To those with “crisp” clean preschoolers...

[Anonymous]

My kids had a bath or shower every night. No exceptions. I really believe that is the main difference. They looked and smelled clean because they were clean. I also ironed their clothes which seems to be a lost art now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

This is so amazing. You have a forced poop schedule. Please add 6) Bleach preschool butt holes on a bi-weekly schedule.

You are an ignorant one, aren't you? This is not a forced poop schedule. If your child is healthy and have been instilled good habits their body is trained to poop first thing in the morning. Usually, this goes hand in hand with their potty training. A healthy and fiber rich diet with vegetables, fruits and probiotics is essential for effortless elimination.

Are you one of those adults who is not "regular" and do not eliminate at home but stink up the area you are in with your smelly farts? Bleaching your or your child's anus will not make farts less stinky. You need to parent up. Get yourself and your kids on a morning schedule.

[Anonymous]

Two girls and scraggly hair is my pet peeve. It takes a mere minute to part and pull hair back from their faces. A single ponytail may not work for shorter styles so even on a hectic day I part it and put two small elastics so that they look neat. Regular haircuts for my boy. Cleaning ears, clipping nails, etc is a Sunday night staple and repeated as needed all week.

Clean clothes is simple if you are decent at doing laundry. Simply sorting lights, darks and colors and washing with proper water temperature and detergent prevents color transfer and fading. Appropriate drying and folding keeps it neat. I do not spend a lot on kids clothes at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

This is so amazing. You have a forced poop schedule. Please add 6) Bleach preschool butt holes on a bi-weekly schedule.

You are an ignorant one, aren't you? This is not a forced poop schedule. If your child is healthy and have been instilled good habits their body is trained to poop first thing in the morning. Usually, this goes hand in hand with their potty training. A healthy and fiber rich diet with vegetables, fruits and probiotics is essential for effortless elimination.

Are you one of those adults who is not "regular" and do not eliminate at home but stink up the area you are in with your smelly farts? Bleaching your or your child's anus will not make farts less stinky. You need to parent up. Get yourself and your kids on a morning schedule.

I don't understand how you ensure it happens in the morning. My kid poops daily, usually right before bed. How do you make it be in the morning?? I don't think the time of day has anything to do with how much fiber is in your diet...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

We've reached peak parenting advice. I now have to control my kid's bowels!

I also can not imagine washing my kids shoes in the machine weekly. Why?! They'll need new ones in a few weeks anyhow because their feet are growing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

You blow dry your pre-schoolers hair?! and iron their clothes?! Wow. I give my 4.5 year old a bath every other night and put leave in conditioner in the mornigns after we don't do bath and she has clean clothes and a headband. She has really curly hair though and still looks a little crazy no matter what we do. Blow drying it would be nuts for us, but even with kids with straight hair...

There is no way this person has multiple children or a full-time job.

What? I am a legal immigrant and have a full-time job in a STEM field. My daily commute is almost an hour and half. I am the mom of two kids and will never let my kids go to school without a shower or in shabby clothes. I was raised to have a daily routine and I have instilled this in my kids. And everyone where I came from knew how to sew a button, launder clothes in a machine/by hand, iron their clothes and polish their shoes. Really, this is not rocket science and it take minutes.

Let me break it down for you - we get up in the morning and make our beds. Next we go to the bathroom - poop, brush, shower, blowdry our hair and dress. We eat our breakfast and then go to school or work. As for ironing clothes, you can do it the night before or in the morning but honestly, with a spray starch and a steam iron it just takes a few minutes. The same goes for polishing your shoes if you are wearing leather shoes.

Frankly, I am shocked. These are basic things - showering, brushing your teeth, pooping, wearing clean and ironed clothes, having clean shoes, having a neat hair style, making your beds, eating breakfast. You all seem to be failing in life if you think this is a big deal. And being a WOHM/SAHM Is certainly not an excuse. I pity the poor teachers who have to deal with kids with poor habits, hygiene and grooming daily.

