Anonymous wrote:It's more than one poster chiming in on the hygiene habits, and rightly so. Hate to burst your bubble (well, I would if you used soap and water regularly to produce said bubbles) but there are lots of people who just prefer cleanliness. Daily bathing. Showers or baths after swimming. Soap. Water. Lotion as needed.
This isn't as big a deal to others. Fine.
But just as you find us obsessed, we find you 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.

+ a million!! My kids bathe most days because they love their bath. bath was one of my 18 month old's first words. But by no means do i think they need a bath every day. And twice a day? Come on!

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Anonymous wrote:More than one poster is calling pool baths nasty. I really find this hard to believe, some of you are the same folks talking about ghetto names, and everything else being for "the poors", trashy and tacky yet you have a problem with bathing your children every day. I mean is it really that difficult? Your skin is that sensitive that it can't take water and a light soaping? Every other day, okay maybe--but once a week? And swimming in the pool qualifies as a bath? Don't care how you defend it---still nasty.

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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.

Anonymous wrote:OK, can we all just recognize that there is one person, who always comes on these bath threads, who is clearly an OCD germaphobe, and writes probably all of the "gross" responses?

Normal people-- just ignore this person. He/she is obsessed on this topic and hurls insults at anyone who disagrees with him/her. Nitwit, gross, etc.

Clean Person-- yes, we know, we are all disgusting. Now just give it a rest and stop the name calling.

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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.

So says the mother of "Stinky Steve" and "What's that Red Rash" Ruby.

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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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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.