to be shocked at how many parents don't....

[formerbabe]

bath their children every day!

Following on from the thread about a poster not changing her children into pyjamas, I was surprised reading the responses how many people say they only bath their kids a couple of times a week.

I bath mine every night before bed and always have done, bar illness or something catastrophic happening in my day. On the rare occasion they have had to miss their bath, I have done a quick wipe down with a flannel, but they never seem clean after it. My kids seem to get filthy during the day, mud/food etc.

I know those kids who have excema cannot always have a bath everyday, but for anyone else it just seems like pure laziness to me.

I have a teenager. I'm lucky if I can get him to bathe or shower once a week

Water meters, anyone?

Do you really redo your make up in preparation for your husband coming home? I find that really sad.

My hv said babies don't really get that dirty so advised me to only bath twice a week, barring food accidents etc. When dd was older baths increased in line with what I was able to do. It was a really tough time for me as I had had a serious ms attack and could barely move, so only having to bath her infrequently made a massive difference.

Few people knew I had ms, so if anyone had been judging me - you would have been - they wouldn't have 'let me off' due to illness. There were enough people looking askance at me as it was.

My guilt levels were immense at the time anyway as I was letting dd down so badly already in so many ways. Don't judge people. You have no idea about them. Doing something differently from you doesn't make it wrong.

DD2 attracts filth, and makes sure she is covered from head to toe in food and mud everyday so has to be bathed and hair washed every night, or her eczema plays up with residue on her skin.
I'm paranoid about dd1 wiping away poo's and pees properly in school she gets dunked too. Maybe it past the age of 6/7 they need baths less??

I bath my DS7 once a week and wash his hair then only too. In the summer probably more, and guess what???? He is absolutely fine!!!!

I think this is one of those threads that's shows how perfectly we all do things slightly differently, and it really doesn't matter.

So, OP finds it easier to bath her children every day. I don't. I can't squeeze it in between going back and forth to the school to afterschool clubs, homework, cooking dinner, handing over to DH to do bedtime getting myself bathed, settling down to do my second job. I can't do it in the morning as I'm too busy getting ready for my first job.

They get bathed three times a week, timed to fit with PE at school, more if they're really filthy (doesn't happen that often), and they don't smell and they don't look dirty.

So we both do it differently, and that's fine. Neither of us is neglecting or endangering our children.

Similarly, it's clearly important to you to refresh your makeup before your husband comes home. I asked DH if I should be doing this (in fact, I'd be putting it on for the first time that day, as I only wear make up on special occasions) and he pissed himself laughing and told me not to waste my time; he knows what I look like.

So we do that differently too. Your way is fine, and it works for you and your DH, mine works for me and mine.

Shock horror goady fucker posts goady shit stirring bollocks....

Mind your own business OP.
If your want to waste that much water and heating that's up to you. Just don't expect others to copy you.

I couldn't give a tiny toss how much or how little other people clean their dc.

What has made me laugh is the people saying every day unless we have been swimming. I'd definitely want a proper scrub after floating around for an hour in chlorine and other people's skin and bodily fluids. And a quick shower in our pools unisex showers wouldn't cut it.

Infacare!! I use it still myself.....Ooohh...a freshly bathed LO. (mine or someone elses) HEAVEN.....

Lol at 'shocked'.

Mine take a bath/shower every other day. They don't get particularly dirty and dd2 has v sensitive dry skin so less frequent showers are better for her.

Did bath them every day when they were babies/toddlers, though, as food in hair was a major issue .

I never wash my children, too busy redoing my makeup. ??

Shocked at non daily bathing - sheltered life some? Dcs will revert to daily bathing when the teenage stink sets in, for the moment 2-3 times a week is just fine.

DS (2) has 2-3 baths a week. They usually happen after swimming to get rid of excess chlorine. He's a bit phobic about showers atm so unfortunately can't shower at the pool.

We aren't too keen on too many baths, tbh because of chemicals/increased chance of skin conditions, so we use a hypoallergenic paraben-free bath wash (A sanex kids one). Not sure if it helps, but I imagine there's someone out there who'll judge us for that!

My dh will sometimes do bath time if he's back in time or at the weekends. I do it more as I'm a sahm, and I like them to be in their PJs by 6, and we relax and read before they go to bed.

I do redo my make up, though my dh wouldn't give a monkies if I didn't. I just do it because when he leaves for work, I am still in my dressing gown, no make up, hair like a birds nest stage, so I like there to be at least part of the day where I'm not looking a mess!

oh goodness. mine sleep in clothes (home clothes, not outdoor ones) it keeps them from dying of hypothermia in the night if they were wearing just pjs and came out of their blankets.

they get a bath after school and if they have been out for the day. if they have been in all day they get a wash.

last night they did not even sleep in their beds. they wanted to camp in the living room for a treat.

oh and the gp told me that they do not need a bath everyday.

Different people have different priorities. There is more than one way to raise children. Children need to be clean, warm, fed adequate food, and loved. How they are kept warm, fed, clean and loved is open to some variables. we are not raising identi-kit robots.

I think some people will have to check their judgeypants tonight-they've been hoiked up so far they're bound to be covered in skidmarks from that post-bath poo

I used to bathe mine every day when they were young because I thought it was The Done Thing. They're school age now and always have a bath on Sunday, a midweek shower after swimming (not my water bill-bonus!) and that's usually it unless they get particularly dirty. They wash every day and they're able to wipe their bums properly.

I have a feeling we are being taken for fools here ;) .... still laughing about the pooey bottoms though!

No I'm not on a wind up...! I really just assumed all parents gave their kids a bath every day! It seems I am in the minority!

I haven't read the full thread but I only bath DS(5) once or twice a week, he does have eczema but even if he didn't he's just not that scruffy. He has hands, face and bits washed with flannel morning and night but he doesn't need a bath every day.
I think there are worse things to be shocked and horrified by

OP you seem familiar ?
Were you the one shocked/outraged when the little boy next door showed his willy on the trampoline
Apologies if not

Donnadoon...nope not me..I have no idea of the thread you are on about.

Yabu.

Children don't need bathing every day - hands and face, yes, but bathing more than necessary isn't good for the skin.