Do you bathe your children everyday?

[lboogy]

Just that really. I bathe my toddler every other day, but I'll admit it might be 2 times a week since being pregnant and struggling with energy. If I leave it to get dad it might be once a month 🙄

I was told to bathe my babies every day, not that I needed telling. No NCT advice about it back then. Obviously you don't use anything that will irritate skin but there are plenty of skin friendly baby products around.

I think what the NCT person was trying to convey is that every other day is fine, you do what you can and it won't hurt to skip a bath or shower sometimes.

Every day, sometimes twice.

Quick shower in the morning and a bath before bed.

They are absolutely ferral though always playing outside getting full of muck, won't wear shoes in the garden and always a bit sweaty in the morning during summer

Yes. He's almost 3 and goes to nursery full time. It would take more time to clean his face, hands. bottom than running a bath.
Sometimes I just take him in the shower with me if he doesn't have to soak to get rid of paint/mud from his fingers!

I haven't bathed my DD in the last 7 months since she could stand up steadily. However I do shower her a minimum of 6 days a week. (Sometimes she has to have 2 showers a day.)

Both myself and a friend who have different dry skin problems were told not to have daily baths as kids and teens. We were told however by doctors - not all were white - to have showers everyday to decrease the amount of bacteria on our skin.

Yes. In summer when it's hot and sticky, sometimes twice in a day.

Everyday for my boys, sometimes twice, I do it in the morning then 6yr old does it at night, it helps him learn to bathe himself. I find it doesn't take a lot of time for me.

This thread has reminded me that my water bill is so much lower since my son moved out to his own place. He bathes so much I thought he was turning into a whale

Babies and toddlers still need bathing daily as they have nappies on and it can be messy.

Toddlers get messy so do little children.

Unless you have a skin condition that is quite bad I think a daily bath is a must OP.

I never knew that bathing frequency was cultural

Nah. Every other day normally unless they've been rolling about in mud. Hair properly washed with shampoo and conditioner once a week (DD has inherited my husband's dry hair and any more than this it would be frizzy).

Every night before bed and if DD had an accident during the night, then a shower in the morning.

Twice a day. How can you possibly not wash a child once a day. Private parts, food round face, muck, snot etc. I hope you brush their teeth and wipe face every day so why on earth wouldn’t you just shine them in the bath/shower. Never mind covid.

Genuinely in shock.

@MadeinSW3 It's not a thread about how to mistreat your black chidren.
Of course we do the things you suggest, for goodness sake. so I'll assume you've missed the Board this is on.

OP's title is about bathing. (Not cleaning snot and brushing teeth)
Black skin is not white skin, it's cared for differently, and little children's skin is sensitive.
The OP didn't need the title how to stop your little one resembling a prune as the black mums here, understand what the post is about.

I'm responding to your OP in case others reading, who don't know these things, think they need to report us all to the NSPCC.

Hope that clears things up for you.

Everyday in summer..everyother day otherwise

[quote JingsMahBucket]@lboogy
I clean hands and face all the time but my NCT classes advised not to bathe babies everyday and so I got into an every other day habit.

What shade was that NCT person? I don’t think the advice is really formulated for us and our skin types. Or culture.[/quote]
I was told a reason bame kids are more likely to get ezcema is overwashing. Seemed to work for my ds - the minute I went from a bath everyday to once / twice a week his ezcema cleared up massively

@RedMarauder

I haven't bathed my DD in the last 7 months since she could stand up steadily. However I do shower her a minimum of 6 days a week. (Sometimes she has to have 2 showers a day.)

Both myself and a friend who have different dry skin problems were told not to have daily baths as kids and teens. We were told however by doctors - not all were white - to have showers everyday to decrease the amount of bacteria on our skin.

My son’s allergy consultant is black Nigerian and he recommends bucket baths twice a week. He says immersive bathing is more likely to cause infection, while showers are more likely to dry skin out. DS’ ezcema has improved massively now so we have stuck to it. I guess when puberty hits this will have to change but it works for now.

I know for sure not everyone who's posted here is Black with Black children, so it's safe to say that this shouldnt be seen as a Black-mum-only thread. Makes you wonder the need for the thread to be on Black mumsnetters board then, as this topic or a similar one is also on the main board. But OP didn't state the demographic (as we still need to do so on Black Mumsnetters ) so it's free for all.🤷🏽‍♀️

To the OP, when my children were young, they had a shower daily. One of mine who had very sensitive skin would either shower once every other day in the winter (and wash/clean properly and change in between the days - morning and night) or not stay in the shower for longer than absolutely necessary. The skin got very itchy once they stayed too long under the water. Baths were a no-no.

@muldersspeedos

I never knew that bathing frequency was cultural

Why do you keep plopping on Black Mumsnet threads? And yet posting elsewhere about men in womens spaces?

Mine are older now but when they were little it was a bath every other day and full strip wash on the none bath days.
It depended on what they had been up to, some activities meant throwing them in the bath was the easy option.

@PutTheSinkInTheWashingMachine
The OP posted in July, presumably, before the other thread elsewhere?
(Havent seen that one)

@Echonan

No, the OP has done nothing wrong. Wasn't referring to her. My point is that there are other threads like this on the main board. So for the OP to post here, one would assume they're posting to hear from Black mumsnetters, and as a reader, I'd assume the posts are all from Black mumsnetters. But that isn't the case. Was just correcting the assumption that everyone posting here is Black.

Every day in summer and warmer days but every other day when the weather gets cold, DS2 has eczema too so it can dry his skin out
The days they don't have baths I fill up a little bowl and just do hands, face & bits before bed

@PutTheSinkInTheWashingMachine Got you now, my bad. Sorry, wasn't reading your post properly, due to being overwhelmed with the fanning of fainted pearl clutchers!

Just placing them all in the recovery position.

😅

No. My kids are mixed race, so I'm not sure if that makes a difference. They're bathed 2 or 3 times weekly. They've really dry skin though and we've tried loads of different products and the most effective thing I've found is limiting bathing.