Very short post today. I just was thinking of bathrooms and the small things I've learned about them from raising my kids.
1. Three words: Toilet Paper Stand. The toilet paper dispensers that attach to the wall closely resemble rock climbing toe holds. You can see the problem.
2. Towel hooks, not rods. I lovingly refer to them as chin-up bars. Self-explanatory.
3. Buy a shower curtain that is easily washable. Mine is actually a flat sheet. Boys use it as a hand towel after "washing" their hands; girls use it to finish removing eye makeup. Annoying.
4. Never stack extra rolls of toilet paper anywhere near the toilet. Especially if you have boys. Ew.
5. Get over your aversion to hair clogs. Oh, and random, unexplained holes in the wall.
6. Teach your children to use a plunger at an early age. Period.
7. Paint every few years. It's the only way to make it actually FEEL clean again.
8. Buy a large painting. It gives visitors something else to look at besides the random socks, toothpaste sprinkles and hairballs.
9. The number of towels and washcloths you need will exponentially increase as your daughters' age. They tend to need one for their hair and one for their bodies and one to stand on and then "accidentally" take them into their rooms and "forget" to put them in the hamper - until there are no towels left for everyone else. At all. Not even beach towels.
10. MAKE THEM CLEAN IT EVERY DAY! Then once a week, you can follow them and actually clean it. And even then it will skirt the chasm of disgusting most of the time.
You're welcome.
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I'd rather Brian just build my boys an outhouse in the woods behind our house. Is that baaa-aaad?
Funny you mention the chin up bar. When my brother was a wee lad he did that to every towel bar in our house. The one in my parents bathroom came a tumbling down. Leaving a big ugly hole where the tile came off. My Dad was not happy. It remained unchanged for years until they finally fixed it about 5 years ago. Long after we moved out.
Also, if you have boys do not bother with rugs near the toilet. I also keep a can of Clorox wipes sitting on the sink. And I use at least one everyday.
GROSS.
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