A trivial matter really but it occurred to me to ask how often you wash your lo's hair? I am a bad mum that only washes ds and dd's hair once a week. This is perhaps okay for a boy who hates hair wash(he's nearly 4). But my dd is 18mo and if she's going to have longer hair am I going to need to plan for frequent hair washes and conditioning treatments like I've seen some of my friends do with their older dds?! (We are really bad, as we've had the same bottle of shampoo for some years!!!)

I wash my dds' hair once a week and she's 5, she has a thick mane of glossy shiny chestnut brown hair (that she was born with) and it never gets greasy.

I think if it looks fine, then once a week is plenty.

twice a week, sometimes more if they've got it dirty

once a week here - it is a painful process and I wouldn't like to do it more often

every night when they get a bath

At least once a week for ds-he has short spikey hair.
Every morning and night i rub it with a wet flannel when he is in the shower just to freshen it up (and remove the pollen as he suffers from hayfever this year).

twice a week and one of those os on the shower at the pool

Once a week or if they've been swimming, it's hell on a stick round our way on hairwash night, don't think the neighbours could bear it if it was more frequent.

It is hell hairwashing here too. I have to bribe them both with chocolate or jelly beans, so if I wash hair more frequently, it might be bad for their teeth!

Once a week and dd is nearly 6. Too much effort to do more. Am considering trying out that dry shampoo stuff though.

once a week for 4 yo DTDs saturday night ritual, it doesn't need doing more often, unless swimming or on hols at beach

You'd be appalled. Once every ten days!! It's such a drama though. We both want to put it off.

Every other day. Both dd's have fine hair like mine and it goes greasy and straggly if not washed for too long. I do my own daily.

When it looks manky. There's no real reason to wash it otherwise

Once a week, with loads & loads of conditioner - DD is determined to have long hair & I've always thought that it keeps in better condition & looks nicer if you don't wash it too often.
I do sometimes wash it after her swimming lesson if we haven't got the hat on straight & the chlorine has got in.

I've just read back the thread. AM I the winner of the disgusting mother then? Any advance on ten days? Anybody? (please,

once a week - although sometimes more often in the summer when their hair is always mashed up with suncream & hat-squashing

EB, if it makes you feel any better, I have been known to leave it 10 days. We should rename this thread, hairwash angst!

Lol EB, my self esteem is rocketing now! How long have you had your bottle of shampoo, does it out-do my 3 year record? At least the headlice are not going to go anywhere near our lo's hair (don't they like clean hair??)

we do both boys every night in the bath but DS1 is 4 and really gets very very sweaty

oh no. i'm going to win. only do it every 2 or 3 weeks. it doesn't need it tbh and they have lovely shiny hair.

every second night.

would rather do it less often, but DD has a sweaty head. And she is quite snotty, and a fair amount of that snot ends up in her hair [nauseous emotion].

9 mo DS2 had his first ever hair wash tonight!

DS1 (2.9) makes such a drama about having his hair washed we only usually do it when absolutely necessary - y'know when you can spy bits of food and stuff in it

when his head smells manky. can be once week but in current hot weather is more often, he gets V sweaty under his hat.

Our rule for ds1 is 'when he smells like a dog'. Such a flippin hoo-ha, my nerves wouldn't be up to any more often.

When painty...

I was dd1's hair once a week as she's such a mare about having it washed, she's 5. I was dd2's hair every 2 days or so, she's 19m.

once a week for a nearly 3 yo- don't usually bother with shampoo.

At least twice a week, during the week and after swim club.

But in this hot weather almost every night but she does get sweaty and greasy haired

When they are young - up to the age of approx 9/10. once a week. After that twice a week for the next few years. Then every 2/3 days I get DD who is just 14!

I think i have oisted Elizabeth - DS is 21/2 and has never (yes that's right - never) had his hair washed. You wouldn't tell though as his hair doesn't look dirty or smell yucky. We don't use soap much either. This started when he was tiny as the word was not to use products and to be honest we never really got out of that although sometimes he has Mr Matey bubbles. He goes swimming every so often and we spend a long time in the showers after that (he loves the showers at the pool more than the pool). I was my hair about every third day.

We keep the boy's hair really short so I can honestly say we have never actually "washed" his hair, it gets wet when he has a bath or shower but it doesn't actually get soaped up or anything.

He doesn't really seem to care one way or the other about his hair so I just run the clippers over it when it gets a bit long.

my dd has fine. striaght shoulder length hair, she is 6. I was always at pains to keep it washed every other day.

Depends on your childs hair type. I have decided that my dd only need hers washed twice a week, esp as she has it tied up alot.

once or twice a week

ds hates it and dd's takes ages and ages to rinse