A busy mother of four contrasts 'everything showers'—full grooming like shaving, exfoliating and moisturizing—with 'mom showers' limited to essentials: pits, crotch and butt. Young children under six often require close supervision, prompting bathroom improvisations such as bringing a large baby swing inside and collapsing it to fit doorways. Children frequently interrupt showers by yelling from the doorway or demanding attention only while water runs, then abruptly lose interest when the parent exits. Even when another adult is home, at least one child commonly accompanies the parent in or near the bathroom, shaping quick, pragmatic shower routines.
An "everything shower" is "when you actually get to shave your legs, exfoliate, maybe even moisturize after the shower. What? Whoa! Dream big," she said. On the other hand, a "mom shower" is 'pits, crotch, butt - bare minimum.' An "everything shower" is aspirational. A "mom shower" is the unfortunate reality.
"For anyone who isn't a parent, there are certain things that you have to do sometimes to be able to shower." One of those things is keeping your young children happy - or at least not too upset - while you shower. To that end, Kelce, who has four children under the age of 6, would occasionally bring an entire bulky baby swing into the bathroom. It might have been "wide as hell," Kelce said, but it was the only thing that would get her oldest daughter Wyatt to calm down when "she was not touching another human." She would collapse the swing halfway to get it through the bathroom doorway and step over it to get into the shower.
Even if another adult is at home while Kelce showers, at least one of her kids will be in the bathroom with her while she showers. "They'll stand outside and just yell to me the whole shower, like we couldn't just have this conversation when I got out," Kelce said. But the torture doesn't end there. She continued, "And the minute I get out, guess what? No more interest: 'Actually I don't want to talk to you anymore.' It was either at a volume over the water or not at all. And now this conversation's over."
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