Do your kids bathe every day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not even close. My kids are 2.5 and 5 and they get rinsed with a bit of soap in the shower after the pool 3-ish days a week and maybe 1 proper bath a week. Bedtime is later enough as it is. They don’t stink. They look clean.

Lazy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pps whos kids bathe every day, are there ever any exceptions? Like getting home late or anything of the sort? I definitely don’t bathe my kids when we get in super late. Kids under 7.

I'm one of those PPs and yes, definitely exceptions. But, I've also been known to dip them in and out in less than 5 min, even past bedtime, just to get their feet, hands, butts, and faces clean.

We are every day people but I don't think unless the kids have been very sick we've ever stayed at home all day (not a brag, we have a small house in the city where leaving is much easier than staying and I'm as antsy as they are). And, we don't all that often have big exceptions. After travel maybe we've skipped a bath or two at a hotel but that's usually when they need it most so 10 extra minutes worth it. We do camp and often skip a shower the first of the two nights (the one when we first arrive and set up camp). But generally, the bath/shower helps bring them down from an out of routine high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m always fascinated by the “not-every-day” bathers. We always did every day from when they were sitting up (supervised, of course.)
For us, it was less about cleanliness/stickiness and more about the all-important bedtime routine. Taking the bath was a really important part of wind down time. Because it was such an ingrained thing, we never got the resistance I hear about from PPs or some of my relatives.
It’s really a shame in the case of one kid I know, who at age six, after a day of running around is definitely in need of a bath, but it has now become a battle royale in their house, as the parent (who is not-so-great in many ways) just doesn’t want to put in the effort, so the kid... smells. I’m a bit worried for when he goes back to school this fall.
PPs—-I’m not saying *your* kids smell. I don’t know them!
Like I said, for us is was every day and it was because it was part of the routine bath—>books—>bed.

Ahhh yes. The great “if you don’t bathe your kid every day you’re a bad parent” parent. Thanks for your input. How’s your kid’s skin?

[Anonymous]

My 2.5 yo showers with me every night, but sometimes no soap, just a rinse. Def if swimming/sunscreen/bug spray though. Full bath - soap, toys etc - once a week or so.

[Anonymous]

3.5 year old has a shower every day. I don't do baths that often since she's not a fan but I make sure we soap everything and rinse off well given all the sunscreen, sweat and bug spray. Hair is washed every couple days. Hers is curly and oily, braided or put up every day and she hates having it washed. We do wash it after pool for sure.
Sometimes on weekends after a morning park outing she gets a quick rinse before Nap time. I shower morning or evening depending on the day. But I wash my feet before bed almost always.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not even close. My kids are 2.5 and 5 and they get rinsed with a bit of soap in the shower after the pool 3-ish days a week and maybe 1 proper bath a week. Bedtime is later enough as it is. They don’t stink. They look clean.

Lazy.

And totally disgusting and unhygienic. Their privates sweat and stink! Even at this young age!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m always fascinated by the “not-every-day” bathers. We always did every day from when they were sitting up (supervised, of course.)
For us, it was less about cleanliness/stickiness and more about the all-important bedtime routine. Taking the bath was a really important part of wind down time. Because it was such an ingrained thing, we never got the resistance I hear about from PPs or some of my relatives.
It’s really a shame in the case of one kid I know, who at age six, after a day of running around is definitely in need of a bath, but it has now become a battle royale in their house, as the parent (who is not-so-great in many ways) just doesn’t want to put in the effort, so the kid... smells. I’m a bit worried for when he goes back to school this fall.
PPs—-I’m not saying *your* kids smell. I don’t know them!
Like I said, for us is was every day and it was because it was part of the routine bath—>books—>bed.

Ahhh yes. The great “if you don’t bathe your kid every day you’re a bad parent” parent. Thanks for your input. How’s your kid’s skin?

