OK ladies I have a question. I have a step son who is 16 months and me and my husband have primary custody, he has been having the runs like no other but last night we stayed the night at a friends who only has a shower and he's never had a shower only a bath, and when he pooped last night it got all over I mean him the bed the blankets everything. so when I heard him wake up I went to go change his diaper and he was again covered head to toe so I grabbed him and ran to the bathroom and started the shower and hopped in with him. If you were his biological mother would you be upset with me for being in the shower with him. I didn't do anything but cleaned him, but his mother is young and very immature ( I'm also young but I feel like she would over react if she ever found out) I don't know I feel like she would be very upset with me.
Honestly i wouldnt be mad cus at least you are takingn care of him thats his mother but if you have been taking care of him she shouldnt have any reason to be upset i commend you for actually taking your time to shower him im sure he would have been terrified since he has never had a shower style bath if you wouldnt have gone with him in there so great job !
It wasn't inappropriate and you were just caring for him and doing your job. I don't even see the need of even telling her especially knowing she'd get ignorant about it. like what were you supposed to do put him in there and let him panick and drown?? you were doing your job as a step mother and that's final, no reason to dwell on it because it's not a big deal
I agree very much so @babyhawkins2015 I mean he is her second child and she was 18 when she had him I'm not downing her for her choices one bit but I know what you mean coming from a divorced family
@jrsmom0216, Maturity comes in time and if his biological mom doesn't have it...do not let it hinder you from doing your mommy duties! After all, she would have custody of her own child if she was doing right by him. It's very disheartening to see mommies (that are EGG donors) who weren't mature enough to have babies NOT take care of them, but scream and point the finger at someone else for their downfalls.
If you were a kind enough person to clean poop off my childs body, i could get over it. Second, if she trusts you to watch him she should trust your judgement
I wouldn't worry about it. I think your a great stepmother to that little boy the fact that you stepped in and not be grossed out about it or react negative is a very good thing, because I know stepmothers who are two faced and treat the kids like crap.
@jrsmom0216, - first of all, I commend you for doing exactly what ANY loving mommy would do. You did the right thing... especially since he has never taken an actual shower style bath. he's still a baby at 16 months and could have been traumatized from 1) pool all over and 2) a foreign method of water pouring in his tiny body... lol
Kudos to you for doing your job at being a mom!! :-)
No, but I've never been good with hiding things. She doesn't like me to begin with and I've told myself I'm going to have to deal with it until the day I die or he is no longer a part of my life.
I wouldn't be personally. The fact that you take care of this child like your own, I don't see nothing wrong with it. Are u planning on letting her know?