| Stankonia |
Babies still get bathed fool. You are so gross. Wash yourself! |
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Why do so many of you think you know more than dermatologists and pediatricians? It is not recommended for children, to bathe every day nor is it needed.
Hot water every day dries out the skin. Children’s sensitive skin is thinner than adults and daily hot water strips the natural oils, damaging the skin's protective barrier. It can cause dryness, redness, irritation, and worsens conditions like eczema and allergies. How hard is that to comprehend? Teach your kids to hand wash body parts that get dirty between baths. Americans use over three times the amount of water than European countries do. Stop being water pigs. |
Your mouth could use a wash…and education. |
| Stanky |
+1,000 a shower once a week is neglect. |
| Ha, like 1-3x a week. Helps with eczema. And like 4-6x a week in summer, depending on how often we're in the pool or ocean. |
The time it takes is not the point. Why would there be poop on it? Kids are taught how to clean themselves. They make disposal biodegradable cloths that have sensitive cleanser on it. You just wet it and use it, no need to rinse. It’s recyclable unlike wipes. They use them in hospitals or hiking and other reasons. Also perfect for parents with mysophobia. Helps calm the anxiety of the disturbed parent and doesn’t damage the delicate skin of children. |
| Daily except Friday nights cuz no school the next day. But yes on Saturday because 2 nights without bathing would be stinky. |
| Are all these kids in public school?! 9-year old DD definitely needs a shower daily. The schools are oozing with germs, viruses, lice, ugh. Also even if your child doesn't sweat much (although mine does sweat when she plays sports), a lot of sports require showering -- baseball gets that red dirt all over them, gymnastics facilities harbor foot funguses and other gross stuff, etc. I suppose if we homeschooled, then on days when she didn't have a sport, we'd be ok skipping it. |
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OP, one of the best parenting moves I ever made was to lock in the (pretty much) non negotiable daily evening shower when the kids were still young enough to do what I said. Sometimes if they were sick they skipped, or if they were really tired they might do a "rinse off" only, but establishing the routine was super important. My older son was dumbfounded at the number of stinky teens who did not shower every day when he started traveling with classmates in high school. Like using after shave instead or counting "swimming in the lake" as a bath.
If your daughter is running out of time because her hair is long, get her a shower cap to use every other day. But now is the time to enforce this behavor. |
| Every day. |
Yes and when I had a baby, we had a diaper pail that got taken out every time there was a poopy diaper because I didn't want that $hit in my house. This is precisely why it's thrilling when your kid starts using the toilet so you don't have to deal with poop anymore, but apparently many of you are filling bathroom trashcans with poopy wet wipes? Groooooooss. Just take a freaking shower. |
| When my child was 9, her underarms smelled. She played sports and was active at school. She had to shower/bathe everyday. I really question children showering less than 5 times a week. |
This. Literally tonight I decided to let DD skip the shower tonight only because she has a recital tomorrow night and will be coming home early and taking a shower before that, and she was like "no, I'd really rather take one" so I had her take a quick one with a shower cap. I like that at 7 she already has this baked in as hygiene so I don't have to fight with her over it. |