To wonder how you can not bath or shower kids every day?

[Kalitall]

I know this ones been done, and I don't think anyone is dirty for not bathing every day and I understand about skin conditions.

I just don't know how everyone gets away with not bathing children each day. Especially little ones.

My two boys seem to get filthy. They both play outside every day and end up muddy. The toddler gets really mucky eating meals, usually ends up with food everywhere even in his hair. Also often ends up with paint over him from nursery. He poos in his nappy every day and even though he's clean up is usually still a bit smelly. In the Summer they both get quite sticky.

I find it easier to run a bath or put him under the shower than to top and tail to clean all the muck off.

Like I said I'm not accusing anyone of being dirty, as an adult I could probably get away with not showering each day as I don't sweat much and don't get mucky.

Do other children just not get in a mess?

It's the same with washing clothes. I reuse my own clothes but I could never not wash the dcs clothes, because they're always covered in food or mud.

If you're going around sniffing other peoples children, you've definitely got some kind of issues with hygiene.

If you're going around sniffing other people's children, hygiene issues are the least of your worries.

I don't think anyone's suggesting it's impossible for a child to smell unwashed squit. Just that one doesn't necessarily need to bath them daily to avoid this, and that the protestations of people who claim their noses can always tell otherwise (and to be fair, you've not said that yourself) are no evidence whatsoever. For obvious reasons of logic. Then it all got a bit batshit because people started making bizarre claims about Italy and marriage improvement.

Adults and in particular adolescents are a different ball game, of course. Because they sweat differently to young children.

That's a fair point Elisa. Wasn't intending to upset anyone or say any one way was the only way.

And to the other posters, no, I don't go around sniffing other people's children! I don't know when people last washed. On public transport or in close proximity to some people I can smell that they aren't clean, not BO just unclean clothes and or bodies. Maybe some people can't smell it and maybe some people aren't too bothered.

I personally need/prefer a daily wish and give my children the same. Each to their own. And of course, as some posters have demonstrated, some circumstances mean that people genuinely can't do a daily bath/ shower and so do what they can. Some posters have specifically said they can't be bothered to do it or don't have time, so in those cases it is a choice.

The vitriol on here is crazy!

I can smell that they aren't clean, not BO just unclean clothes and or bodies. Maybe some people can't smell it and maybe some people aren't too bothered

The bit you aren't getting though is that some people (and some children) may well smell, but that does not mean that people (or children) who don't wash as frequently as you do are those smelly people (or children).

It's ridiculous to suggest that everyone who doesn't bathe daily stinks, as some are saying.

The vitriol on here is crazy!

No vitriol. But if you tell people their babies are unkempt, grubby and smelly, you can't be surprised if people tell you to basically go fuck yourself!

Btw I'm a smelly person. I wash in the morning,come home and I absolutely reek. And i wash again. Guess people meeting me during/after work just assume i never wash.

Erm, I haven't told anyone that " their babies are unkempt, grubby and smelly" and never would do. Just replying to OP's original question that, in my experience, I needed to wash my children everyday.

I think telling someone to " go fuck themselves" is probably the very definition of vitriol.

Not when you have a good reason to. And "you" as in all of you telling people their kids smell.

Oh okay, I thought that was directed at me as you were quoting from my posts. Sorry.

Can I just ask everyone who mentions wet wipes and cleaning tissues - presumably you don't put them down the loo however dirty? Major city drainage issues now include not only the old "let's put the fat down the sink" but now wet wipes, which don't disintegrate. Then you not only get the fatballs of gunk but wetwipes. Which take millions of pounds to clear which you pay for through council and government taxes.

And in the country with septic tanks, they clog the system which then fails to work. Leaving a garden and field full of sewage where once the septic tank would (without wet wipes and face wipes) have just processed it naturally.

Just saying.

I put wetwipes in the bin personally

It's a great way to get them soothed and calm before the start of a bedtime routine 😉

Wet wipes go in the bin. That's pretty obvious - they'd be unfit for purpose if they disintegrated as quickly as toilet paper. Also you can get washable ones like Cheeky Wipes.

Not bathing daily doesn't have to mean huge contributions to landfill and sewerage issues.

Wet wipes go in the bin. As do tampons and anything else that is not poo,wee or toilet paper.

My children don't have a bath every day. I'm fairly sure they don't smell as I have a cunt of an ex husband who would happily call SS on me at the faintest whiff of neglect.

Might also be because some people have a better senses of smell than others. I know I do and I can smell if people ( and children) have that unwashed smell.

Ah well then, its your problem because i cant smell anything.

I bath mine every other day. I share a bath with one of my babies, then the next day I bath the other baby and her big sister together.

Each to their own. I've bathed my kids almost every night since they were born, only missing when we've been out late or something and only ever missing one night between baths. They love it. They don't have skin conditions. I think it's good for them to have a routine and I don't like the idea of them getting into bed having not had a bath. We also do a weekly "grooming" session where DH cuts their nails, cleans their ears etc. BUT what any other parent does is entirely their call.

Mine have a "bits and pits" wash as they call it before bed and bath twice a week which is plenty.

I can never help crawling out when a shower thread comes on... sorry I haven't read the entire thread...

My kids don't get 'dirty' and I don't think I do either but we shower 2ce daily - at night to wash away the day's sweat and in the morning to smell nice and fresh for the day. The only day they shower once a day is on Saturday. We don't take baths either - doesn't all the dirt just float around with you in it?

I don't think I smell very nice by evening when I haven't showered in the morning. I think people who don't shower daily are very brave.

millie - I use an adult sized dry wipe which goes in the bin for nappy changes and washable wipes/flannels for everything else. Just saying.

Somebody on here said a few pages back they bath their kids everyday because it kills half an hour. I wish I had half an hour to kill if an evening! Collect DD from school at 6pm, bedtime is at 8. We have a lot to fit into 2 hours so she doesnt have a bath every night. She does have a wash every morning, daily clean uniform and a wash on the nights she doesnt bath or shower. I dont know who has time to bath their child every night. It takes at least 3 hrs for DD's hair to dry naturally, she detests the hairdryer so bath nights are not fun.

I think it depends on the kid.

Mine are 4 & 5.
Min is 1 bath a week.
They have a wash every night before bed.

I have been known to let them go 4-5 days without one. Just been busy, late nights and they seemed to not be covered in food so just went with it.

Sometime's 4 requests a bath, so he has one - and this is normally extra to std bath nights.

If they have been out in the garden all day, they will be bathed that night. This can mean 2 or 3 bath nights in a row if they have been especially active.

But they don't smell, clothes are washed regularly and don't smell either.

I stopped doing daily baths when it was no longer part of a relaxing bedtime routine. ...it got too roudy and splashy and just got them wound up so was making bed time worse.

Oh gosh. I used to bathe mine every night. They loved it and so did I. Popped them both in the bath at the same time with some boats and lego and they entertained themselves in what can be a fractious hour. Then ready for bed and story. Routine was great. The alternative might have been sticking them in front of a video. This was much nicer and chattier.
Plus they /did/ used to indulge in muddy play.

Showering twice a day, unless you're in the tropics, is just insane. Not to mention a waste of water.

Some people have weird issues, you're only a few steps away from dipping yourself in bleach.