To ask you how often your children have a bath/shower?

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I ask because my DDs age 11 and 9 have just come back from a week at their DF's and have only had ONE bath, no showers. My eldest has hit puberty so gets sweaty and spotty now and her hair gets very smelly too so has a shower every other day at home or daily if it's been very warm like the past weeks. The younger one isn't as keen but will still have a shower every other day. They do it themselves and I just dry their hair as they prefer me to do it.
My stbexh doesn't see a problem but this is a man who used to get his dirty nurses uniform out of the clothes hamper and iron it to wear again (not envy).
I'm not a clean freak but they are doing swimming lessons, judo, horse riding, swimming in rivers, climbing trees and generally getting grubby like children should so I think they should have the opportunity to have showers more often than once a week. AIBU?

Daily

Every single night before bed. They could do with being power-hosed to be fai

Every day for my DS and a wash in the morning his nearly 3
Can you talk about kids bathing note regularly when at his?

I bathe my 2 year old every day.

Teenage DS is very greasy but luckily loves showers and has one daily. DD (12 yr old) hates showers and would happily go without for a month (we make sure she doesn’t - I reckon she probably has two a week). Sometimes when I kiss her on the head I mock gag and say “yuk! You need a shower” It has little effect.

I don't think it matters. Brilliant that they've spent the week playing outdoors. If they've been swimming they've had a rinse anyway. Regular washing is more important when you are cooped up with other people - a bit of dirt won't do them any harm. Presumably they would be allowed a bath or shower if they wanted one

i have an 11 yr old he can be a bit of a soap dodger left to his own devices but i insist he has a bath. at least twice a week his hair gets quite greasy but really they are old enough to know when they need a bath?

its easier when they are small my 11 yr old was never out of the bath when he was 2 or 3 he loved them if either me or dh was in the bath or shower he would jump in too its a different story now hes. reaching adolescence ds2 is 8 but has autism and learning disabilities he loves a bath he will stay all day in it if i let him and always jumps in with me .

Warm days - every day sometimes twice..if she needs it.
Colder days - every other day. And gets a wipe down on non bath days.
Hair washed every week.

Bath every night for 9 year old DS. Not even up for debate! Mixture of sweat from running around at play / lunchtime, after school activities and 3 mealtimes deems this necessary. Add to this loo visits, sweating during the (currently hot and humid) nights, mud, sand, sun cream, PE lessons and the general grubbiness of his shirt from art lessons etc., I'm amazed some people get away with a bath / shower every other day at this age...

Every day. My DC quite like their bath time and it's always been part of the evening routine I suppose. They skip the odd one, obviously. I don't give it much thought really which means it must generally work for everyone.

Once per week plus swimming (so full shower after) - dd is 5, and has v sensitive skin so her skin suffers with more frequent showers/baths although always full washes.

Every day. Though, if they're only with him for longer periods of time occasionally, it won't hurt them to not be showered all of the time, it shows his crap parenting.

Every day

Ds is 7 and even on cool days can get a little sweaty.

Come on! Everyone should have a shower or bath everyday!

Good god, every day without fail! Don't you all wee, poo and sweat every day? Less than once a day is just grim, nowI understand the meaning of the great unwashed 😫

DC's 10, 8 and 4 have a bath 5 times a week. Often they won't on a Friday night and one other day in the week if we get in late or have a late playdate. Obviously ds1 will be entering puberty soon so we are trying to encourage him to bathe or shower independently and he knows he will need to every day soon.

Every day and my 12 year old has taken to having a quick shower and deodorant before school as well as one before bed. The other kids all have a bath or shower before bed daily.

Their dad lives with several other kids and they don't have a bath or shower either. When they go swimming they don't wash their hair and only have a quick rinse in the pool showers. It took me years to drill into them that they need to brush their teeth when at his. Even when small he didn't ensure they did them. Their hair doesn't get brushed either. I wish t even go into the state of their clothes and underwear.

DD (8) showers herself every morning and has done for the past 2 years. Prior to that, I bathed or showered her every day either morning or evening. She has very long hair, so needs help with washing, so this is either an evening bath or shower, generally every other day. I shower every morning and most evenings (quite often have an evening exercise class so needed)

"Come on! Everyone should have a shower or bath everyday!"

But ... why?

DD (15) is twice daily, as is DS who is 13. (morning before school, and in the evening).
DD2 is 11 so usually just daily.

*"Come on! Everyone should have a shower or bath everyday!"

But ... why?*

Children sweat, feet smell, aren't meticulous about wiping after the loo, get into everything, I wouldn't want them getting into a clean bed unwashed after a day.

Adults have even more reason to need a daily wash than children in my opinion!