Do you bath your mindees?

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The title says it all, really. I only take one mindee - at the moment have a 16 month old who's very close to my own children's ages (between them). If I'm on my own with my children and it's a miserable day or whatever, then I often pop them in the bath before supper. I've bathed them a couple of times with my mindee here, watching (and clearly desperate to join in), and I was wondering about asking his mother for permission to bung him in with them. I just don't want to sound weird, though! so I wondered if other CMs do it. For reference he's here till 6.30-7 every evening so may well not get a bath at home until the weekend.

I have permission from parents to bathe mindees but would only do it in an extraordinary situation - say they got caught in a downpour and were wet and chilly, spilt something over themselves or some such. I think bathtime with parents should be a special time to play and chat as part of the winding down to bedtime routine, so I wouldn't want to intrude on that. My own children's bathtime was/is just for us too, not for the minded children. For me it's family time, not work.

Only if they get really dirty, or stay the night. Ask. Her parents might be really pleased to have one less thing to worry about.

I do sometimes if they're here late I had one little girl til 7/8pm so they brought her pyjamas, mum just gave written permission.

I think his mother will probably be up for it, as he's here for 11 hours a day and sometimes longer so I doubt she has time. If I don't involve him then I don't get to bathe my two at all, because he's here till 6.30 and they go to bed at 6 - DH usually does it. Signed permission would be the way to go.

Oh, and thank you all for your replies.

Got permission once as little one got messy. Might have been a runny tummy, quite a while ago.

That sounds lovely, a real home from home environment. I can see that in the regulated world of CM a permission form would be a good idea though.