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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

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Right. Because her spouse's years of medical training pales compared to your net gleaned wisdom. Just like you know all about who does what at your personal and community pool. But as long as you don't have to spend those 10 minutes bathing your kid, hey, life is groovy

Three of my five are in college. The other two are in high school. I'm not spending time bathing my kids these days. In 24 years of parenting we've had a total of one major illness- tonsillectomy. I'm pretty sure pool water didn't cause it. They very, very rarely even caught minor illnesses. And they spent every summer working on my grandparents (both sets) working farms. They ran barefooted most of the summer. Ate fruits and veggies right out of the ground. And probably never washed their hands. They have a healthy immune system exactly because like most normal parents, we let them get dirty.

When you and your brilliant husband have that kind of track record, maybe your opinion will mean something. Until ten, your just the typical D.C. germaphobe who probably has the sickest kids on the block.

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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

that's really gross. pool water isn't "pure" because of the the chlorine. and chlorine, itself, is damaging to skin and hair.

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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

Right. Because her spouse's years of medical training pales compared to your net gleaned wisdom. Just like you know all about who does what at your personal and community pool. But as long as you don't have to spend those 10 minutes bathing your kid, hey, life is groovy

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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

Lazy and gross.

Nasty times. Hopefully they shower after the pool. If not, letting your kid stew in pissy, chlorinated water for over a day because you're too lazy to bathe them is just disgusting.

OH well. We grew up living at the pool: swimming, swim team, lifeguarding, pool operator, etc. Never took a separate shower after spending all day in chlorinated water! You know chlorine is used as a cleaner and a bleach, right? That's hilarious you make your kids take another bath, after effectively bathing in water and bleach all day long at the pool! Maybe b/c we have dry skin, but that would be over, over, over kill with our skin. . . .

Chlorine in a pool is NOT a cleaner. My husband is a doctor...they've studied this. It is full of fecal matter...disgusting.

Sounds like you need to rethink the pool you go to.

I assure you, our backyard pool doesn't contain "fecal matter". I highly doubt our community pool contains anything close to enough germs to cause illness. And doctors' kids seem to be the sickliest kids we know, so you'll understand if I don't give a whole lot of weight to his expert opinion of pool safety.

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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

Lazy and gross.

Nasty times. Hopefully they shower after the pool. If not, letting your kid stew in pissy, chlorinated water for over a day because you're too lazy to bathe them is just disgusting.

OH well. We grew up living at the pool: swimming, swim team, lifeguarding, pool operator, etc. Never took a separate shower after spending all day in chlorinated water! You know chlorine is used as a cleaner and a bleach, right? That's hilarious you make your kids take another bath, after effectively bathing in water and bleach all day long at the pool! Maybe b/c we have dry skin, but that would be over, over, over kill with our skin. . . .

Chlorine in a pool is NOT a cleaner. My husband is a doctor...they've studied this. It is full of fecal matter...disgusting.

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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

Lazy and gross.

Nasty times. Hopefully they shower after the pool. If not, letting your kid stew in pissy, chlorinated water for over a day because you're too lazy to bathe them is just disgusting.

OH well. We grew up living at the pool: swimming, swim team, lifeguarding, pool operator, etc. Never took a separate shower after spending all day in chlorinated water! You know chlorine is used as a cleaner and a bleach, right? That's hilarious you make your kids take another bath, after effectively bathing in water and bleach all day long at the pool! Maybe b/c we have dry skin, but that would be over, over, over kill with our skin. . . .

People are so overly freaked out about germs these days. No wonder we have kids who are all allergic to everything on God's green earth. Their parents are OCD clean-freaks who are afraid of a little dirt.

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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

Lazy and gross.

Nasty times. Hopefully they shower after the pool. If not, letting your kid stew in pissy, chlorinated water for over a day because you're too lazy to bathe them is just disgusting.

OH well. We grew up living at the pool: swimming, swim team, lifeguarding, pool operator, etc. Never took a separate shower after spending all day in chlorinated water! You know chlorine is used as a cleaner and a bleach, right? That's hilarious you make your kids take another bath, after effectively bathing in water and bleach all day long at the pool! Maybe b/c we have dry skin, but that would be over, over, over kill with our skin. . . .

Anonymous wrote:I think a kid bathing twice a day is one bath too many. Unless there was some sort of huge mess.

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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

Lazy and gross.

Nasty times. Hopefully they shower after the pool. If not, letting your kid stew in pissy, chlorinated water for over a day because you're too lazy to bathe them is just disgusting.

OH well. We grew up living at the pool: swimming, swim team, lifeguarding, pool operator, etc. Never took a separate shower after spending all day in chlorinated water! You know chlorine is used as a cleaner and a bleach, right? That's hilarious you make your kids take another bath, after effectively bathing in water and bleach all day long at the pool! Maybe b/c we have dry skin, but that would be over, over, over kill with our skin. . . .

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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

Lazy and gross.

Nasty times. Hopefully they shower after the pool. If not, letting your kid stew in pissy, chlorinated water for over a day because you're too lazy to bathe them is just disgusting.

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Anonymous wrote:We bathe everyday (adults + kids). I've done a daily bath since kids were about 1. From crawling, to playgrounds, sunblock, bugspray, chlorine, etc...I just wanted to get clean bodies before they get into bed. Yes, during the winter we don't need to daily but just for the habit, we continue to do so (and also because we are in school year activities - basketball, soccer, etc.).

You would bathe if you just came home from the pool? Interesting. Those are the days I say, "No, no need for a bath, we just came home from the pool."

Lazy and gross.