Do your kids bathe every day?

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Anonymous wrote:For all the women who don’t shower daily...does this apply when you have your period?? Or do you make an exception? Because that is truly nasty and funky.

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Some people here are truly ignorant about body chemistry. Can you stretch your imagination to think that there's a spectrum of people, some of whom on one side need to bathe often to avoid smelling, or having oily skin / hair, and some on the other side for whom a daily shower is actually damaging to their dry skin?

Neither one is right/wrong or better/worse. It's a decision people make that works best for them...sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all the women who don’t shower daily...does this apply when you have your period?? Or do you make an exception? Because that is truly nasty and funky.

I don't think that a woman not showering daily during a period would be "truly nasty and funky." Women use feminine products, and it's not like there's blood everywhere on her body down there. Blood gets in the tampon or pad, and is disposed of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people here are truly ignorant about body chemistry. Can you stretch your imagination to think that there's a spectrum of people, some of whom on one side need to bathe often to avoid smelling, or having oily skin / hair, and some on the other side for whom a daily shower is actually damaging to their dry skin?

Neither one is right/wrong or better/worse. It's a decision people make that works best for them...sheesh.

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Anonymous wrote:no, they don't. only once per week, after their swim class, to wash the chlorine off.

What if they skip swim class? No reason to bathe that week?

pp here. i have been very ill lately and could barely move this weekend. i am a single mom with no family to help so things are rough right now but luckily my friend stopped by to bring over food for the kids and i.

you guessed it though. since i was not well enough to get them to swim class yes unfortunately my kids did miss swim this weekend which means that they didn't get their weekly shower.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For all the women who don’t shower daily...does this apply when you have your period?? Or do you make an exception? Because that is truly nasty and funky.

I don't think that a woman not showering daily during a period would be "truly nasty and funky." Women use feminine products, and it's not like there's blood everywhere on her body down there. Blood gets in the tampon or pad, and is disposed of.

I’m sorry, blood gets mixed in the pubic hair if wearing a pad. It also clings to parts of the skin around the vagina. That’s what creates that period smell. Don’t tell me it’s ok to not shower daily when on your period. Gross!

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It always interesting to me how strong people's feelings are about bathing. How often, what time etc. My MIL was appalled that my daughter showers at night. Where she comes from, everyone showers in the morning to wake up. How can showers be to wind down?

My kids bathe as needed. If they have been out all day and in a pool, a bath is needed. If we have been home, and especially in the winter months, a bath can be skipped. One of my kids has excema and it stays under control if we cut her showers down in the winter to 2 or 3 times a week. The rest of the time we wet wipe. That's what the doc recommended. My mother was appalled at this, of course.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the women who don’t shower daily...does this apply when you have your period?? Or do you make an exception? Because that is truly nasty and funky.

I don't think that a woman not showering daily during a period would be "truly nasty and funky." Women use feminine products, and it's not like there's blood everywhere on her body down there. Blood gets in the tampon or pad, and is disposed of.

I’m sorry, blood gets mixed in the pubic hair if wearing a pad. It also clings to parts of the skin around the vagina. That’s what creates that period smell. Don’t tell me it’s ok to not shower daily when on your period. Gross!

If you are waxed it is a lot easier to keep this area clean and free of period smell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people here are truly ignorant about body chemistry. Can you stretch your imagination to think that there's a spectrum of people, some of whom on one side need to bathe often to avoid smelling, or having oily skin / hair, and some on the other side for whom a daily shower is actually damaging to their dry skin?

Neither one is right/wrong or better/worse. It's a decision people make that works best for them...sheesh.

This.

I am on the oily smelly side and my parents both had dry skin and dry hair and rarely sweated. I had to fight to take a shower daily.

[Anonymous]

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I’m sorry, blood gets mixed in the pubic hair if wearing a pad. It also clings to parts of the skin around the vagina. That’s what creates that period smell. Don’t tell me it’s ok to not shower daily when on your period. Gross!

I don't know what kind of periods you're having with copious amounts of smelly blood everywhere....for me, blood doesn't get into the skin around my vagina when I have my period. Insert tampon, pull out tampon, wipe with toilet paper. Maybe wipe with a cottonelle wet wipe for good measure. Done. Having my period does not automatically mean that I absolutely must shower every day during said period.

[Anonymous]

There was a headline in the Times yesterday about how about 1/4 of the world's population will soon be in a water crisis. Glad to see the sanctimommies contributing to the downfall of human civilization.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the women who don’t shower daily...does this apply when you have your period?? Or do you make an exception? Because that is truly nasty and funky.

I don't think that a woman not showering daily during a period would be "truly nasty and funky." Women use feminine products, and it's not like there's blood everywhere on her body down there. Blood gets in the tampon or pad, and is disposed of.

I’m sorry, blood gets mixed in the pubic hair if wearing a pad. It also clings to parts of the skin around the vagina. That’s what creates that period smell. Don’t tell me it’s ok to not shower daily when on your period. Gross!

If you are waxed it is a lot easier to keep this area clean and free of period smell.

Please stop trying to justify not bathing daily during your period. Disgusting!

[Anonymous]

My kids bathed nightly as part of the bedtime routine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the women who don’t shower daily...does this apply when you have your period?? Or do you make an exception? Because that is truly nasty and funky.

I don't think that a woman not showering daily during a period would be "truly nasty and funky." Women use feminine products, and it's not like there's blood everywhere on her body down there. Blood gets in the tampon or pad, and is disposed of.

I’m sorry, blood gets mixed in the pubic hair if wearing a pad. It also clings to parts of the skin around the vagina. That’s what creates that period smell. Don’t tell me it’s ok to not shower daily when on your period. Gross!

If you are waxed it is a lot easier to keep this area clean and free of period smell.

Please stop trying to justify not bathing daily during your period. Disgusting!

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Please stop trying to justify not bathing daily during your period. Disgusting!

Oh, please. The idea that it's absolutely necessary for every woman to shower every day of their period is absurd. Maybe especially, um, juicy women find it necessary in order to feel and smell clean, but certainly not all women.

And, it's rude for you to declare that it's disgusting.