The dreaded shower

Don't let the name of this post fool you; I LOVE taking showers!!! They're so relaxing...well to anyone that can actually manage to take one without a baby in the room! As a mother of three children I am embarrassed to say that taking showers only happens once every other day. AND whenever I do finally get to take one I have to take it with one or two children in the bathroom with me!

So if showers are so relaxing why does my 18 month old seem to think that when I enter the shower I'm going to be sucked down the drain into a soapy tunnel of doom? Whenever I get in she starts with the crying, then wailing until finally she is on the floor kicking her cute little baby feet and screaming at the top of her lungs, which I'm sure makes the neighbors think that I'm beating her or something. I am in the shower trying to shave and clean myself while thinking, 'what is the deal? She loves taking baths! Does she really think that I'm in here suffering? Unaware of the fact that if she would stop screaming I wouldn't be? WHY does she always do this? I come out after about ten or so minutes every time!'. So I hurry through the shaving and cleaning process after being somewhat successful at not cutting my legs off and lathering and rinsing two times each, to get out of the shower and be relieved of her stunned look and final silence. So I go to the mirror and THEN I realize why she is always so hysterical about me taking a shower. When I saw what was in the mirror *I* wanted to scream too! It wasn't, after all, that she thought I was going to be sucked down the drain but rather because this poor little baby has realized that when I get out I'm going to look like Brandon Lee from movie the Crow! My mascara and eyeliner has dripped down my cheeks and I look like I'm all set for a Halloween party. After I clean up my face I lean down to pick her up and I receive a beautiful little bundle in my arms all ready to be consoled. Lots of hugs and kisses and 'I'm soooo sorry honey' s later and she is back to being cute and looking at me like someone had just broke in our house to play dress-up!

So from now on, when I'm in the shower and my poor little baby is screaming and crying because she knows what I'm going to come out looking like, I guess I'll have to be a little more understanding of her fears. I really need a mirror in my shower so that I can clean off the makeup BEFORE I get out and scare the bajeebies out of the baby.