Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Baths are "important things" especially given that you said your daughter's friends were telling her to wash her hair. Poor kid.

Are you for real? This is almost comical. Perhaps you spend too much time bathing and grooming but not enough time on self-reflection.

If her friends are telling her that her hair stinks, her hair probably stinks. People become noseblind when it comes to themselves and their homes.

Work in another shampoo or two a week. Or try dry shampoo. Don't set her up to be teased for something that can easily be fixed.

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised with how many people and kids bathe daily.
Even 5-10 minutes showers uses a lot of our clean, drinking water. (I find it hard to believe most kids take 5 minute showers, too!)
With all the liberal support of climate change and being more environmentally friendly, I would have thought more DMV parents, given their political slant would be more conscious of wasting our natural resources... but them again, most liberals are do what I say, not as I do mentality.

I agree not a lot of "walking the talk" - people feel inconvenienced by thinking of how lifestyle impacts planet.

Anonymous wrote:EVERY NIGHT.

Good Lord. If you pee and poo every day you need to bathe every day. Hair gets washed also. Teeth brushed twice a day.

I'm shocked at the responses. I also change sheets twice a week, pillowcases daily.

See, this is called OCD. You have a disorder which is causing you to neglect important things in favor of unnecessary and wasteful activities.

hummmm - bathing daily, I wonder if that has a multi-generational link to increased allergies? Perhaps those with allergies are decedents of germ and dirt phonic ancestors?

I'm surprised with how many people and kids bathe daily.
Even 5-10 minutes showers uses a lot of our clean, drinking water. (I find it hard to believe most kids take 5 minute showers, too!)
With all the liberal support of climate change and being more environmentally friendly, I would have thought more DMV parents, given their political slant would be more conscious of wasting our natural resources... but them again, most liberals are do what I say, not as I do mentality.

Everyday, it's s cultural thing since I come from a hot, humid country(India). We also take off shoes at the door. The older kid showers everyday (he plays soccer) , younger one needs reminders. Brush twice too. Washing hair is once or twice a week, depending on activity since it dries out her hair

14 year old showers daily.
10 year old every other day except is she has horseback riding or soccer then it is that night.

Three times per week unless really dirty. I make sure their feet are clean before bed. Otherwise, they are fine.

Both dry sensitive skin (eczema) and oily skin (pores) run in our family. So we have to balance that.
I have a 9 and 7 year old and I insist on bath or shower every other day at least. If they are sick or especially sweaty, grubby, dusty from the playground or drew on themselves, if they went swimming, then they get a shower that night. The 9 year old takes showers without help now. Until recently she liked getting a "wash-wash" from mommy because it made her feel cared for and I'd make sure to get the ears and the roots of her hair and all that but now she prefers to do it herself - hooray!
She made noises about taking showers every day after she read "The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls." But then she slacked off. I must say she does not argue with me anymore, she seems to get that she is grubby after 2 days.

My 2nd grader showers after physical activity. During the soccer season, she has soccer practice, dance class and 2 soccer games per week, so that's 6 days of showers.

During the off season I let her slack more, and just take showers on the nights she has PE or dance.

Anonymous wrote:Two times a week or as needed after vigorous exercise. Early elementary aged kids. We've never bathed them more than this.
Two of the three have never been on antibiotics and none of the three have been sick in several years. Exposure to germs is a good thing.

Same. I have a feeling it's the daily bathers that have all the sick kids.

Two times a week or as needed after vigorous exercise. Early elementary aged kids. We've never bathed them more than this.
Two of the three have never been on antibiotics and none of the three have been sick in several years. Exposure to germs is a good thing.

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Anonymous wrote:This must be a cultural practice where parents don't bath their children everyday. Children should be taking baths daily. Children play all day and become dirty. This should not be a question.

This! So many germs at schools
They already eat sitting on the ground (and nap with their shoes on in preK).
At least give them a bath before putting on CLEAN pjs and putting them into CLEAN sheets

1. My child doesn't eat sitting on the ground
2. My child never napped in PreK and even if they did, why does having their shoes on during nap = germs?
3. If you look at the links ALL cultures do not bathe daily but a few in South America. So you are actually the abnormal one stripping your child's skin, healthy bacteria, and oils every single day.
4. There are more germs in a shower or tub than on your sheets, but whatever.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This must be a cultural practice where parents don't bath their children everyday. Children should be taking baths daily. Children play all day and become dirty. This should not be a question.

This! So many germs at schools
They already eat sitting on the ground (and nap with their shoes on in preK).
At least give them a bath before putting on CLEAN pjs and putting them into CLEAN sheets

You are a germaphobe. There are germs at school, at home and everywhere in between. Your body can handle them, there is no need for a child to bathe everyday to be healthy. in fact, many scientists think our germ-free environments are what's contributing to the increase in allergies.

My shower if they play outside hard, but if it is a pretty sedentary day than no.


While I "get" bathing your baby/toddler/preschoooler each night it seems like a lot of water just to make a bedtime routine stick.