Help with Bedtime
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Anonymous
| For elementary schoolers how much of your kids getting ready for bedtime do you still help with? Do you give a choice if they want a bath or shower before bed? |
Anonymous
| We still do baths before bedtime |
Anonymous
| Every night, bath, books, bed. Younger kids, we read to them, older kids, they read to us |
Anonymous
| Mine are 5 and 8. Bath once a week, showers the rest to save water. They brush their own teeth while I help wash the other kid. Oldest can do it all herself but she enjoys the company. They find their own pjs and brush hair and they read or I read to them for 15 min, sing a song and lights out. They share a room so the oldest usually reads some more to herself with a light (she has a curtain around her bunk). |
Anonymous
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I remind them of time and remind them to brush teeth, but they mostly do it themselves. Ages 11, and 8; both have ADHD so need help with remembering time but hate being told what to do.
We shower every other night and on sports nights so I help with reminders there too. |
Anonymous
| How often would you let them completely skip a bath/shower? I’m certain that when I was in elementary school I went more than one day without taking a bath. |
Anonymous
My 9yo DS showers most nights due to sports and getting sweaty at recess or PE. He can skip on the rare day he doesn’t break a sweat. 7yo DD doesn’t exert herself as much, so she probably averages 3 showers a week during the school year. |
Anonymous
| What you have time for |
Anonymous
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For lower elementary, they only really need a bath if they got dirty/sweaty outside. Otherwise every 3-4 days is fine, especially in winter. I know a lot of people like to do bath everyday as a routine but I’ve never done that. It’s bad for their skin and unnecessary.
Upper elementary every 1-2 days. Totally fine to skip days. |
Anonymous
| I’d say by end of 2nd grade my kids could manage the whole routine themselves. I’m still around if they need something, and do song/prayers with them. I read sometimes, but not every night, since by 7ish they were wanting to read on their own. |
Anonymous
| Anyone still have to remind kids to use the bathroom before bed or wake them up during the night to go? |
Anonymous
Still using pull-ups for overnight but of course using the bathroom right before bed is a must. |
Anonymous
Of course they both have adhd. |
Anonymous
Surprised how many kids these days are still in night pull-ups. Is this just how things are now? |