As some of you dedicated, long-time readers might know, we have had some tub draining issues in the past. I used a trick I learned from Handyman magazine and have been loyally unclogging the drain chemical-free for quite a while. If you want to know how, leave me a comment or email me with your email, and I'll send you the info. Well, this unclogging is quite a disgusting thing to do and that is saying a lot considering I now wipe butts on a daily basis and enjoy watching my husband get stitches.
There are a ton of GREAT things about being pregnant, but one unexpected thing this that your hair stops falling out. I'm not sure of the biological/scientific reason why, but I think it has something to do with the fact that it is just the universe throwing all of the fat-faced, swollen footed, heartburn-having, pants-splitting mommas-to-be a bone. Look: you may be the size of a house, but your hair is thick and lustrous!
Don't you know that a little while after you give birth and you find yourself unshowered, covered in spit up, and wearing last week's sweatpants that THEN your hair not only starts to fall out again, but it falls out with a vengeance. It is like all that hair that was clinging on for 9 months suddenly all comes tumbling down and into your tub drain.
It is worse for those of us with curly hair, because unlike our (lucky) straight-haired friends, our hair doesn't fall out throughout the day (say into your neighbor's soup or as we stand in the elevator). No, curly hair gets all tangled up in the mess that is curly hair only to be released when we shower.
This is a long way of saying that last time I did the tub unclogging, I'm pretty sure I pulled out a wet black chinchilla. The baby was sleeping, so I could only scream on the inside. I may have shattered a kidney.
About an hour later, a light bulb appeared over my head. I promptly headed to Target. $1.79 and one of these later:
...and our tub drain is to remain hair-free. Now, you still have to clean this thing off after a shower, but it is less wet chinchilla and more random stray hair extension. Which having lived in Philadelphia, I can live with.
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B just had to unclog our tub this weekend because of my post-partum shedding. And I don't know how you got lucky enough to only lose hair in the shower. I have tons falling out all day long.
ReplyDeleteGet ready for TMI. I stick mine on the side of the tub as it falls off my head into my hands, and then throw it in the trash after my bath. If all that hair went down the drain every day, I'd have to unclog it several times a week. I don't know how I even have any hair left on my head.
ReplyDeletenew to your blog but am so interested in hearing about the drain cleaning. we live in an old house and i'm a shedder (tmi?). thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteleannrsewell at gmail.com
Those things work perfectly for older homes. Especially when you have hairy tenants.
ReplyDelete*points at self*
Kelly
Bunny,
ReplyDeleteJust a warning, that white plastic clog thing gets SO gross after a while, especially if there is any rust in your city's water.
Hey Sarah,
We're TMI-twins, that's exactly what I do!
Please, please, please send me the article...I am tired of buying Liquid Plumber in bulk.
ReplyDeletepromote.moi at gmail dot com
You are hilarious! Still laughing out loud at 'screaming on the inside.'
ReplyDeleteI had long wavy hair when I had my daughter & found that if I brushed my hair really well BEFORE I showered, it helped a lot. More hair in the brush, less in the drain. And yeah, I'm another one that sticks it on the side of the tub until I'm finished.
ReplyDeleteAs for the white plastic drain thingy getting nasty, soak it in a bowl of white vinegar once in awhile & it should clean it fairly easily.
there's a solution besides liquid plumber? i'm interested...
ReplyDeletekmeredith82 at yahoo dot com
I'd love to hear your solution - I have short thick curly hair and even that clogs up the drain eventually.
ReplyDeletegraycm at bellsouth dot net
thanks a bunch
Cheryl
Orlando