If you do not know how to iron clothes or polish shoes, you can watch youtube videos and learn. Same for finding some neat and quick hairstyles for your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two girls and scraggly hair is my pet peeve. It takes a mere minute to part and pull hair back from their faces. A single ponytail may not work for shorter styles so even on a hectic day I part it and put two small elastics so that they look neat. Regular haircuts for my boy. Cleaning ears, clipping nails, etc is a Sunday night staple and repeated as needed all week.

Clean clothes is simple if you are decent at doing laundry. Simply sorting lights, darks and colors and washing with proper water temperature and detergent prevents color transfer and fading. Appropriate drying and folding keeps it neat. I do not spend a lot on kids clothes at all.

I also think buying separates that all "go" together helps (like Gap's Playtime Favorites, which are often on sale). I also try to avoid clunky sneakers with characters or lights (like skechers). Just a personal preference and I know kids go crazy for them, but I like simple, solid-color sneakers like slip-on vans for DS and See Kai Run for DD. Canvas, easily washed to look nice again, and match everything. We also bathe them every day, comb through their hair with leave-in conditioner at night, and style with detangling spray in the morning. Even on DS's short hair, it makes a difference to run a comb through the front and style it a bit. DD has a wavy bob (longer hair is scraggly on her as she's only 2) and we pull it back with a small elastic or headband.

My kids poop when they feel like it, though. Doesn't seem to affect their crispness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

You blow dry your pre-schoolers hair?! and iron their clothes?! Wow. I give my 4.5 year old a bath every other night and put leave in conditioner in the mornigns after we don't do bath and she has clean clothes and a headband. She has really curly hair though and still looks a little crazy no matter what we do. Blow drying it would be nuts for us, but even with kids with straight hair...

There is no way this person has multiple children or a full-time job.

What? I am a legal immigrant and have a full-time job in a STEM field. My daily commute is almost an hour and half. I am the mom of two kids and will never let my kids go to school without a shower or in shabby clothes. I was raised to have a daily routine and I have instilled this in my kids. And everyone where I came from knew how to sew a button, launder clothes in a machine/by hand, iron their clothes and polish their shoes. Really, this is not rocket science and it take minutes.

Let me break it down for you - we get up in the morning and make our beds. Next we go to the bathroom - poop, brush, shower, blowdry our hair and dress. We eat our breakfast and then go to school or work. As for ironing clothes, you can do it the night before or in the morning but honestly, with a spray starch and a steam iron it just takes a few minutes. The same goes for polishing your shoes if you are wearing leather shoes.

Frankly, I am shocked. These are basic things - showering, brushing your teeth, pooping, wearing clean and ironed clothes, having clean shoes, having a neat hair style, making your beds, eating breakfast. You all seem to be failing in life if you think this is a big deal. And being a WOHM/SAHM Is certainly not an excuse. I pity the poor teachers who have to deal with kids with poor habits, hygiene and grooming daily.

If you do not know how to iron clothes or polish shoes, you can watch youtube videos and learn. Same for finding some neat and quick hairstyles for your kids.

I prefer to spend that extra 30 mins/day reading to my kid or playing with him. Or, gasp, reading my own book and enjoying a glass of wine.

He bathes every other day, has clean clothes, and brushes his teeth before school. DONE.

[Anonymous]

Agree with the bath every night, no stained clothes, make sure clothes match, and short (boys) or styled (girls) hair. Half of what makes kids look messy is their hair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

We've reached peak parenting advice. I now have to control my kid's bowels!

I also can not imagine washing my kids shoes in the machine weekly. Why?! They'll need new ones in a few weeks anyhow because their feet are growing.

I don't see how someone can make their kid poop at certain times. My 1 year old does this but it wasn't something I made happen. My 4 year old poops everyday but it's sometimes in the morning and sometimes in the evening. I don't get how pooping at certain times is making your kid look cleaner or having good hair. Are they putting poop on their clothes and hair? I also alternate shoes so one pair isn't getting that dirty. I've only washed shoes in the machine if they've gotten really wet and muddy.

[Anonymous]

I saw two parents walk out of Chipotle with two kids yesterday. The girls in white floral, matching dresses.

I was like......that’s brave, and how did those girls one out of there looking so clean?!

