Grrrr... Teenagers and Bathrooms

[fionas]

OK, DSD and I get on pretty well but geez her bathroom etiquette leaves a lot to be desired. She is constantly taking off her make up with facial wipes and cotton buds and then leaving them on the floor or the vanity. The vanity is a low-slung one about half a metre off the floor so of course DD is constantly picking up used cotton buds and shoving them in her mouth. Annoys the crap out of me. There's a bin in there for goodness sake.

So I've just picked up a whole heap of them and shoved them on her bed.

Doesn't help that I have a dodgy back and I'm SICK OF PICKING UP OTHER PEOPLE'S CRAP.

[jasp]

Originally Posted by fionas

So I've just picked up a whole heap of them and shoved them on her bed.
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I've done this with dirty dishes she leaves lying around

The bathroom... don't even get me started... we have an ensuite & the 3 kids share a bathroom which is usually pretty feral thanks to the boys as much as DD.

BUT she plucks her eyebrows in our bathroom (becasue the light is better) and wipes the hairs on the mirror. Then leaves them there.
Ewww.

having your little one pop them in her mouth...double ewww

[Inertia]

Mines favourite trick is to dump their clothes on the floor.... next to the washing basket... WTF is that about?

[Abb34]

I can so relate
My dd always leaves the hair straightner out, usually drapped over the sink
Her clothes everywhere in the bathroom, her wet towel on her bedroom floor, lip gloss, hair clips, stereo on the vanity..after spending 2 hours in the bathroom.. grrr
But the worst is the sanitary napkin wrappers on the toilet floor, i so hate that..

[fionas]

DSD has left USED sanitary pads on the floor! Yeuk anyway but with a toddler around, quite dangerous. Luckily, she hasn't done that for quite some time. But even so, how d'you a) not put it in the bin and b) just kind of forget it's there?

[mrsmac]

What relief that all this behaviour is not just my DD! I am so tired of all the things you guys have mentioned, might try the dumping it all on her bed thing next time!

[squidipa]

oh my goodness, i would glad wrap the whole sink area and then write a note saying you mess it clean it!

[Abb34]

eww it is discusting. my dd is so casual about those things i remind her and she just shrugs. I now make her clean the toilet once a week, empty bin etc so hopefully she will learn from it. lol

[fionas]

Love the Glad Wrap idea - unfortunately we only have one bathroom so would be depriving myself of a sink in the meantime.

Hence current obsession with having my own ensuite!

[squidipa]

Originally Posted by fionas

Love the Glad Wrap idea - unfortunately we only have one bathroom so would be depriving myself of a sink in the meantime.

Hence current obsession with having my own ensuite!

ild still do it and wash ya hands else where like laundry just to make a point lol im sorta like that tho haha

[Inertia]

Originally Posted by fionas

DSD has left USED sanitary pads on the floor! Yeuk anyway but with a toddler around, quite dangerous. Luckily, she hasn't done that for quite some time. But even so, how d'you a) not put it in the bin and b) just kind of forget it's there?

Oh I hate that. DD left one next to the sink once. It was folded over and she was at school when I went in there and found it so I wasn't leaving it there - and I did give her a very stern don't do it again when she got home, but she has only had them for a few months so I cut her a bit of slack. She hasn't done it since thankfully, but it is just the absolute worst thing they can leave laying around in the bathroom!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

its a lazy thing. I used to do it too. lol

Try getting a bin that sits higher, so like on the bathroom bench, just a little one. if its right in front of her, it should help. i know it sounds abit silly, but lazy ppl wont do anything, u have to shove it right in their face. lol

[jasp]

DD will use the bin...but she won't empty it, and then it is overflowing and...euch.

[fionas]

We have no bathroom bench. It sits under the basins. Seemed like a good idea when I was in my 20s with no DSD and no DD!

[~Jo~]

Makeup! Im so over finding makeup everywhere....Jess has the minerals makeup and its dropped all over the bathroom sink. I find it on the light switches, on the bathroom door....ewwww/

Jo

[fionas]

I must say that DSD was EXCEPTIONALLY nice to me after she found the cotton buds and used tissues in her bed!

I expected a tanty but there was none so that was good, and I know she felt bad.

See, the problem is, I do remember what being a teenager is like. But I just get so jacked off with having to remove stuff from DD's mouth and then dealing with HER tanties, all while having a bad back and having DD rolling around the bathroom floor with a used cotton bud in her mouth.

[Rivlas]

My DD leaves dishes all over the house and I refuse to wash dishes after I have finished so when this happens I put all her dishes into a tub and leave it for her to wash. She knows not to get clean ones out and the good thing is that she has certain cups she uses so has to wash them if she wants a drink.
As for the bathroom I now just throw the clothes she has left there on her bed. Make up I put on the floor and if the grandkids get into it bad luck. She knows it should be in the cupboard.
I even wrote on the bathroom mirror "Please put makeup away ", maybe the next step is to write it bigger.

[Teagz]

OH I was the QUEEN of messing up the bathroom when I was at home.
globs of foundation, eyeliner, buds, basically any peice of makeup/cotton that touched my face also went all over the vanity. Aaah, those were the days.
It's not so much fun now that i have to clean it up myself though