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.

[pigsinmud]

My primary school dds have a bath/shower every other day. Clean pyjamas every day? Blimey I wouldn't have enough pyjamas. This might turn in to a to knicker or not to knicker under pyjamas thread though. We knicker under pjs and they are clean every day.

[floppyfanjo]

I'm a child of the 70's we only bathed once or twice a week.

We were neither stinky or gross.

Has the human form evolved in such a way over the last 30 or 40 years that we now need to bath more regularly ?

Those who bath every day fair enough,but I'll stick to 3 or 4 times a week solely for the reason that I'm too busy making organic hummus and homemade bread sticks for DS's lunch whilst simultaneously cooking "home made healthy meals from scratch".

Sorry op but you are being very,very unreasonable and judgmental.

[BumPotato]

My two get a bath once a week. They might have a shower in between if they get dirty, but don't always.

They have beautiful skin, shiny hair and don't smell. As they get older they'll decide themselves how often they wish to bathe. (DD1 is in the shower as I type).

When DD1 was a baby her GP said once a week was plenty, he was seeing too many children with skin problems caused by over bathing.

[Atbeckandcall]

YADNBU. Humans are disgusting creatures. I wouldn't dream of not showering everyday. Body odour is normally from bacteria. And not the good bacteria either!!

The children that aren't bathed daily I find smell like gone off yoghurt and sweaty Babybel.

Gagging now.

[Sharaluck]

I bath mine daily but am wary of using soap very day (strips natural oils) so only use it if necessary. I rinse hair most days but very rarely shampoo (worried about natural oils again). Dc love bath time and it is relaxing watching them have one so that is my main reason to have one.

[OwlCapone]

I personally don't use any chemicals in the bath, just a bath wash to wash her bum and under her arms

Isn't a bath wash chemicals? Or do you sit her in water, which becomes dirty and then wash her with the dirty water...?

[formerbabe]

I actually find my evening easier if they have a bath...for the best part of half and hour, they are contained in the tub therefore not making a mess of the house or running around!

[pigsinmud]

Do many 10 and 7 year olds love bath time? It's easy when they're little, but a boring chore when they're 10.

[FutTheShuckUp]

My seven year old ds would bath three times a day if i let him. My dd would bath once a month if allowed. Hardly lazy that she doesn't have one everyday when I'm bathing the other one everyday
Oh and I'm doing a degree working full time and doing all the housework. I think anyone who doesn't do this is a lazy slattern

[BankWadger]

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.

My name is BankWadger and I am lazy. Can I have my medal now please?

[PaulinesPen]

We don't do clean PJS every day either. We'd need loads of pjs to accommodate that turnaround

[drnoitall]

Yab - stupid
Bathing everyday is not actually recommended as it dries the skin.
If some bath every day , who cares.
If some don't bath every day, who cares.
Unless you smell, it's optional.
I expect you have a wedgey now from pulling your judgy pants up too far.

[OwlCapone]

for the best part of half and hour, they are contained in the tub therefore not making a mess of the house or running around!

Perhaps you should look at your own parenting skills if corralling them is the only way to make them behave.

[snigger]

[neolara]

When they are tiny, they are often filthy. My primary age kids are surprisingly clean at the end of the day.

[Nocomet]

Of course flannels and soap cause hassle.

Soap is utterly unnecessary a warm wet flannel or a baby wipe is all small DCs need most nights in winter.

Yes in summer they might be covered in mud, sand and suncream, which you might choose to wash off, but world doesn't end if you don't.

Personally I'd far rather put a happy tired dirty toddler, who's played in the garden until dusk, to bed at 9.30, than drag a furious one in at 7 for a bath.

Childhood is too short, British Summers are certainly too short!

[mrsminiverscharlady]

I remember how important this kind of thing seemed when my kids were little. Once they get a bit older you'll probably look back and blush inwardly at how much you cared about something so unimportant in the big scheme of things.

(Although wearing clothes in bed is slovenly at any age)

[PaulinesPen]

Yes it's very true, growing up in the 70's was a whole other ball game. And we weren't whiffy.

[LoonvanBoon]

There is a huge amount to be said for pure laziness, it saves water and allows for a flexible, relaxed and fun outlook on life

^^This! There seem to be so many threads lately with some women desperately trying to prove that they're less lazy than other women, in relation to work, routines with children, etc. etc. Completely ridiculous.

Agree with all the other points people have made, too. Many small children really don't get that dirty every day. Mine didn't, except in warm weather when they were playing out.

No sensible person waits until bathtime to ensure a child's bum is clean after a poo - how bizarre.

And even plain water can dry out a child's skin if they're being bathed a lot, especially in Winter when skin tends to be drier anyway.

FWIW we generally bathed every other day unless the boys were particularly dirty.

[WanderingAway]

My 9 yr old never gets a bath.

She showers about 3 times a week, mainly just to wash her hair. She scrubs herself with a flannel twice a day. She isnt dirty nor does she smell. She is always well dressed and her hair is brushed so i dont give a damn if people think i am a lazy parent.

[IdkickJilliansAss]

You can see/smell if your child is sweaty and dirty. Trust your senses, not using your nose is pure laziness IMO, unless you don't have one in which case I apologise

[Icantstopeatinglol]

I think each to their own, that's why your kids are your kids and mine are mine. They're not 'ours' therefore we have no say of what others do, especially over something so unimportant!
Personally I think bathing every other day is more than enough unless they get dirty then I would stick them in the bath without a second thought. I do think bathing every day dries their skin out unless you're moisturising after each bath but then I wouldn't like to use products on small children.

[formerbabe]

Its the sticky hands and faces for me! A flannel wouldn't take that away.

I'm not being as judgemental as you think, more surprised that so many people bath them once/twice a week.

[IdkickJilliansAss]

Yes it would formerbabe

[ilovepowerhoop]

you dont need a bath for sticky hands and face - they can be washed at the sink! (talk about overkill)