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