Skin is just fine! We have them use lotion after every bath or shower. And they smell clean! Your private parts stink after being in underwear all day. How can you not bathe your kids daily? Gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m always fascinated by the “not-every-day” bathers. We always did every day from when they were sitting up (supervised, of course.)
For us, it was less about cleanliness/stickiness and more about the all-important bedtime routine. Taking the bath was a really important part of wind down time. Because it was such an ingrained thing, we never got the resistance I hear about from PPs or some of my relatives.
It’s really a shame in the case of one kid I know, who at age six, after a day of running around is definitely in need of a bath, but it has now become a battle royale in their house, as the parent (who is not-so-great in many ways) just doesn’t want to put in the effort, so the kid... smells. I’m a bit worried for when he goes back to school this fall.
PPs—-I’m not saying *your* kids smell. I don’t know them!
Like I said, for us is was every day and it was because it was part of the routine bath—>books—>bed.

Ahhh yes. The great “if you don’t bathe your kid every day you’re a bad parent” parent. Thanks for your input. How’s your kid’s skin?

Skin is just fine! We have them use lotion after every bath or shower. And they smell clean! Your private parts stink after being in underwear all day. How can you not bathe your kids daily? Gross.

Tell the rest of the world they are gross. My Italian roommates bathed once every 3-4 days. Most Europeans I know bathe far less regularly then Americans do. And I don’t think that Europeans get sick more frequently then Americans do.

DS bathes when he has been super active or been wearing sunscreen and bug spray. He is perfectly healthy and he doesn't stink.

[Anonymous]

Daily during the summer, probably 99% of the time in winter too--it's part of nightly routine and she's always loved it, and her eczema somehow seems to get a little worse if we skip a day.

Also, just last year around her 7th bday, she started getting underarm odor. So now it's daily bath and also deodorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m always fascinated by the “not-every-day” bathers. We always did every day from when they were sitting up (supervised, of course.)
For us, it was less about cleanliness/stickiness and more about the all-important bedtime routine. Taking the bath was a really important part of wind down time. Because it was such an ingrained thing, we never got the resistance I hear about from PPs or some of my relatives.
It’s really a shame in the case of one kid I know, who at age six, after a day of running around is definitely in need of a bath, but it has now become a battle royale in their house, as the parent (who is not-so-great in many ways) just doesn’t want to put in the effort, so the kid... smells. I’m a bit worried for when he goes back to school this fall.
PPs—-I’m not saying *your* kids smell. I don’t know them!
Like I said, for us is was every day and it was because it was part of the routine bath—>books—>bed.

Ahhh yes. The great “if you don’t bathe your kid every day you’re a bad parent” parent. Thanks for your input. How’s your kid’s skin?

Skin is just fine! We have them use lotion after every bath or shower. And they smell clean! Your private parts stink after being in underwear all day. How can you not bathe your kids daily? Gross.

Tell the rest of the world they are gross. My Italian roommates bathed once every 3-4 days. Most Europeans I know bathe far less regularly then Americans do. And I don’t think that Europeans get sick more frequently then Americans do.

DS bathes when he has been super active or been wearing sunscreen and bug spray. He is perfectly healthy and he doesn't stink.

I was just in Europe during one of the recent heat waves. For the most part it was fine, but I could definitely smell a few folks that probably could've done with a daily shower.

[Anonymous]

Of course they aren't animals

[Anonymous]

Yes. Daily shower. 1 kid. Age 4.5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Tell the rest of the world they are gross. My Italian roommates bathed once every 3-4 days. Most Europeans I know bathe far less regularly then Americans do.

"Be like filthy eurotrash" is an unusually ineffective argument but do you, dirtbag

[Anonymous]

I was raised showering every day. Never really thought about either way.

I sort of let my DD decide her own shower schedule pretty young by some standards.

Not a helicopter Mom?

[Anonymous]

Two boys ages 5 and 2. We bathe the 2 year old every night because he gets so dirty during the day. 5 year old bathed every few days. We rise him off after swimming and otherwise bathe a few times/week. I remember being a kid and loving the feeling of getting to make decisions for myself and this is an easy thing to allow the 5-year old. We are strict about lots of other things so it’s nice to give him autonomy on things that don’t matter much to me in the scheme of things.