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.

no way do children need bathing twice a day - what a waste of water

Thank god you're in a minority then Behonest if we all did that there would be precious little resources for our kids when they grow up but dont let a small thing like that get in the way, 2 baths a day Jaysus

Yabu to be shocked and judge. People do what's right for their child/ren and family.

We bathe our just 1 yo every night she enjoys it and it's her routine. But she doesn't need a bath every night.

We also have clean pjs every night, mostly because my dd likes to feed herself Weetabixs in the mornin with spoons or fingers and she's often just in her pjs for this, so they get covered in food. But as she gets older I doubt she will be having clean pjs every night.

Working in schools, the classroom (eyfs and ks1) after lunch the room odour does change to that of warm hot children who have been running about in the cold etc. So can't agree to children not smelling but it is not the same as a dirty smell.

Bathing a couple of times a week and a good flannel wash daily is fine. I think without the flannel wash daily for ks2 children it does start to cause a problem. My friend and her dh are havin issues with her sd over washing more than her twice weekly bath as she starting to smell but the sd refuses to when they have her unless it's her "bath day". Tho there is inklings of neglect there from the mother.

I'm shocked at how many people waste water on daily baths and then presume to present themselves as superior

Saucyjack - pretty sure drinking whilst in charge of children is a more serious offence than failing to bath everyday

Two baths a day? Bloody hell, what a pointless exercise.

Behonest - your baby is overheating if they are getting sweaty. That is actually a significant health risk related to SIDS, you probably should address any overdressing over wrapping you may be doing.

Oh give over behonest

Does this mean your kids will never experience the great outdoors of camping

I probably bath mine (3 year and 1 month olds) 3 times a week - always at least Sunday night and a couple of midweek nights particularly after swimming.

I rarely shampoo my 3 year old's hair though, maybe once a month/6weeks I didn't use any soap/body wash on him until he was about 14 months either. Same with the baby, no products as yet except barrier cream on his bottom.

Im even more shocked at the amount of adults who do not wash every day. I think that is disgusting. If you havnt been brought up to wash everyday its unlikely you would see anything wrong with this.

The 3 year old's face, hands and bum get washed every day though, and the baby's bottom is washed at every nappy change and face and neck folds wiped for milk/puke several times a day!

How rude Hakuna

But then if you werent brought up to be polite I can see how you wouldnt have a problem with being rude

I find the idea of selfishly using precious water to bathe children twice a day much more shocking than anything else on this thread.

Hakuna I haven't seen anyone say they don't wash - adults or kids. There are other ways to wash than in a bath, you know. Nobody over about 45 was brought up to bath more than weekly, but we do wash!

WaterAid

Just to add I have broken out of the once a week thing - I shower a lot, but not every day!

Dd2's eczema is infinitely better for being bathed daily.

Dd1 usually has a bath 3 times a week.

We have only just managed to get ds into the bath without screaming blue murder, he is nearly 4, I am not going to push it!

I shower a lot, but not every day

So, not a lot then!

My little one is 7 months old and gets a bath every other day. When she poos which is at least twice a day then I wipe her down and wash her bottom with water by holding her bottom under the bath taps regardless of whether she is having a bath that night. She doesn't have any nappy rash. She has mild ezcema which is why we bath her every other day and it has improved. She doesn't smell from any other area so sometimes she may even go two days without a bath. Her face and hands get washed after every meal.

Is it wrong that I'm enjoying this thread sitting in my unwashed state?

Competitive bathing, FFS.

Behonest, the only time my boys were sweaty as babies was on the rare occasions they were ill & had temperatures. Agree that babies who are regularly sweating are overheating. Sticking them in the bath twice a day is not the answer - stop putting too many clothes on them / turn the heating down.

If you think your child's bum is pooey and that only a bath will sort it, then won't they be sat in pooey water, hence they get covered in bits of poo?

Wouldn't wiping their bum properly with a wet wipe be less grim?

Yes, a lot. A massive lot compared with most of the world and plenty here. Your reasons for children needing to bath every day are mud, felt pen, food and inefficiently wiped poo, aren't they? Well don't worry, none of those apply to me! Or is this some other sort of superiority crap? I am perfectly clean, thanks, and I don't need to wash my towels after every shower, either! So wasteful.