Question for mothers.

[sl8]

In this type situation, does one shower before or after selling the child?


From a former child who made his mother question her life choices, to all the mothers here:

Happy Mother's Day!

[pennylane100]

1. That picture is priceless.

It captures the joy's of parenting. I was going to say motherhood but there are also so many fathers and foster parents that are also raising children. Maybe we should have an "It takes village" holiday.

[barbtries]

2. maybe both

fortunately this never happened but i might just strip us both down and get in the water.

[Ohiogal]

3. Hilarious! I can relate....

My oldest son barfed all over me once but he was sitting on my lap. I think he was around 2.

[mercuryblues]

4. That's a trick question

Showering before selling the child you may get a higher price. But you also run the risk of changing your mind.

Showering after selling the child, you get a less money. You will regret it after getting your 1st full nights sleep, in years.

[tblue37]

5. This little anecdote is from my "Kidbits" website:

http://kidbits.homestead.com/peek.html

Peek!

When my son Michael was just 19 months old, his sister Becky was born. One day, when Becky was perhaps six weeks old, I was walking around the house with her up against my shoulder, taking care of some chores after having just fed her. Michael followed along behind us.

Soon Michael began to exclaim, "Peek, Mommy! Becky peek!"

"Yes, Sweetie," I said, "Becky is peeking at you over Mommy's shoulder."

Michael got even more excited. "Peek, Mommy, peek!" he said. And then again, "Peek! Peek!"

"Yes, yes, she is peeking at you."

"NO!" Michael cried out in exasperation, "NO! Becky peek!"

Okay, by now I had figured out he wasn't talking about his little sister's face peeking at him over my shoulder.

And then it dawned on me. His 19-month-old pronunciation left something to be desired, but he was doing his darnedest to alert me to the thick stream of baby puke running down my back.

[lunatica]

6. Once my son peed on me

After that I put some cloth or other over his pee-er when I changed his diaper! ☔️