How often do you bath you children?

[CucumberCool]

And how old are they?

Just curious

When I was young i had a bath once a week on a Sunday at school age until I was old enough to shower independently.

My 4 week old has had one proper bath but is wiped down with cotton wool as and when needed

How often are you bathing your kids?

The British and Japanese aren’t quite as neat as the rest of the world with an average of five showers per week, and the Aussies outshine them both with eight.

I'm surprised at that re. the Japanese. Being fastidious about cleanliness seems such an important part of their culture.

@Justcashnosweets

8 year old daughter, twice a week. She has eczema flare ups and our GP said that bathing children every day is completely unnecessary unless they are actually dirty.

Bathing more does not make eczema worse.

@GiraffesInScarfs you speaking for everyone there? Or just yourself?

It’s definitely true that there’s no fixed agreement amongst medical professionals about bathing frequency and eczema - some dermatologists recommend bathing less, and some actually recommend bathing more plus emollient. It isn’t at all as “cut and dried” (ha!) as people on this thread seem to think.

Every evening. 2 and 4. Unless they are really shattered I don't want to. But they enjoy bedtime and it's a nice part of the evening routine and winding down before bed.

@MurderAtTheBeautyPageant

The British and Japanese aren’t quite as neat as the rest of the world with an average of five showers per week, and the Aussies outshine them both with eight.

I'm surprised at that re. the Japanese. Being fastidious about cleanliness seems such an important part of their culture.

It's possible that there's quite a bit of bits and pits happens. Plus their awesome fancy toilets take care of the bits part.

2/3 times a week, sometimes more, sometimes less... as and when required really, they're 1 and 6, the 1 year old is a muck magnet so generally needs more baths than my weirdly clean 6 year old - never know such a clean child :p

School uniform wise - fresh underwear (obvs) tights and tshirt daily, cardi and dress/skirt as and when, sometimes lasts all week, sometimes needs new one daily. I'm not making anymore washing for myself than is totally necessary, do enough of it already!

Are you saying bathing or showering more than once a week is bad for your skin?

Why don't you google it.
In short, yes it can be. For adults though, showering more often and then applying a lotion can be a compromise.
Babies and toddlers definitely don't need every day bathing.

6.5 MO every evening

Son aged 5, bath 3x a week with a hairwash every Sunday night. More often if suncream/beach/muddy garden involved ie as needed!

6 and 8 year old. Bathe 2 or 3 times a week lately (over time the frequency has been reducing). In summer it will increase again as sun cream is such a nightmare.

Fresh school clothes every day. They play sports four days a week.

2.5 year old gets a bath 2-3 times a week and hair washed once (if that). She gets the vital parts wiped with a wet cloth daily.

When did daily baths for children become an accepted standard? I was a child in the 80s and we had the once a week Sunday night bath ritual like everyone else I knew.

11 year old daily, 7 & 8 year olds every other day and hair wash twice a week except in summer when it's pretty much daily with sweat and sun cream!

2-3 times a week winter.

At least every other day summer but mostly every day.

Baby can be less or more, it varies how dirty he is.

Every evening since birth, especially after they've now spent the day in germ-filled classrooms. As a teacher, when you walk into a classroom, you can instantly smell the children who haven't been bathed. I appeal to you, please bath your children more often! I'd also add to that that dirty / overgrown fingernails and / or dirty uniform are viewed in school as a potential safeguarding issue (neglect) and will be noted if frequently an issue.

Windmillandcoffee. No you are wrong! It's a patenting choice. Yes it's very dependent on the age of child etc etc etc. But just because you don't bath or wash your child every day, this does not one once represent neglect and you certainly can not smell them. My children get showered/bathed twice a week. My daughter has bad skin and if she's bathed more it dries her skin out. Both my children go to school with clean uniform and clean nails.
Maybe you teach older children in a secondary school or something? I've been in the classroom often and can not smell the children.

Lol, sometimes I bathe or shower twice a day.
My skin isn't dry or wrinkly. I do exfoliate though.

@Hrpuffnstuff1

Lol, sometimes I bathe or shower twice a day. My skin isn't dry or wrinkly. I do exfoliate though.

You do realise not everyone has the same skin as you?

@windmillandcoffee

Every evening since birth, especially after they've now spent the day in germ-filled classrooms. As a teacher, when you walk into a classroom, you can instantly smell the children who haven't been bathed. I appeal to you, please bath your children more often! I'd also add to that that dirty / overgrown fingernails and / or dirty uniform are viewed in school as a potential safeguarding issue (neglect) and will be noted if frequently an issue.

You can smell children that don't bathe everyday? I call bullshit

To talk about neglect as if to say not washing your kids everyday is neglect.. I think is really insulting to children who are are actually abused and neglected!

Older kids (16, 11, 9 & dt 6) shower every couple of days, more often if needed. Baby is 7mth, 2 baths a week atm.

@windmillandcoffee 🤣🤣 maybe you should join the police sniffer dog team.

@Trinacham

To talk about neglect as if to say not washing your kids everyday is neglect.. I think is really insulting to children who are are actually abused and neglected!

I suffered neglect as a child and part of that neglect was that I didn't get regular washes. I was dirty. It is a sign of neglect and while I do agree that the majority are reaching here when they suggest it, it's important to remember that it could form part of a bigger picture.

Straight off the NSPCC website, which teachers have to look out for - signs of possible Neglect. Schools have to abide by this website for Safeguarding. Times have changed. Of course you can smell regularly unwashed children in dirty clothes. In the same way that you can smell last night's dinner, cigarette smoke, dogs or weed on them sometimes. Some things rightly raise alarm bells - others don't, but no need to mock it until you've read up about current Safeguarding practice in schools.