This is really grim, isn't it?

[MolliciousIntent]

Just realised DD2.5 hasn't had a hair wash in a fortnight. She has a bath every other night, and DH and I take it in turns to do them - she hates having her hair washed and apparently for the past weeks we've both been assuming that the other had done it... To be fair to us it only started looking awful today, but still.

Had to bribe her with bathtime ice cream to get her to let me do it. Urgh.

Also I think the reason people smell is usually more to do with their clothes not being clean than just their clothes.

*their clothes not being clean not just their bodies I mean

Touché! 😂

DD2 HAAAATES hair wash, so most of the time we wash the ends of her hair where she is likely to get sticky and mucky and wash her scalp at the weekend.

She has routine baths and hairwashes (except when parental communication fails), but I don't force her. I listen to her and explain why I need her to wash and I find a way to get her on board with it. Sometimes that's a quick conversation, sometimes it's me in the bath with her, and sometimes when it's incredibly hot and she's been a proper trooper, it's an ice cream in the bath. I don't ever force her to wash. That would run completely counter to all the lessons I want to teach her about her rights to her own body.

Some of these comments🤣
My brothers and sisters and I all grew up having baths twice a week when we were kids (mid week and on a Sunday)
We were not smelly and and guess what? We grew up and knew to shower daily, we all have lovely clean hair, good teeth and don’t smell.

My dd is nearly 3 and in the last couple of months, flat out refuses baths ( which she used to love every night) No amount of bath toys will coax her. I’m not going to force her when she’s crying. That’s cruel and will make the issue far worse, imo. It’s a phase she will grow out.
I manage a bath/shower her down about 4 nights a week. Hair is washed once a week (she hates that too, but I just about manage to distract her!) She is clean and doesn’t smell, we are all good👍🏼