[Anonymous]

The nanny washes their clothes. I do their hair in the morning before leaving for work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I don't understand how you ensure it happens in the morning. My kid poops daily, usually right before bed. How do you make it be in the morning?? I don't think the time of day has anything to do with how much fiber is in your diet...

As I said before, I am an immigrant. In my country, you made sure that you pooped, showered, dressed, ate breakfast, hydrated etc. before you left home. You can absolutely train your kids to poop in the morning by making them sit on their toilet seat first thing in the morning when they wake up. I used to wake my kids up with a glass of warm milk and make them sit on the potty. The milk triggered their need to poop. Obviously, someone had to sit with them when they are little until they actually pooped, but they get trained very quickly. Most people go to poop in the morning after 10-15 minutes of being up and about, so you can use that time to teach them to make their beds. Also, having a daily morning beverage - milk, coffee, tea triggers your need to go.

Your kid also has a schedule. They are pooping regularly but at night. Most people with healthy gut will poop twice. Try giving them prune juice at night to see if that triggers the need to poop in the morning. It is training, gut bacteria, food habits etc. It is a life long healthy habit.

https://www.prevention.com/health/a20514575/8-things-your-pooping-habits-say-about-you/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its very simple.

1) Begin with clean, showered kids each day.

2) Make sure they have pooped at home in the morning, make sure they brush their teeth and scrape out their tongue so that they have clean breath.

3) Make sure they eat breakfast at home so that they can clean their faces at home. This will prevent a kid with bits of food stuck on their person.

3)A neat haircut/ponytail will allow your kids hair not to look like a mess. In the mornings, after the shower, style their hair with a bit of leave-in hair conditioner and blow dry it.

4) Make them wear fresh, clean, pressed clothes that smell great.

5) Make sure that their shoes are clean. You can wash sneakers in the washing machine weekly.

Done. Kids look clean when they are clean to begin with. Many parents wake their kids and dump them in day care in their PJs and in crumpled clothes. So the kids look like shit to begin with.

You blow dry your pre-schoolers hair?! and iron their clothes?! Wow. I give my 4.5 year old a bath every other night and put leave in conditioner in the mornigns after we don't do bath and she has clean clothes and a headband. She has really curly hair though and still looks a little crazy no matter what we do. Blow drying it would be nuts for us, but even with kids with straight hair...

There is no way this person has multiple children or a full-time job.

What? I am a legal immigrant and have a full-time job in a STEM field. My daily commute is almost an hour and half. I am the mom of two kids and will never let my kids go to school without a shower or in shabby clothes. I was raised to have a daily routine and I have instilled this in my kids. And everyone where I came from knew how to sew a button, launder clothes in a machine/by hand, iron their clothes and polish their shoes. Really, this is not rocket science and it take minutes.

Let me break it down for you - we get up in the morning and make our beds. Next we go to the bathroom - poop, brush, shower, blowdry our hair and dress. We eat our breakfast and then go to school or work. As for ironing clothes, you can do it the night before or in the morning but honestly, with a spray starch and a steam iron it just takes a few minutes. The same goes for polishing your shoes if you are wearing leather shoes.

Frankly, I am shocked. These are basic things - showering, brushing your teeth, pooping, wearing clean and ironed clothes, having clean shoes, having a neat hair style, making your beds, eating breakfast. You all seem to be failing in life if you think this is a big deal. And being a WOHM/SAHM Is certainly not an excuse. I pity the poor teachers who have to deal with kids with poor habits, hygiene and grooming daily.

If you do not know how to iron clothes or polish shoes, you can watch youtube videos and learn. Same for finding some neat and quick hairstyles for your kids.

I prefer to spend that extra 30 mins/day reading to my kid or playing with him. Or, gasp, reading my own book and enjoying a glass of wine.

He bathes every other day, has clean clothes, and brushes his teeth before school. DONE.

OK. Then this works for you and your kid. I see no problem with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids had a bath or shower every night. No exceptions. I really believe that is the main difference. They looked and smelled clean because they were clean. I also ironed their clothes which seems to be a lost art now.

+1.

It is not a biggie to have ironed clothes. It just takes a few minutes.