Beach bums

[worlybear]

Enjoying the hot weather at our local beach today and naturally it was full of families having a great time.
As families began to pack up and go the kids were being dressed.
I was rather taken aback to see a small boy about 5 suddenly stick his bare bum in the air while his mother squirted drinking water from a bottle into his bum to clean it (presumably from sand.)
Is this a new cleaning routine?
I get that sand can be uncomfortable but I did think this was a bit over the top!

I would find that hilarious!!

I have no idea... I wonder if it’s something they do as standard, or whether this time, her DS was complaining of an uncomfortable bum crack?

It’s genius!! I will remember that one!

What's the AIBU?

Seems pretty normal to me. Would hate to spend time in a car in the heat travelling home with a 5year old with sand in his bum.

Best thing for getting sand off skin is talc! It dries the skin out and the sand falls off.

And....???

I did the same to my 3 yo. The beach showers had a long queue! We carry those huge chunky bottles so we can do this.

Hahaha excellent! Perhaps the child is used to a bidet at home?! 😂 a 20 stone bloke doing it might raise an eyebrow, but its a child, whats the problem?!

Is there a problem here ?

That’s a great idea, I’ll use this next week when we go on holiday.

It’s just me and DH going

Raised in Australia (lots of time spent at sandy beaches). Never saw this. You could wash as much off in the sea/the shower and then just rubb the sand off your feet as best you could on the grass. You would still need a proper shower when you got home though.

That's actually genius and hilarious! I must remember this for when trying to rinse sand off from hard to reach places, honestly I don't see the problem here apart from the mother probably could have done it somewhere a bit more private.

Tbh having sand in your bum crack isn’t nice!

His 5 like it matters, if she was washing her 18 year old ds bum I’d be but his 5

Just surprised to see this happening on a packed beach!

Oh dear, you sound quite the precious flower. It's a childs bum ffs.

Haha I would do that, have done similar to a tiny DD when she had an uncomfortably sandy area. It's just a kids bum, why are we so wierd about bodies?

I've done it when mine were little. So what?

(talc is way better though)

As pp said above - talc is much more effective than water for sandy bums and everywhere else

Cool! In every way.

Aww, he's five, who wants a scratchy bum journey home at five? Squirty water is inspired!