My kid hasn't taken a bath since last Sunday

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Anonymous wrote:this is a little gross to me because children this age cannot wipe themselves correctly yet and gunk is just building up. DS had his foreskin get "stuck" due to not pulling it far enough back to be cleaned and all that sweat and skin made it like super glue.

Just FYI you aren't supposed to pull a foreskin back to clean it until it has fully separated. clean it like a pencil!

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Mine hasn't either. No biggie.

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Anonymous wrote:7-10 days is just lazy...and dare I say, borderline neglectful.

Yuck. Seriously, it takes 10 minutes.

if your bath takes 10 minutes no wonder you do it every day.

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Anonymous wrote:Nanny here and I wouldn't work for a mother who refused to bathe her children but once a week. I would be embarrassed to take the children out.

It's not a matter of refusing to do it. It's about having other things to do. If you're a nanny, bathe them yourself. The fact that you couldn't think of that solution yourself and would rather quit makes me somehow think the parents lucked out on that one.

If you are too busy to bathe your kids, you need to reprioritize some things in your life.

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Anonymous wrote:And what about summer when they go to the pool? Do they sleep with chlorine all over their skin/hair?

You do realize that not everyone belongs to a swim club and has kids that go swimming every day or even every weekend in the summer, right? Rich people are so clueless.

When our kids go swimming we skip baths. Chlorine kills the germs.

This has to be a joke, right? I can't imagine any parent putting their kids to bed smelling like chlorine. It dries up the skin and hair as well.

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Anonymous wrote:And what about summer when they go to the pool? Do they sleep with chlorine all over their skin/hair?

You do realize that not everyone belongs to a swim club and has kids that go swimming every day or even every weekend in the summer, right? Rich people are so clueless.

When our kids go swimming we skip baths. Chlorine kills the germs.

This has to be a joke, right? I can't imagine any parent putting their kids to bed smelling like chlorine. It dries up the skin and hair as well.

That is gross. Lazy parent tip- rinse off in the pool shower before leaving. Ours is outdoors. Very convenient.

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Anonymous wrote:Our kids take weekly baths. Sometimes we miss one and go 10 days. They seem fine.

+1

Whatever

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:this is a little gross to me because children this age cannot wipe themselves correctly yet and gunk is just building up. DS had his foreskin get "stuck" due to not pulling it far enough back to be cleaned and all that sweat and skin made it like super glue.

Just FYI you aren't supposed to pull a foreskin back to clean it until it has fully separated. clean it like a pencil!

What the hell does that mean?

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DH had been traveling this week, so our child is underbathed as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Our kids take weekly baths. Sometimes we miss one and go 10 days. They seem fine.

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Whatever

That is just foul. To me this rises to the level of neglect. I hope someone calls CPS. Kids deserve so much better than lazy, neglectful parents.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm so jealous-- my 2 yo insists on a nightly bath. He's not even dirty!

You're obviously making bath time too much fun!

Sometimes I pretend to forget about it - I'm like "it's pajama time and time for a good night book!" It only worked once. He'll remind me that "Mommy, first is bath time." THANKS DUDE I WAS TRYING TO AVOID IT. I don't even shower every day, why should he? That's what baby wipes are for.

I hate the smell of baby wipes. With now 3 year old twins, I can no longer disassociate the smell of wipes from the smell of poop.

We are nightly bath people but it's just part of the routine and everyone likes it. My kids get food and playground in their hair and that I wouldn't want in their bed. Plus, stories with sweet smelling little people is a highlight of my day.

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Anonymous wrote:As long as they don't smell, who cares?

Agree

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We are 1-2x a week bath people with our toddler. More if needed.due to playing. We both work full time and get a precious maaaaaaybe 2 hours at night with her and bath time is not always fun for her, so we prefer to play instead. She's got lots of hair so that's generally what dictates a bath. She never stinks.

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Anonymous wrote:this is a little gross to me because children this age cannot wipe themselves correctly yet and gunk is just building up. DS had his foreskin get "stuck" due to not pulling it far enough back to be cleaned and all that sweat and skin made it like super glue.

Just FYI you aren't supposed to pull a foreskin back to clean it until it has fully separated. clean it like a pencil!

pp-he's circumcised

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Anonymous wrote:7-10 days is just lazy...and dare I say, borderline neglectful.

Yuck. Seriously, it takes 10 minutes.

if your bath takes 10 minutes no wonder you do it every day.

If your kid took one at least a few times a week, instead of every ten days, it would only take 10 minutes because he wouldn't be so filthy.