If your kids don’t bathe every night, how often do you change their sheets?

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Anonymous wrote:I asked my pediatrician at all the initial well visits and she said daily bathing was not necessary for babies and even toddlers. The diaper area is obviously kept very clean and I use my judgement if it’s a very hot day or there’s an unusual mess. I’ll take a trained medical professional’s advice over what some random nanny thinks I need to be doing.

This. Peds and Derms are in fairly unanimous agreement on this. Don’t care what random childless nanny thinks.

Maybe if your child has eczema..

But otherwise for most kids, a daily bath is totally fine. 99% of parents that are skipping giving their kids a nightly bath are skipping because they are too tired, don’t feel like it, kid whines, or they are lazy. Nothing to do with skin, no matter what the moms here say.

[Anonymous]

We bathe our kids every other night for much of the year, and in the summer time it usually ends up being every night. We wash their sheets every 1-2 weeks.

Lots of hand and face washing as necessary.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I asked my pediatrician at all the initial well visits and she said daily bathing was not necessary for babies and even toddlers. The diaper area is obviously kept very clean and I use my judgement if it’s a very hot day or there’s an unusual mess. I’ll take a trained medical professional’s advice over what some random nanny thinks I need to be doing.

This. Peds and Derms are in fairly unanimous agreement on this. Don’t care what random childless nanny thinks.

Maybe if your child has eczema..

But otherwise for most kids, a daily bath is totally fine. 99% of parents that are skipping giving their kids a nightly bath are skipping because they are too tired, don’t feel like it, kid whines, or they are lazy. Nothing to do with skin, no matter what the moms here say.

Or maybe they don't find it necessary.

[Anonymous]

My kids (7 and 3) usually bath twice a week on average. More often in summer, but still not everyday unless we're on a beach vacation or something.

Sheets? I try for monthly.

Just to mess with the clean freaks on here I'm going to share that I don't shower daily. I shower every other night, and only wash my hair every other shower. There are exceptions where I will shower two days in a row (if I work out, get sweaty doing yard work, go swimming, etc).

[Anonymous]

My kids bathe every night and we change the sheets once a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids (7 and 3) usually bath twice a week on average. More often in summer, but still not everyday unless we're on a beach vacation or something.

Sheets? I try for monthly.

Just to mess with the clean freaks on here I'm going to share that I don't shower daily. I shower every other night, and only wash my hair every other shower. There are exceptions where I will shower two days in a row (if I work out, get sweaty doing yard work, go swimming, etc).

I bet no one wants to be near you.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids (7 and 3) usually bath twice a week on average. More often in summer, but still not everyday unless we're on a beach vacation or something.

Sheets? I try for monthly.

Just to mess with the clean freaks on here I'm going to share that I don't shower daily. I shower every other night, and only wash my hair every other shower. There are exceptions where I will shower two days in a row (if I work out, get sweaty doing yard work, go swimming, etc).

Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids bathe daily. But sheets, maybe once per month. I do my bed weekly, but with 3 kids plus all towels and all the other laundry, their sheets are low priority

This is disgustingly filthy.

[Anonymous]

Daily bath or shower, wash sheets on the weekend. I only wash hair every other day, or if they get really sweaty.

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Anonymous wrote:Daily bath or shower, wash sheets on the weekend. I only wash hair every other day, or if they get really sweaty.

I bathe my kids daily in the winter and both morning and evening in the summer. I try change their sheets every other day, but sometimes it slips twice a week.

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I bathe my kids twice per day and change their sheets on the hour. The rest of you disgust me.

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To me the part of the sheets that really require the frequent wash is the pillow case. I guess if you do not wear PJs it is different. I shower in the am. I do not care what might be on my ankles when I hit the sheets.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it comes..."if you don't bathe your child every night, we can all tell. They smell and you're all super gross."

I bathe my kids every other night. I wash their sheets once per week. It works just fine.

Seriously. My kids just don't get so dirty as to necessitate a daily bath every single day. Even when they are playing outside, they are not exactly rolling around in piles of literal dirt. They clean their hands and faces multiple times a day and when the day is done, they take off their dirty clothes and put on PJs. They don't smell because their clothing is clean. It seems like people think that but for a nightly bath routine, all children would be covered in grime.

