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When did your DC (or would you expect) switch from evening baths to morning showers?

51 replies

MTCV · 09/04/2022 14:28

DS has SN, so any new routine has to be introduced gradually and way before necessary if possible! Trying to work out when I should introduce the idea of a quick shower in the mornings rather than (or as well as) a bath/shower in the evening.

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UpToMyElbowsInDiapers · 09/04/2022 14:30

I’m 29 and haven’t made the switch yet. I didn’t know it was a thing that had to be done! I like “washing the day away” before bed.

axolotlfloof · 09/04/2022 14:30

As a teenager. My 14 yo DS always morning showers. 12YO DS used to only evening bath, but occasionally has an eve shower. He enjoys a bath though, and if your DS does, maybe stick with it.

Eaumyword · 09/04/2022 14:38

Ds was 12 and it suddenly became important to him to be totally fresh in the morning for school (along with lashings of anti perspirant and Lynx!)
He occasionally has a long lazy bath at night as well, but that is a relaxation thing!

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dogschewbones · 09/04/2022 14:40

Never! Baths are my daily delight.

BurscoughBooths · 09/04/2022 14:41

Never! All of mine preferred extra time in bed in the mornings rather than having a shower.
And I hate morning showers, much rather have a bath before bed

Ducksurprise · 09/04/2022 14:41

One of mine switched during puberty because they sweated, the others haven't yet/never did

Repetitivebeats · 09/04/2022 14:49

DS is 14 and still has a bath most nights as preference. He does do a lot of sport though and likes to have a nice snack afterwards!
He doesn't seem to also need a shower in the morning but then puberty hasn't had much effect yet so that may well change

Eightiesfan · 09/04/2022 15:08

DS2 has ASD, we would never suggest he changes from an evening bath to a morning shower, it would completely throw him into a tailspin. He has very set routines, and to be honest I would rather he make this decision himself, I’m not bothered one way or the other so why would I upset him unnecessarily?

carefullycourageous · 09/04/2022 15:11

All at different ages and one stuck with evenings right through.

Aimee1987 · 09/04/2022 15:12

DSS is 10 and still does shower in the evening.

I think I was probably early teen when I would have started morning showers.

VerifiedBot2351 · 09/04/2022 15:12

When he started year seven, age 11.

RhubarbFairy · 09/04/2022 15:12

Is he particularly sweaty overnight?

We all shower in the evening here. As a PP said, we wash the day away (and this can include washing the evidence of football and swim club away too for the DC, and then we can just get ready quickly in the mornings.

No-one has a morning shower unless they've had a particularly sweaty night. So more often in the summer.

collywobble · 09/04/2022 15:14

My children all have a bath in the morning before school /college aged 17 &18 and then sometimes a bath at night. I would love them to have a quick shower in the morning but they just don't seem to like a shower at all.

DropYourSword · 09/04/2022 15:37

My DS started morning showers before school at age 5. Reading this thread I see we're very much the outliers here!!

niceupthedanceagain · 09/04/2022 15:48

DS has asd and says a shower feels like needles (he's 11). So he may be a long way off yet.

dumdumduuuummmmm · 09/04/2022 15:52

I'm feeling like an icky person but my armpits smell in the morning. I'm guessing it would be 12 hours since an evening wash and my armpits have definitely oozed odour in that time whether I've been obviously sweaty or not! To the evening bathers on here, when do you apply deodorant? After your evening wash or in the morning on slept on pits? Or both?

WeAllHaveWings · 09/04/2022 16:09

Ds started morning showers late primary, by the time he became a teenager it was an ingrained habit.

LndnGrl · 09/04/2022 16:16

I still don't shower in the morning I prefer a bath before bed. Sometimes in the summer I might, but I'm not a sweaty person.

IncyWincyGrownUp · 09/04/2022 16:16

My fourteen year old, also with SEN, is more of an evening bather, be it via the bath or the shower. He throws a cloth around his face and a brush around I’m his teeth in the morning, but that’s as far as he will take things.

Morning showers are only acceptable to him if there is no school, as the school morning routine is Not To Be Changed At All!

Neverreturntoathread · 09/04/2022 16:18

Around 9-10. For us, two things started to happen

  • bedtime was taking a crazy long time, so we dropped the bath and just had foot & facr wash
  • mornings changed from ‘leap out of bed at 5am’ to ‘I’m tiiiiiired I don’t wanna get up’ and the morning shower helps the wake up process and puts dc in good mood.
HorribleHerstory · 09/04/2022 16:20

I was in the morning. I bathe or shower in the evening. But not every day.

I grew up with weekly baths and did not live in a house with a shower until I was nearly 30.

My DC never had nightly baths and they don’t have daily morning showers either. Some days exercise triggers the shower as it does with me. Sometimes being physically dirty as I have a dirty job. Sometimes they shower after school, sometimes before going out. But pretty much no one in this house showers in the morning.

HorribleHerstory · 09/04/2022 16:20

*wash in the morning

kimfox · 09/04/2022 16:23

My teens always have evening showers but DS17 now has morning and evening / after sport which is most days. DD15 still mainly showers in the evening unless she wants to wash hair in morning for some reason. She's still fragrant when she gets up & not much time for shower & hair before school anyway! (So I'm happy there's not extra faffing!)

Whelmed · 09/04/2022 16:30

I never made the switch successfully myself, I've tried and failed so many times! DH is a morning showerer and I'm a night showerer. Will be interesting to see how our DC will turn out. If your DC is a sweaty teenager then a morning shower in teen years would seem sensible.

duvetdayforeveryone · 09/04/2022 16:33

I hate the word "should". Let your DS bathe when and however he likes.