Mums Check List for Kids Before Interrupting Her Bathroom Time

Mum shares her check list for the kids before interrupting her shower time.

An Adelaide mother has shared a check list of rules to try and stop her kids interrupting her shower time!

The sign asks her kids “Before you knock on the door ask yourself these questions first…. “is someone dying?” or “is someone bleeding a lot?”, “does someone need an ambulance?” and they’re only allowed to enter if the answer is yes!

shower list

Love it! I think all parents can relate to this. Every time we want some peace and quiet in the shower or toilet someone desperately needs us.

What would your check list say?

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24 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 29 Mar 2023
    1:13 pm
Before I would shower I would make sure the kids were all settled and leave my husband to look after them. I would just step into the shower and all hell would break out. I ended up going nuts at my husband and asking why this was happening every darn night. Amazing….after that the house was silent when I would shower. For some reason he was the issue and not the kids.

- - serotonin said
  - 02 Jun 2019
    2:15 pm
Awesome, will have to try this if my youngest still yells at me over the sound of the shower.

- - becstalou said
  - 05 May 2019
    7:03 pm
We’re not at reading age yet so we just have to deal with it for a while longer.

- - rovermum said
  - 24 Apr 2019
    10:01 am
Haha, I absolutely love this.

- - ella12 said
  - 23 Apr 2019
    4:16 pm
I had a good chuckle at this, that’s fantastic!

- - mom103920 said
  - 20 Apr 2019
    9:17 am
WRITING it down. Maybe that’s where I went wrong. I’ve tried boundaries for the bathroom and when I’m on the phone and thought when the kids got bigger it would get better. It seems their perception of urgent just changes.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 19 Apr 2019
    4:13 pm
Parents need a break, love this idea

- - tessie said
  - 19 Apr 2019
    12:32 pm
What a fantastic check list. I’m definitely going to use this to get some quality time in the bathroom. Good idea for the toilet as well.

- - DaffyD said
  - 19 Apr 2019
    9:14 am
Oh what a fab idea, I am so stealing this, no more tiny teddie requests please I just want to have a hot shower!

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 19 Apr 2019
    8:24 am
haha that’s funny!

- - roseuponatime said
  - 19 Apr 2019
    1:05 am
Absolutely!

- - Blossom said
  - 19 Apr 2019
    12:41 am
Be smart and have your bath or shower when you know the kids are asleep and not likely to wake up within a few minutes. The toilet is a lot harder. Trouble is you need to know what mischief little ones get into while you are in there if they are crawling or walking around. It’s even harder when they start running around.
- Ellen replied
  
  20 Apr 2019 , 9:06 am
  I agree, I have one while everyone is in bed asleep
- - deb_gs said
  - 18 Apr 2019
    10:14 pm
Wishful thinking. It is usually the younger ones who catered that follow you in!

- - Ellen said
  - 18 Apr 2019
    7:18 am
I take a bath / shower in the night or very early morning, when no-one is awake.

- - mom265671 said
  - 17 Apr 2019
    11:59 pm
Yes. I completely understand where’s she’s coming from. It’s like the house cant function without mum taking 20 minutes!

- - mom350461 said
  - 17 Apr 2019
    10:16 pm
Excellent idea once my children can read

- - neat22 said
  - 17 Apr 2019
    8:55 pm
Nothing wrong with rules and boundaries in the home. I think this is a good idea.

- - country chick said
  - 17 Apr 2019
    8:22 pm
If only my two year old could read

- - ashna9 said
  - 17 Apr 2019
    7:22 pm
Perfect! Parents need to shower and pee in peace and quiet too!

- - mom356614 said
  - 17 Apr 2019
    7:12 pm
What’s alone bathroom time? Maybe when the kids are old enough to read lol
- mom93821 replied
  
  18 Apr 2019 , 6:54 am
  Yep! They need to be able to read for sure! 🙂