Newsflash: your kids stink. Not adult BO odor, but outside, sweaty kid odor.

Stop smelling my kids, ya weirdo.

My kids take baths twice a week in the winter, and up to daily in the summer heat, and we change sheets once a week or so. Bathing too often, especially for kids, strips the skin of oils, which are actually very important for protection against bacteria and various other yucky things.

They do wash their hands and faces a lot, we don't wear shoes in the house, etc.

On the days when they roll around in the sandbox etc., yes, they get a bath.

But don't take it from me, take it from the Internet doctors:
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ss/slideshow-shower-bath-mistakes

Sorry, but they stink, and calling someone who has never met you nor your kids a weirdo doesn’t change that. If you prefer they are musty instead of washing and putting on lotion, more power to you. But they stink, and you are delusional if you don’t think so. It’s a choice that you are allowed to make.

But your unwashed kids smell like…unwashed kids. You don’t need to defend your practices, but that is reality.

NP here. No, they really don’t stink. We have noses, too. Saying something over & over again doesn’t make it true.

Parents can’t smell their own kids. Honestly. Just ask any preschool or daycare teacher. We know the kids who aren’t bathed.

LOL. I've never bathed my kid daily and literally got comments from her daycare and pre-school teachers asking what soap and shampoo we used because she always smells good. Not everyone stinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I asked my pediatrician at all the initial well visits and she said daily bathing was not necessary for babies and even toddlers. The diaper area is obviously kept very clean and I use my judgement if it’s a very hot day or there’s an unusual mess. I’ll take a trained medical professional’s advice over what some random nanny thinks I need to be doing.

This. Peds and Derms are in fairly unanimous agreement on this. Don’t care what random childless nanny thinks.

Maybe if your child has eczema..

But otherwise for most kids, a daily bath is totally fine. 99% of parents that are skipping giving their kids a nightly bath are skipping because they are too tired, don’t feel like it, kid whines, or they are lazy. Nothing to do with skin, no matter what the moms here say.

My daughter has eczema. Her dermatologist has always stressed the importance of bathing every day and then applying Eucerine Cream. She rarely has flair ups.

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Anonymous wrote:Here it comes..."if you don't bathe your child every night, we can all tell. They smell and you're all super gross."

I bathe my kids every other night. I wash their sheets once per week. It works just fine.

Seriously. My kids just don't get so dirty as to necessitate a daily bath every single day. Even when they are playing outside, they are not exactly rolling around in piles of literal dirt. They clean their hands and faces multiple times a day and when the day is done, they take off their dirty clothes and put on PJs. They don't smell because their clothing is clean. It seems like people think that but for a nightly bath routine, all children would be covered in grime.

Newsflash: your kids stink. Not adult BO odor, but outside, sweaty kid odor.

Stop smelling my kids, ya weirdo.

My kids take baths twice a week in the winter, and up to daily in the summer heat, and we change sheets once a week or so. Bathing too often, especially for kids, strips the skin of oils, which are actually very important for protection against bacteria and various other yucky things.

They do wash their hands and faces a lot, we don't wear shoes in the house, etc.

On the days when they roll around in the sandbox etc., yes, they get a bath.

But don't take it from me, take it from the Internet doctors:
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ss/slideshow-shower-bath-mistakes

Sorry, but they stink, and calling someone who has never met you nor your kids a weirdo doesn’t change that. If you prefer they are musty instead of washing and putting on lotion, more power to you. But they stink, and you are delusional if you don’t think so. It’s a choice that you are allowed to make.

But your unwashed kids smell like…unwashed kids. You don’t need to defend your practices, but that is reality.

NP here. No, they really don’t stink. We have noses, too. Saying something over & over again doesn’t make it true.

Parents can’t smell their own kids. Honestly. Just ask any preschool or daycare teacher. We know the kids who aren’t bathed.

LOL. I've never bathed my kid daily and literally got comments from her daycare and pre-school teachers asking what soap and shampoo we used because she always smells good. Not everyone stinks.

Oh sweetie. I’m a teacher. They are trying to drop hints in a nice way. Your kid stinks.