Be honest - how often do you bathe your kids?

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Anonymous wrote:What about the waste of water (sorry, can't read all the posts so maybe it's been raised). Seriously ... wasting water for something that's just part of a bedtime routine ... ?!

Same with washing hands after you pee. Such a waste of water!

I agree!!

I don't get pee all over my hands when I pee, why do I have to wash? And, pee is STERILE! So, no germs to worry about.

I obviously wash after pooping, but after peeing, it's really not necessary.

I hope you're joking about not washing your hands after peeing.

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Anonymous wrote:Break out the tin foil hats now.

Yes, anyone who thinks even mildly differently from the pack is high suspicious. Highly suspicious. Actually, maybe you are the one who needs the tin foil hat, not what I think about it.

You said you were radically different, not mildly. Big difference. Avoiding the pediatricians because you think you know more than they do is just stupid. I'm all for healthy questioning of medical advice, but thinking pediatricians are clueless about things as commonplace as chemicals in sunscreens is just completely condescending and misguided.

I'm the "radically different" poster. I never said I thought I knew MORE than pediatricians; I said that I have a really different philosophy then most of them. Also, I'm not sure what leads you to believe that pediatricians have any training at all regarding chemicals in sunscreens or chemicals in any other product. That's just not their specialty. If I had to bet, I would guess that the most they learned was that "it's safe" and they truly don't know anything more than that, unless they had a personal interest in it and studied it further. If you think I'm being ridiculous, maybe you could ask your ped next time you visit the amount of time they have spent studying and researching chemical additives to household/beauty products.

This makes me think of the standard bath given to every newborn in America using Johnson's and Johnson's baby soap. Come to find out that this soap contains chemicals which have actually been banned in European countries, due to their potential negative health consequences. Why haven't our pediatricians put an end to this practice in our newborn nurseries? Probably because they are not experts on chemical additives and they have been told "it's safe".......

[Anonymous]

1-2x a week for 2 yr old. Less if swimming. He gets "spot cleaned" with soapy washcloth when needed, and washes face and hands many times a day (after eating, pooping AND peeing).

Floor also get spot cleaned as needed. I never mop it, although maids do mop every 2 weeks.

I have a $1000 stroller and live in a posh neighborhood. Between us, DH and I have lots of university degrees from top universities, some Ivy. DS has no skin problems, and has lots of friends. I bathed 1x a week while growing up until I hit puberty and started to smell, at which time I started to bath daily (and developed acne - a connection?)

[Anonymous]

Urine is sterile in the bladder unless you have an infection, but it becomes contaminated with vaginal flora once it passes outside. WASH YOUR HANDS! Sometimes a little scientific knowledge is worse than ignorance...

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Wow, I really didn't expect this thread to lead to discussion of "vaginal flora." But that is what I love about this place! And makes me want to hide from all the Crazies of all stripes out there.

FWIW - my 3yo gets a bath a few times a week. It is not worth the time and fight to get her in and out to do it more often.

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Wow there are some nasty people on here. My kids have bathed nightly since they were small. Swimming is not "keeping clean." Swimming pools are full of chlorine and other stuff that should be washed off. And all these posters talking about bathing their kids a couple times per week explains why so many of my children's friends stink!! Taking a shower is part of my chilren's nightly ritual, and they sleep better when they are clean and refreshed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about the waste of water (sorry, can't read all the posts so maybe it's been raised). Seriously ... wasting water for something that's just part of a bedtime routine ... ?!

Same with washing hands after you pee. Such a waste of water!

I agree!!

I don't get pee all over my hands when I pee, why do I have to wash? And, pee is STERILE! So, no germs to worry about.

I obviously wash after pooping, but after peeing, it's really not necessary.

I hope you're joking about not washing your hands after peeing.

I was certainly joking when i wrote that hand washing was a waste of water!!! But I guess the PP took me seriously. Yuck! Pee is not sterile but if you believe that one, do you also believe dog's mouths have antiseptic properties and that the water in the toilet is the cleanest water in the house? My entire elementary school believed those myths, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow there are some nasty people on here.

I agree entirely with you, Pot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow there are some nasty people on here.

I agree entirely with you, Pot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread has been eye-opening. You never know what goes on behind closed doors. Yuck.

I recently found out that about half the kids in my DD's daycare class only bathe once a week. Gross!

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Anonymous wrote:Urine is sterile in the bladder unless you have an infection, but it becomes contaminated with vaginal flora once it passes outside. WASH YOUR HANDS! Sometimes a little scientific knowledge is worse than ignorance...

Do you get urine all over your hands when you pee? Who cares if the urine is 'contaminated'? It's not all over your hands.

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Anonymous wrote: Pee is not sterile but if you believe that one, do you also believe dog's mouths have antiseptic properties and that the water in the toilet is the cleanest water in the house? My entire elementary school believed those myths, too.

Wasn't this on Rachel Ray a few years back? That the dirtiest areas are actually the bottom of women's purses.

All of you who are outraged by the lack of bathing, etc.... do you sterilize your purses every night?

Please. Gimme a break. Calm down. There are germs everywhere. You'll live.

[Anonymous]

You mean everyone doesn't have an autoclave at home for their purses?

[Anonymous]

Good god. Here's an idea: you bathe your kids as often or as little as you deem necessary and everyone else myob. As on poster who said something like "who knew what goes on behind closed doors" proves, people will likely not be able to know that you bathe them 2x's per week vs. 7 x's per week.

The level of outrage over the difference in bathing is a little ridiculous. Take a deep breath.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Break out the tin foil hats now.

Yes, anyone who thinks even mildly differently from the pack is high suspicious. Highly suspicious. Actually, maybe you are the one who needs the tin foil hat, not what I think about it.

You said you were radically different, not mildly. Big difference. Avoiding the pediatricians because you think you know more than they do is just stupid. I'm all for healthy questioning of medical advice, but thinking pediatricians are clueless about things as commonplace as chemicals in sunscreens is just completely condescending and misguided.

I'm the "radically different" poster. I never said I thought I knew MORE than pediatricians; I said that I have a really different philosophy then most of them. Also, I'm not sure what leads you to believe that pediatricians have any training at all regarding chemicals in sunscreens or chemicals in any other product. That's just not their specialty. If I had to bet, I would guess that the most they learned was that "it's safe" and they truly don't know anything more than that, unless they had a personal interest in it and studied it further. If you think I'm being ridiculous, maybe you could ask your ped next time you visit the amount of time they have spent studying and researching chemical additives to household/beauty products.

This makes me think of the standard bath given to every newborn in America using Johnson's and Johnson's baby soap. Come to find out that this soap contains chemicals which have actually been banned in European countries, due to their potential negative health consequences. Why haven't our pediatricians put an end to this practice in our newborn nurseries? Probably because they are not experts on chemical additives and they have been told "it's safe".......

I agree with radical poster.