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.

YABU.
Just because your children are grubby little toads doesn't mean the rest of ours are.

I bathe mine every night and also can't believe other people's kids aren't dirty. Mine get filthy!

Casey, if you're referring to my post, the first is literally a quick shower with plain water and soap in armpits with a general rinse and the second is with shower gel or shower emollient.

About the water, all 3 of us don't even use up to a whole bath of water because the kids spend about 5 mins under the shower each and I use about 10 mins. I work full time and between us have only 1hr to shower, get dressed, have breakfast and leave the house every morning.

I guess when it isn't the norm it's hard to understand time-wise. I grew up in a hot country and although it isn't here, I just cannot imagine not showering often. I wouldn't sleep well otherwise.

By the way I work with members of the public and in my opinion, people just cant smell themselves. People come in looking great but smelling a bit and they just don't know.

To each their own I guess.

Always bath before bed - they like a bath, so why not.

Just to place it there, myself and kids have very good healthy skin. My 9yo was born with eczema which went away around eyes ago.

I'm not suggesting people shower / bath twice a day. Once a day for yourself and children can't be that bad. It's a good thing. That way, they'll grow to see a daily shower as okay too.

And they'll smell nice :-)

Around 4yrs ago - not eyes!!! Better put the phone down!

I don't with my baby or toddler, they don't get dirty often.. toddler (nearly 3) has a bath probably 2/3 times a week. He doesn't really sweat! He has really long hair too. When he starts being around other children, going to nursery and probably getting messy then I will do it every night.

std bath nights.

Uhm are you sure that's a good idea? 😂😂

15mo here who has a bath or shower with me about three mornings a week. We just never got into the bedtime bath thing when she was a baby and she hates baths. She has at least one change of clothes each day and hands, face and bum washed twice a day (plus hands before every meal).

She's at nursery three days each week and there isn't time for more than a quick flannel wash those days - she's at nursery 10.5 hours and asleep 12 hours in every 24 so just not time for a bath those days at all. She does get food in her hair but it can mostly be either wiped or gently combed out with no bother.

My dd never got that dirty. Had a flannel wash nearly everyday though. Now she showers twice a week.

I'm back because I just can't believe there are some people on the last few pages who mention a bath once a week or even longer than that. It is totally grim! My SIL came to stay last summer for a week with Neice and Nephew ( 4 and 7) and I was literally itching by day 4 when they still hadn't had a wash! They just stripped out of their clothes (neice kept her knickers on) and stepped into pyjamas and there was a foul whiff of "bottom" from them both. Faces, hairlines, nails, feet all progrssively grubbier. I cannot believe they weren't itching! I gave DS a shower on night 1 as I had no hot water and then a bath the next 3 nights. SIL sat there ignoring any attempts to get her kids washed with "oh they're shattered, I'll do it tomorrow"! I cannot believe thy weren't itchy and whilst I get they don't have BO at that age they certainly get sweaty bums!! By day 5 I cracked and took them swimming and they had a lovely warm shower and my neice shampooed her stale mane and she actually said "ooh my hair feels all nice and soft". Ok, I get every other night but leaving a child for a whole week with no bath or shower is disgusting.

Ugh please tell me they showered prior to swimming??

Oh yes!! I am community minded AND I was getting in the pool 🙀

I knew it

I like to bath mine everyday. I just don't feel like they are properly clean from having a baby wipe wash.

Here's a tale to make you all itch. My ex in-laws ripped out their bath about 7 years ago...they still haven't got round to replacing it. They haven't had a shower or a bath in all that time.

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I think they could be on this thread

Think we're all intelligent enough on here to judge if our own children are/are not dirty/grubby/in need of a quick dip.
Mine are girls. Mine don't generally attract as much dirt as boys. Some weeks they bath every day, sometimes once or twice a week.
They are 2 1/2 and 5 1/2. They know their own minds. One day they'd get in the bath, play happily for hours on end and only get out when I drag them out...on other days, it's like trying to bath two angry cats.
Choose your battles. No baths means longer bed time stories in our house.
If people are overly precious about 'freakishly high levels of cleanliness' then perhaps having kids was a not a great plan?!

Blimey. People get get up about this?
Ds2 has a bath 2-3 times a week. I consider this acceptable.

My kids have a bath every night (or shower on swim nights). It's just part of the evening routine and winds them down nicely. Don't wash hair everyday - that's more like once a week. When I was a kid bath night was Sunday - rest of the week was just a sink of water and a flannel. Don't remember feeling grubby but then we didn't have central heating then so maybe we were less sweaty lol 😀

Nope Danni having kids was the best thing I ever did! Instilling a basic hygiene routine of shower or bath daily for your child is not a "freakishly high level of cleanliness".

Agree Gogo it's pretty basic stuff here....bathing/showering daily.

Quite an eye opener

Until they reach puberty or unless they are overweight I don't think kids need a bath more than once a week. My kids don't get that whiffy bottom smell that other posters keep mentioning! My kids smell yummy

I think some parents are oblivious to the smell their unwashed greasy-haired children emit. I regularly give lifts home to some and have to wind the windows down to let fresh air in the car. Personally, I think a daily bath or shower is a good habit to get them in to and needn't take more than five minutes.

DS is 10yrs, he showers before school and has after school today as he fell off his bike coming home
DD is 10m and baths before bed as part of her routine, but was asleep on me before bed today
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