Ah the days when the bathroom door was solely there to give you privacy from the outside world, in other words SHUT! Might have been a revolving door in some homes with large families and often slammed if there was only one that was meant to be shared with you and anyone other than you. But it was constantly shut and often locked, let our siblings bang all they want, they are not getting in while I take my 45 minute unnecessary shower! We depended on the door to do its job and remain shut when we shut it, locked when we locked it and prayed it is not made out of thin particle board.
We slowly realize the bathroom door will now longer be used much and then even a stage not used at all once our little ones arrive. Even in the hospital just prior to birth, it can be a challenge to shut it. Good luck trying to get the IV pole in there or after you give birth your maternal instincts kick in some probably kept the door open slightly “just in case”. Then we arrive home!! It is almost as if the bathroom doors have magically removed themselves in advance of our arrival. THEY KNOW! ~~By child 3 they stay on~~
When our idea of being pampered is being able to use the restroom in private or in peace we know we have reached the status of being a MOM! When we do shut the door for the first time “on them” their reactions are priceless. HOW DARE SHE!
Little fingers appear under the door frame, trying to see if they can reach us or finding a weak spot for later bathroom uses.
Cold tile will not stop a toddler who wants in, they will sit in front of the shut door waiting……and waiting for US.
Sometimes screaming and crying, other times talking to us and the moments I would worry most about — for myself– was when they would sit there facing the door BEING QUIET! You know their brain is thinking, turning inside. And when we open the door it is the same reaction we receive when we get home and our dog greets us…..no concept of time, they are just pure happy to see us.
My little boys who would once do this are now teens, they respect me and never do this now. Now my girls, 5 & 6 they will instead yell LOUD from way outside my bedroom door, MOM CAN I GET A CHEESE STICK? MOM THE BOYS ARE FIGHTING. MOM CAN I COME IN? MOM WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO BE DONE? MOM I AM HUNGRY. MOM….. MOM….. MOM….. MOM…..
“CAN YOU WAIT UNTIL I AM OUT? HECK THE DOOR IS SHUT!!!”
“OKAY MOM I WILL WAIT RIGHT HERE FOR YOU.” they do, they just check in every 2.1 seconds. LOL.
Oh bathroom door I took you for granted for decades and now I just wish I could afford a sound proof one.
Surviving 5 Kids 
My kids are older now so not them so much as the dog, she follows me everywhere!
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Mine too are older but I do remember those days all too well. Now, like Justine said but for me it’s the cats that follow me everywhere. LOL Thank you for sharing this.
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LOL! I laughed so hard reading this because it is so true. The little fingers under the door is hilarious and I know that one all to well.
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How funny. Yes, I identify. My three year old is now a master at opening doors.
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This is too funny. And oh, so true. I never valued going to the bathroom quietly and by myself so much before I became a parent. I wish I would have!
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So true!!Happens here all the time….
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Sigh. If it’s not the kids it’s the cats.
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My silly dog likes to come into the bathroom with me, but thankfully my kids are a little older and it’s rare that they bother me in the bathroom anymore.
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Every day. Every single day. Even as babies, because you don’t want to leave them alone – you bring them into the bathroom and it starts RIGHT. THEN.
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My daughter follows me into the bathroom too.. she’s going to be 10 months old on Sunday. And if it’s not her, it’s the cat.
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We have older kids now, so this is not an issue we all respect privacy.. but my dog on the other hand, she has no idea.. lol
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those are oh so true. my toddler is potty training right now so whenever i go potty she has to go as well.
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You made me crack up with the fingers under the door. Oh my gosh, how I remember that!
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How true is this? After kids, you just want to use the bathroom… alone, in privacy 🙂
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This is SO TRUE! and then how about– you need time to yourself, so you GO to the the bathroom! LOL
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I have 2 girls so I have always left the door open. My youngest has just gotten potty trained so I just recently started shutting the door. It is a great place for a slit second of quiet but It is so true for me though that as soon as I go to the bathroom everything starts to happen like mom she wont share, mom she just hit me or screaming and crying.
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OMG! this is too funny! Thankfully, my daughter was never like that.
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I can hear my kids on the other side of the door with the butter knife while I’m staring at the knob I can see the lock wiggling.. o’ man can I relate. I’m patiently waiting for them to grow out of it.
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HAHA!!! So True! More breaks happen in the bathroom by kids to moms’ than houses. Deadbolts need to be on bathroom doors! 😉
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