves for a few minutes (as long as they're alone safely, and not like unrestrained on a couch or something). This is just my thoughts. Maybe I'm not as protective as I should be. 🤷‍♀️

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My daughter is sitting in it but this is what I typically leave in the bathroom for this very reason. It came with something that goes over top with things that dangle down but from the first kid to the current kid, they've been lost. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It also vibrates to help soothe. Got it off Amazon

Anyone have any good bathroom tips? For mom??

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