I’ve heard over and over how people lose their privacy once they have children. Maybe it started in the delivery room, but it extends well beyond! I’ve swapped “I get no privacy” stories with many friends & they all seem to understand. They even have their own stories to share!
I swear I can’t go to the bathroom without an audience anymore.
But the alternate scenario is just as ahem, embarrasing.
You see, I’ve noticed that there are generally (generally being a very “loaded” word here) two types of children. One: children that listen to and follow directions. Those that know the rules and happily, or not, abide by them. And two: those children that listen to the directions and proceed to do what they want to anyway. The live-in-the-moment child.
I have one of each. (Lord help me!)
So when I don’t get the bathroom audience, I get the sounds-like-the-house-is-caving-in piercing screams of my live-in-the-moment child. Must he wait until I’m in private or dare I say on the telephone with someone important to test out those vocal cords?
Is there a little tingle that we forgot about when we were children that tells them, “Hey! Mom’s on the phone, you know what that means. PAAARRRTTYYYYYY!”
Does a little voice tell them that they MUST tell your in-laws that they stay in their pajamas most days & Mom lets us eat cold meat loaf for breakfast & cereal for dinner?
So tell me I’m not the only one, please!
What are some of your zero privacy adventures in parenting?
Nikowa Lee is a quirky homeschooling mom to a special needs son, co-schooling mom to a son that’s a handful, foster-to-adopt parent, Cub Scout volunteer, frugal lifestyle livin’, 2x cervical cancer surviving wife. She enjoys social media, photography, gardening, reading, and teaching. You can visit Nikowa at The Adventures of a Quirky Mom.







































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