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.

Zucker, you win for competitive bathing!

Has that covered everything?

No, because you haven't said how many times a day you change your linen on your beds

yet cleaning them every night with baby wipes is fine.

I haven't read of anybody cleaning their child nightly with baby wipes. Perhaps using them to clear off the odd bit of dirt, but not for a full clean!

differentname I've actually enjoyed reading this thread to see what others are doing for eczema. What a relief you found a solution. DS's wonder fix is leaving this country! His skin can clear in 48 hrs when we go somewhere warm and humid. I may still experiment with his bathing schedule as so many posters report benefits.

I have also been genuinely interested to find out that not all adults take bath/shower daily. I had no idea it wasn't the norm.

I'm finding this thread so addictive. I just can't stop myself checking it, I've been doing it all day.

It is making me want to go scrub myself for some reason.

There's days when I really can't be arsed to cook but wouldn't dream of not giving the kids dinner. It's the same with bathing them It's not the same at all. They need food to nourish them, help them grow & fight off viruses & infections.

Bathing isn't essential in the same as food is.

Onsera3 It was a huge relief, I can't tell you! She doesn't suffer with eczema now unless she spends too much time in water. Which is rare as I am so careful.

I use a lovely shoreline cream on her now, when I suspect she might be heading that way & we have so far managed to avoid issues. Thankfully.

What a pathetic thread to start. Unless children are in nappies 2-3 showers or baths a weeks is fine to keep them clean. My oldest dd is 12 and now needs more showers because of her age but when they are little the main thing is to keep hands and bottoms clean.

'For me a daily bath is as much of a necessity as having dinner. There's days when I really can't be arsed to cook but wouldn't dream of not giving the kids dinner.'

You seriously think it's as important for your children to have a daily bath as it is for them to have a daily meal?

Imbecile.

I'm so lazy that I timetable two swimming lessons a week to reduce the need to nag them into the shower. And I have wet wipes in every car just in case they passed the sniff test the night before, but I didn't notice elbows caked in mud.

We don't have many pearl clutchers visiting our house, obviously, what with my kids being feral from such negligent parenting. But the kids have never had a day off ill in their lives, which I think is probably closely correlated to the amount of time I don't spend worrying about, er, crap.

So you do think of the future then TeaandFag? It just doesn't seem like that from your short sighted wastage of water

I really am quite confused. What business is of yours how often a child is bathed? Op you managed to create a superbly banal thread.....

squoosh,yes I do in fact. I appreciate it's not a necessity to keep them alive, but I feel that part of my responsibility as a parent is to make sure my children are clean and presentable. They enjoy a bath. They ask for it after their dinner. IdKickJilliansAss, as I've said previously, they share a few inches of water and I usually top it up with another few inches for my own bath. Do you mean to tell me you don't bathe/shower every day?

So the people who don't bath their children every day don't keep their children clean and presentable?

How rude! My children are clean and presentable, but they don't always have a bath every day to achieve that. Once again, the assumption seems to be that no bath is the same as not washing at all

Clean and presentable....that says a lot

Where for? The queen? A debutant ball?

I should make it clear - as other posters have said upthread that it was my doctor who first recommended I only bathe dd once a week.

Medically advised for sensitive skin so there (blows raspberries)

how do you know how often other people have baths or bath their kids ? And why do you care ?

IME experience the vast majority don't smell of BO - far more people stink of perfume and aftershave which I personally find harder to deal with.

Everyone makes masses of choices as to how they live their lives, and it mostly has diddly squat impact on everyone else. Each to their own.

When I can't be arsed to cook, I don't.

I just throw toffees and crisps at the kids and get back on Mumsnet.

So nicky nacky nah nah.

I dont mean to tell you anything TeaandFag

I used to bathe them everyday but since numerous late afternoon/early evening activities have come on the scene, it's more like. 4 times a week.

So I've been out and only just come back to this!

Wow!

For the poster calling me a troll...I am not, I am a regular on here.

Fwiw, I don't think other peoples children or mine smell. I don't bath them everyday because I think they would smell...I just think its the most foolproof way to remove stickiness/food etc!

Most people I know in RL bath everyday hence my suprise that so many don't!

Maybe that's just what they tell you former

"I just think its the most foolproof way to remove stickiness/food etc!"

So you bathe your children after every meal?

I must admit i find it interesting from an eczema point of view too. 2 of the worst cases i have seen of eczema, have improved from daily bathing (with emollient in the bath) and a regimen of creams applied. and dd2 has definitely improved from the above. But i know loads of people who say their eczema has improved from limiting baths so i guess it is horses for courses.

What's so hygienic about bathing anyway? You're just sitting or lying in your own dirt.

Why do people care how often other people bathe their kids?

My 5 dont bath every night,not even every other night most of the the time,they dont need to,they dont have some strict routine either.