Does your kid drink bath water?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If my kid drinks bath water, I tell them to stop. If they don't, I take the cup away.

Oh my toddler doesn't need a cup. She'll put her lips to the water and slurp, while looking up at me with a grin.

Totally gross. Sigh.

For real. PP, you must be raising a true lady if she drinks her bath water from a cup.

[Anonymous]

This is funny. My son does this occasionally. He'll also suck on the dirty washcloth. It's disgusting. Luckily, it is not an every-bath-occurence (right now, at least).

[Anonymous]

Yep, they all do it. I tell him (my current 2yo), "no," every time. Occasionally have to remind my 5yo!

Kids are gross.

Once they can understand well, you can apply consequences, like, drink = out of bath right away.

With my dd5, when she was younger, she'd say "but I'm thirsty!!" So we agreed she should just tell us she was thirsty and we'd get her a cup of clean water. Emphasized placing it on the tub ledge & not using it to dip the bath water! (Or bring a lidded cup.)

[Anonymous]

Yep, but when she does it now (she's 4) bathtime ends. Now she does it maybe once a month (when she's in a particular mood). She doesn't seem to care how gross the water is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If my kid drinks bath water, I tell them to stop. If they don't, I take the cup away.

Oh my toddler doesn't need a cup. She'll put her lips to the water and slurp, while looking up at me with a grin.

Totally gross. Sigh.

+1

+1

Snuck sips until he was 5. !!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Yes, but I don't put soap in the bath anymore (just water). We use soap once/week.

[Anonymous]

Eww, no. None of them ever tried.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh, my toddler has eczema so we don't use soap until the end. She also likes to chew on the bottom her shoe, so I figure some bath water probably isn't the grossest thing she's ingested that day.

Exactly this.

I wouldn't want to drink bath water, but the level of disgust here is a tad overplayed. My kids do much grosser things every day, despite my warnings and being otherwise great kids. Kids are kids are kids. If drinking bathwater is your biggest problem...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh, my toddler has eczema so we don't use soap until the end. She also likes to chew on the bottom her shoe, so I figure some bath water probably isn't the grossest thing she's ingested that day.

Exactly this.

I wouldn't want to drink bath water, but the level of disgust here is a tad overplayed. My kids do much grosser things every day, despite my warnings and being otherwise great kids. Kids are kids are kids. If drinking bathwater is your biggest problem...

Yeah, I'm kind of surprised by the level of disgust as well. It's not clean granted, but if my bathtub is cleaned regularly, the kid is not exceptionally dirty (i.e., not rolling around in the mud all day), and you're not putting a poopy butt in there (do people do that??), the amount of body grime is pretty diluted by the amount of water, right? Am I missing something or is my tolerance for grossness just different from the DCUM norm?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If my kid drinks bath water, I tell them to stop. If they don't, I take the cup away.

Oh my toddler doesn't need a cup. She'll put her lips to the water and slurp, while looking up at me with a grin.

Totally gross. Sigh.

This. My 1.5 year has just started in on it in the last week or two. So gross. I'm sure my first did it too, but I've blocked the memory. I give one warning, and if he does it a second time, bath is over. I'm 99% sure he pees in the tub, so I really find this repulsive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh, my toddler has eczema so we don't use soap until the end. She also likes to chew on the bottom her shoe, so I figure some bath water probably isn't the grossest thing she's ingested that day.

Exactly this.

I wouldn't want to drink bath water, but the level of disgust here is a tad overplayed. My kids do much grosser things every day, despite my warnings and being otherwise great kids. Kids are kids are kids. If drinking bathwater is your biggest problem...

Yeah, I'm kind of surprised by the level of disgust as well. It's not clean granted, but if my bathtub is cleaned regularly, the kid is not exceptionally dirty (i.e., not rolling around in the mud all day), and you're not putting a poopy butt in there (do people do that??), the amount of body grime is pretty diluted by the amount of water, right? Am I missing something or is my tolerance for grossness just different from the DCUM norm?

Agree. We tell our 2.5 year old "yuck." Or, "doesn't it taste better out of the tap?" But this so doesn't seem like the biggest of deals to me... It's just a little bit gross. Nothing worse than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meh, my toddler has eczema so we don't use soap until the end. She also likes to chew on the bottom her shoe, so I figure some bath water probably isn't the grossest thing she's ingested that day.

Exactly this.

I wouldn't want to drink bath water, but the level of disgust here is a tad overplayed. My kids do much grosser things every day, despite my warnings and being otherwise great kids. Kids are kids are kids. If drinking bathwater is your biggest problem...

Yeah, I'm kind of surprised by the level of disgust as well. It's not clean granted, but if my bathtub is cleaned regularly, the kid is not exceptionally dirty (i.e., not rolling around in the mud all day), and you're not putting a poopy butt in there (do people do that??), the amount of body grime is pretty diluted by the amount of water, right? Am I missing something or is my tolerance for grossness just different from the DCUM norm?

Agree. We tell our 2.5 year old "yuck." Or, "doesn't it taste better out of the tap?" But this so doesn't seem like the biggest of deals to me... It's just a little bit gross. Nothing worse than that.

Agreed! My 2 year old has eaten MUCH grosser stuff than tub water.

[Anonymous]

I did this all the time when I was a kid (probably until I was 7)! I still drink from the shower sometimes as an adult.

[dionmcdonough]

Hello, yes my son 2.4 have a habit to drink bath water.