I come across this issue when out and about with my 8-year old stepdaughter. Sometimes both of us need to use the restroom. In some places they only have one restroom. She has no problem going in front of me, but I'm not comfortable going in front of her because I'm not her mom and I don't think it's right she should see me. However, my husband doesn't like the idea of her waiting in the hall alone and she's not comfortable with it. Usually I end up holding it until I can find a bathroom with stalls (she's OK with going in a stall alone and me as well.)
Any suggestions?
just have her turn her back....that way you get to please you & your hubby, she wont see you & she doesnt have to be out of your sight
Why don't you ask her how she feels about it? She may understand your need for privacy, and be inside, but be willing to turn her back? I'm sure there's a compromise the two of you can come to.
Ask her to turn around and not look? My husband has had to do this on occasion with our daughter and it has not been a problem.
I've had this issue in public restrooms & my husband's demands that I always take her in with me. The compromise has become that I take her in while he waits right outside the door. When she's done, I wash her hands and bring her out to my husband so I can go back in and take care of my business privately.
Kids don't care, and really how much do you see when you go potty.
I have a foster mom. I moved in with them when I was 16 and often we chatted while she or I went pee or took a bath. It's no big deal unless you make it a big deal.
I do daycare and have to have the door open lots of the times I go potty cause of having little ones around. The school agers don't care, they just ignore it. The younger kids don't care at all, it's natural to them to go pee.
I could not possibly hold it, too small of a bladder for that! LOL.
That said if you are going to be her step mom for any amount of time, then stop thinking of her as not your kid. Stop thinking of her as a step kid and start thinking of her as your daughter. Trust me, I have a step mother and I was never her daughter, but my foster mom treated me like blood from before I moved in.
