How often do you bath you children?

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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?

8 months, quick bath every day since about 5 months. It's part of our routine, straight from dinner into the bath makes clean up easier, and kills time to bedtime

I used to bath my lot, at primary age, pretty much every night (they loved it, playtime with bath toys), and they got clean uniform twice a week.

That being said, I now work in a school and while I could point out one or two DC in the year group as having clean uniform most days and being scrubbed and polished every five minutes, and one or two as being seriously dirty and prone to uncontrolled infestations of nits, with most of them it's just not obvious.

No need for all the drama and silly faces about children being bathed , its basic parenting.

It’s basic parenting to keep your children clean, not to provide a daily bath for ‘wind’ down purposes. Plenty manage to get their children to sleep without doing so.

3 year old. On average about 5 nights out of 7 a week. Hair wash 3 times or so but he usually gets his hair wet anyway.

Ds bath involves drinking half of it, snorkelling, then running around bed 100 times whilst I try and dry hair with hairdryer. I don’t think it’s sleep inducing or relaxing.

@Madmaxxy

8 months, quick bath every day since about 5 months. It's part of our routine, straight from dinner into the bath makes clean up easier, and kills time to bedtime

You have time to kill? Need me some of that.

1, 4 and 6.
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Friday or Saturday (depending on swimming). This is winter.
Summer is a shower daily before pjs due to sun cream/dirt.

Mine also played in the bath .
Its sleep cues, comforting to be in warm water and they understand that bedtime/ story comes next.

No need for all the drama and silly faces about children being bathed , its basic parenting.

It’s your child’s sleep cue because you’ve made that their sleep cue. Other parents have made other things their sleep cues. God help you when you’re unable to get them in a bath, presumably, since they can’t possibly sleep well without the comfort of warm water (mine prefers the comfort of a parent, it’s much more flexible).

Keeping your children clean is basic parenting. Few children require a bath every day to be kept clean.

Every day from birth always. Part of bedtime routine

I was bathing my 3 month old once a week as she would always get really alert after a bath... this week we've started doing it every night and she goes into sleep mode. We used to use a shnuggle but now I run a shallow bath and she floats

@BobbinHood

Mine also played in the bath . Its sleep cues, comforting to be in warm water and they understand that bedtime/ story comes next.

No need for all the drama and silly faces about children being bathed , its basic parenting.

It’s your child’s sleep cue because you’ve made that their sleep cue. Other parents have made other things their sleep cues. God help you when you’re unable to get them in a bath, presumably, since they can’t possibly sleep well without the comfort of warm water (mine prefers the comfort of a parent, it’s much more flexible).

Keeping your children clean is basic parenting. Few children require a bath every day to be kept clean.

God help me ??

They bath themselves now .
So funny how lazy parents have to try to make a lovely normal thing a negative.

5 and 6 twice a week, hair wash once a week.

Haha @HudsonRiver. Lazy fuckers who don't do the same as you!

@HudsonRiver but it's not a normal lovely thing for everyone. In some homes it actually is/ was a negative so alternative normal lovely things and routines were found instead.

5 yo twins here, every other day. Will enforce daily showers when puberty and BO occur.

The 8 year old generally jumps in the shower every night and washes her hair 2/3 times a week. The 4 year old once or twice a week unless she gets really mucky.

8 year old and 4 year old, both have a bath every night.

8 year old also had a quick shower in the morning before school.

I bathed them as newborns generally every 2-3 days unless they vomited or shit on themselves in which case they were bathed as soon as possible

3 year old has a bath or shower everyday.

19 month old every night unless I really can't be arsed.

6 months old - depends how sick he's been but usually every 2-3 days.

So funny how lazy parents have to try to make a lovely normal thing a negative.

Reasons for not bathing daily vary - some have said because of skin conditions, some want to save water or on their gas bill, some find it winds their kids up rather than down, some children don’t like it so it’s not worth the daily distress. No one has said they just can’t be arsed despite their children needing a bath. It’s just not deemed necessary by many. And what you deem a ‘lovely normal thing’ - a daily bath rather than a few times a week - isn’t lovely and normal to everyone. If it’s lovely and normal to you because you can afford it and have a child who finds bathing very relaxing and needs it to sleep then great, but it’s hardly unfathomable that others aren’t in your situation. But I don’t think anyone should be under the illusion that they are being more hygienic or putting more effort into their parenting because of it. You’ll have to find other ways to earn a good extra pat on the parenting back than daily bathing.

Once a fortnight whether she needs it or not.

(An attempt at humour, don't panic clean freaks)

Every other day. Pre teen I would make bathe daily but he is an absolute nightmare when it comes to bathing due to autism.
Younger child every night, otherwise he doesn't get the hint it's bedtime and drives me crackers!

Every night 1&3yrs

@Rosesareyellow absolutely agree! My 4 and 9 year old shower/ bath twice a week. A daily shower for young kids is really not needed, but like you say for those that enjoy the ritual then that's lovely.

As my 9 yr old gets closer to the smelly hormones I plan to encourage a daily shower but we're not there yet!

My daughter is 5, she has a lavender bath every night and washes with bar soap, it’s part of the bedtime routine so she goes to sleep easier after a bath. Very occasionally if we’ve been for a family meal or to a disco will she go to bed without, only ever on a weekend so she can have a leisurely bath the next morning! Hair wash day is Sunday but will become more frequent in summer. If it’s visibly dirty I wash it that day straight away. Clothes, school uniform and pjs are worn once then washed. I only have one child though!