How often should an 8 yr old take showers?

[Anonymous]

I have twins. One needs it daily or she stinks and has greasy hair. The other could go a week and not smell. We don't let her but if she doesn't need it I'm fine with three times a week. Less drying to skin and hair if you can skip a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3 x weekly. Eight year olds do not have the mature sweat glands that adults do. And daily bathing/showering in winter time can actually be destructive to skin.

My 6 year old son gets stinky armpits if he doesn't wash them nightly. It isn't at the point where it smells through the shirt...but when he is pulling off the shirt the odor is foul. If you were to pick up the shirt and put your nose anywhere near the armhole it is offensive. He is a very athletic, active kid and he, no, he is not in precocious puberty, etc.

We do nightly baths for both of my boys (3 and 6) as part of their nighttime routine. 6 year old is capable of washing himself--hair, body, etc...while I help younger sibling.

[Anonymous]

At least every other day during the winter (or more often if getting hot and sweaty playing.) Daily doing the summer.

[Anonymous]

Three times a week here unless he is particularly sweaty/dirty then we add in an extra!

[Anonymous]

Probably 3xs per week.

[Anonymous]

When mine were that age, they took a shower every night except the night before a morning soccer game. Now that they're a bit older, they take a shower every night. I think it's good to establish grooming and hygiene habits early. I know a few adults who would have benefited from that.

[Anonymous]

5X a week for DS.

[Anonymous]

Every day - either bath or shower. Nothwithstanding lack of sweat or activity, it's just good practice to wash. I cannot believe so many people on this thread don't bother cleaning their kids. I'm hardly Howard Hughes' mom but between sports, out-and-about with other kids, school, pre-k, peeing (sometimes a work in progress - do they really wash their hands when they are not told?) I just think a wash works. And it's a good transition to bed. Maybe I'm old fashioned (although not as Elizabethan (not the bath!!) as some on this thread) but I like my clean, washed littlies to go to sleep and start the day without yesterday's grime. And they love time in the shower - singing, dancing under the water and trying to drown eachother. All good. Most improtantly though, it's the patterns you're developing for later. I well remember at school a kid who didn't wash much and was called "stinky." I think that good, not neurotic, personal hygiene is a gift you can give to you kids.

[Anonymous]

I have a hunch 17:39 that your kids aren't 8 yet. Neither here nor there but if I'm right, I'm not sure why you're answering?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:daily- dont you like to shower daily? not to be snarky I just think everyone feels better after a shower.

I agree. My daughter takes a shower each night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every day - either bath or shower. Nothwithstanding lack of sweat or activity, it's just good practice to wash. I cannot believe so many people on this thread don't bother cleaning their kids. I'm hardly Howard Hughes' mom but between sports, out-and-about with other kids, school, pre-k, peeing (sometimes a work in progress - do they really wash their hands when they are not told?) I just think a wash works. And it's a good transition to bed. Maybe I'm old fashioned (although not as Elizabethan (not the bath!!) as some on this thread) but I like my clean, washed littlies to go to sleep and start the day without yesterday's grime. And they love time in the shower - singing, dancing under the water and trying to drown eachother. All good. Most improtantly though, it's the patterns you're developing for later. I well remember at school a kid who didn't wash much and was called "stinky." I think that good, not neurotic, personal hygiene is a gift you can give to you kids.

My 8 yo does not shower with her sibling, nor does she sing and dance in the shower.

How old are your kids?

[Anonymous]

Every kid is different of course. DS is 9 ands showers 2-3x a week max, no stink. His siblings bathed less (DD bathed 1x/wk at his age) and more (other DS bathed nearly every day at 8).

[Anonymous]

oops, above should be at age 8, not a smiley face!

[Anonymous]

2-3 x's a week. When they hit 10, showers will need to be daily, believe me.

[Anonymous]

I have gone to daily as mine have gotten older. They have later bedtimes, so there is more time, and I think it's a good habit to establish. Why not bathe them? I can't believe the number of people I know who only bathe their kids 2 or 3 times a week just because they don't want to bother with it. It seems kind of cruel. Don't you like to shower daily?