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.

[MrRected]

FuckyNell Sat 05-Apr-14 10:05:09
Hahaha when they're skanky teens who never wash you'll wonder why you bothered

^ this

Hahahaha. I don't think DS' hair gets a proper wash, other than his 4 visits a year to the hairdresser. Given he is taller than his father, I don't get involved other than to tell him he bloody stinks and needs a shower. This thread has cracked me up - all about perspective/age/stage.

[ilovepowerhoop]

and mine are old enough not to have food all over their hands and faces so a baby wipe works just as well

[TondelayoSchwarzkopf]

a) because i have a massive bath, which takes about half an hour (and a lot of money) to fill

b) because when DS used to bathe daily he had terrible rashes and dermatitis - now his skin is fine

c) because I dress him to go out so the mud, dirt, paint and food tends to get on his clothes not his body. Have you thought about this? Or are you too lazy to buy clothes?

d) because I work full time and can't be arsed to get him in the bath every night

e) Look into moist toilet paper and train your kid to wipe their bum properly.

[PourquoiTuGachesTaVie]

If bums are left pooey they will be itchy and become sore. If there is no itchiness or soreness then they are cleaning it sufficiently.

[VelmaD]

A flannel wouldn't take away sticky hands and faces?! You must be using it wrong!

[ChoudeBruxelles]

Ds has a shower every other night.

[IdkickJilliansAss]

Me too preciousbane but the lack of agreement to the daily bath is heartening

[SlatternMissesherGrumpyCat]

I bath mine twice a week. My DS had eczema as a baby and for a long time he could only be bathed once a week. Now I have two and DS has mostly grown out of the eczema and we have settled into the routine of twice a week.

I don't feel the need to comment or judge others on their children's bath times.

I am most certainly not lazy and resent the accusation that I am.

[LingDiLong]

Jesus Christ needanight, you just teach your kids to wipe their arses properly! It's not that hard! What is with your wired obsession with dirty arseholes anyway?

[wonderingsoul]

mine get bathed 2-3 some t imes 4 times aweek. imo its bad for their skin and hair..

in the summer they get to have a bath every day, esp if they have been outside.. not becasue they smell or are dirty but becasue its refreshing after your all clammy and hot from the heat.

[formerbabe]

When did I say I left them alone in the bath? I usually take the time to clean up the bathroom, or hoover the hallway outside with the bathroom door open...or redo my make up in said bathroom in preparation for my dh coming home from work!!!

[Nancy66]

adults who don't bathe/shower every day trouble me but not babies/toddlers.

If you have a kid who hates HATES the bath. I mean screaming, throwing her head back, clawing at you, pulling clumps of your hair out then why would you put yourself through that every day? That was my DD aged about 12-20 months.

She's fine now but at the time I prob only bathed her twice a week, wasn't worth the hell.

[ProlificPenguin]

My DD is just walking and getting into things, I usually bath every other day, unless she gets grubby on a non bath day then I bath her then too. I may increase to daily or try to get her to like the shower as she gets older and more into grubby things.

Daily bathing isn't essential to be a good parent, it can dry out skin, especially in winter.

Save your shock for something important? Or get a hobby?

[Foxsticks]

I used to bathe my dd every day when she was a baby as part of her bedtime routine. She had sore dry skin on her arms and thighs. Now she is a toddler and I am lazy and bathe her three times a week. Her skin is so much better, she doesn't have any issues now I'm not rinsing away the natural oils from her skin.

I'm happy to make the best decisions for my dd and you should do the same. Lose the judgey pants and worry about things that really matter.

[formerbabe]

Suffolk... I did mention excema in my initial post...but cheers for calling me an idiot.

[FutTheShuckUp]

Your last nugget...pleasassse

[Pobblewhohasnotoes]

Yabu to care.

You do your make up for DH to come home to? Have I slipped back to the 1950s here?

[GrumpyInYorkshire]

Oh ffs OP. Every other day - or not at all if they have a proper wash and shower after swimming - is more than enough.
In fact I'd go as far as to say daily bathing i is detrimental. Not just in terms of drying out their skin, but also in terms of routine.

There's kids in my family who can't go on camping trips or for evening meals out,because they "have" to have a bath before bed to be able to sleep. It's a bit barmy, IMO.

[Hoofdegebouw]

Every 2 or 3 nights unless very dirty - not lazy, not scuzzy, they just don't need it and we don't need to waste any more water and gas to heat it.
Dare I say a spectacularly first world problem??

[Mumto3dc]

Well I think parents who judge non-bathing probably assume no bath = no wash.

At various times in my three dc lives they've had more/less baths, when I had 3 of 4 and under it was probably once a week. But they were topped and tailed every day without fail.

[Noseypoke]

Add message | Report | Message poster noblegiraffe Sat 05-Apr-14 10:13:38
You had to read about it on a thread suggesting that in real life you can't actually tell.

^this says it all.

[eddielizzard]

seriously? is this all you've got to worry about??

the paediatric dermatologist one of my babies saw told me to bath as little as possible and use as few chemicals on their skin as possible. keep them clean yes, but not bath every day.