How often do you bath your kids?

[ellanatal]

I've got 3 kids (dd 5, ds1 2.1 & ds2 12 weeks) and i really dont think i bath them enough! The two older ones fight like cat and dog in the bath and then have a hissy fit about getting hair washed etc! I probably only bath the older ones twice or three times a week? am i a bad mother? How often do you all do the bath thing?

Every night but i only have one dd and she loves it. Must be a nightmare with three

DS1 is 6 DS2 19mths
Winter - alternate nights unless particularly grubby or have been swimming!
Summer - every night

I've only got one, so the pressure on the bath facilities is not the same, but we've always bathed our dd (who is now 16 months) every evening.

Once a week. It dries out the skin anyway & daily baths totally unnecessary IMHO.

Maybe I'm lazy......!

I used to bath them every night but since I have relaxed to twice a week their skin is much better. The mild excema they both had is completely clear.

depends on how much food she rubbed into her hair

Hi Ellenatal

I bath my 2 dd's every night before bed.They are both still in nappies and i like to have them washed properly and fresh for bed.I think sweaty heads need washing every day too.I wouldn't shower once or twice a week or i'd feel manky.

Dd's are 14 weeks and 2 yrs btw.

Oh thank god liath that someone does it even less than me! i do need to add that i dont let them go dirty - i just cant be arsed when they're not visibly dirty!
I do was$h the baby a bit more!

oh shit I am officially a slattern

once a week

dd 5
ds 2 (he gets a lot of washes, but not full baths)

Twice a week, feel I should do it once more than I do, but dd1 has eczema and the GP said once a week was enough!

2 or 3 times a week, depending on how grubby she is. she's 6 months.

usually every other night.

Not sure what a slattern is but i think i'm one too!

i also have 3 (ages 3, 2 and

less now they are older

three times a week maybe

ds1 cna shower himself

I reckon too frequent bathing can lead to skin problems. dd has mild eczema and it's definitely worse if she has had daily baths. Hence the lazy approach!!

Used to do it every night, but now every 3 nights as boiler has packed up. Nobody has noticed, so I shan't bath them every night again!

All of them have a bath every night. They are 4, 13 & 14.5. Sometimes the boys (the older 2) have showers but they always have one or the other every day.

try for every night but sometimes evey second night

Couple of times a week, or even once. More if it's really necessary.

maltowers - can you send your dh round here - my dh hates it as much as i do! on the odd occasion he does it he spends the whole time shouting forty questions till i end up going in and doing it myself!