I am going to start with a disclaimer: I love my husband very much - he is an awesome husband and father!
With that out of the way - Why is it that when I give the kids a bath the bathroom ends up cleaner then when I started?? Really I dont expect it to be sparkling when he is done but does it have to be a total disaster?
I am not perfect but I try to multi-task, I will admit that sometimes I loose track of the thing I started with, but that is not for a lack of trying! When I give the kids a bath, I try to pick up a little, clear off the sink, pick up the millions of little pieces of toilet paper that somehow manage to decorate the floor, you know just the little stuff. Sometimes I get ambitious and clean the toilet or Windex the mirror. Either way the bathroom is always cleaner by the time the kids are done soaking.
Tonight I had a softball game, and even in the awesome shape I am in I was a little sore when I got home. So I asked Ryan to please give the kids a bath, which since I usually do it during the day he has not done in about 6 months, now I remember why! I went in after they were done it looked as though the linen closet, the sink, the toy basket and the medicine cabinet had been threw hurricane Katrina. I use that analogy because not only was everything spewed all over the place, but everything was wet! There were 4 towels out, not including the 2 the kids were wrapped in, there was toys all over the sink, floor and tub, AND my luffa was on the floor next to the toilet (yes i will be getting a new one)! AAAAAAAAAAA - Good grief -
So I ask, is it worth asking for help when it really just causes more work in the long run?
Andrew does baths here and keeps the bathroom clean in the process, but there are plenty of things I do ask him to do on occassion where the outcome leaves me wondering how he managed to pass high school let alone earn a college degree.
ReplyDeleteyou know, I am going to answer this, though I dont have kids, only a husband at this point, but as I see in so many other friends families, is that mom is all about business, get in and get out, (not saying that I wont be that way at some point) and since dad doesnt do baths very often, he likes to go in there and play with the kids, as opposed to mom who does it everyday, and is no longer about the playing aspect of it anymore.....just a thought, you can tell me to shut up if I am totally off!
ReplyDeleteYou're right Jen, I think moms are more about getting it done the most efficient way possible, and dads are more about the playing! However, I still think it would have been ok for Ryan to go back in and clean up the mess!
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