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AIBU to shower my toddler after her sister's swimming lesson?

29 replies

Elleee · 27/05/2026 11:08

DD aged 4 has swimming lessons that finish at 6pm on a school night. I tend to shower her there and put her straight into her PJs so that I don’t have to bath her that evening at home.

Would I be unreasonable to also bung DD aged 1 (walking) in the communal shower at the same time?! It isn’t a public swimming baths - the place we go to is purely for swimming lessons and the only people showering are the kids that come out of the lessons finishing at 6pm (maybe 12-15 kids).

It would be great to be done with bath/PJs time in one go rather than having to DD1 as soon as we get home! I can’t really see why it would be an issue but I don’t know if others will look at me strangely for doing this?!

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MrMucker · 27/05/2026 14:26

If you normally shower your 1yo ready for bedtime, then your 1yo won't have the same bedtime routine as usual. Sleep routines at that age were important for all of mine, so if anyone is going to be inconvenienced by this it will be your 1yo.

2026newname · 27/05/2026 16:32

Just skip her shower/bath that day! Make life easier.

Morepositivemum · 27/05/2026 16:37

If no queues and a number of showers definitely do it. Ours only has two so they’ve had to stop people doing the whole full shower routine with twenty kids behind just wanting to get out!

MyNameIsBatty · 27/05/2026 17:21

If it saved me time and didn't inconvenience anyone else I'd do it. As for weeing...I expect loads of kids (and probably a few adults too) wee in there all the time so an non issue.

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