How often are you bathing your primary aged children?

[RedRobyn24]

My daughter is 4 and has just started reception. I also have a 9 month old.

At the moment I bathe both of them (sometimes together usually apart) every other day. Is this what other people do? I try not to wash DD1’s hair more than once a week

Are other parents really doing this every day?

To be honest this is a wider question about how the heck parents find the time for everything. I’m a SAHM as well, don’t know how two working parents do it AND make sure their children are eating well and the house is cleaned and the dog it walked and the reading home work is done… but also the child has downtime to just play as well 😬

Usually every other night unless particularly sweaty or dirty from an activity/play. Hair washed when bathed. Have gone longer if ill, or schedule gets off track for some reason, but generally stick to routine. Fresh clothes most days and fresh pj's nightly.

I don’t see anything wrong with it personally. Her children are gorgeous little things and if they get really filthy, she’ll bath them, otherwise sunday is bath day,
Mine are washed a bit more regularly and I shower daily and wash my hair every other day - I like to rewear my clothes and if I don’t wash daily my clothes need washing more often.

You do you, not interest in a lengthy Internet battle over genital hygiene.

Every other day if theyre not "dirty". Yes most working mums can find the time to bath their kids too. Im not sure why its hard for you to fit that in?

Now theyre older they both shower every day. I shower every morning and every evening

Extreme dry skin here so 3/4 times a week unless they’re especially filthy. No need for everyday bathing/showering unless there’s a need.

Every other day for my primary school aged kids and every day for my high schooler.

Twice a week

well maybe you were richer than the average family?

i still wash - even if i don't have a bath or shower every day

you were probably rich then, whereas my family couldn't afford to run the immersion heater constantly and you judgemental bitches probably assume that not having a bath or shower daily means you don't wash daily which is not the case

Do you genuinely find it easier to do a full body wash at a sink with flannel/sponge than just put your kids in the shower for 5 mins? I think it would be far more time consuming.

This sort of thread always attracts more of the “every day is an absolute must” crowd.

Every day. My daughter's hair needs to be saturated in order to get a brush through it so its just easier for her to pop in the shower and have a wash while she's at it. I think a quick daily shower is a good habit to get into for adulthood. No need to use harsh, fragranced products that dry out the skin.

Well that’s what I don’t understand really. I mean, each to their own and I’m not actually losing any sleep about the issue, but surely if you’re washing your whole body after exercise it’s easier to just jump in the shower than was in the sink? And for muddy kids too, it would take me far more time to wash the mud off my child who has just got back from football training with a flannel than to put them in the shower. A shower feels like the quickest and easiest way to get clean!

I’m actually shocked by the amount of people admitting they don’t bath their kids every day or even every second day! Clearly others disagree but I find it gross letting kids go to bed without a bath or shower, I have bathed mine every day since they were a few weeks old and everyone I know IRL (well those I’ve discussed it with, clearly not everyone!) does the same. Not going to lie, I would judge parents who regularly let their kids go two or three days without a bath/shower.

Do you live in a place with a lot of pollution? I feel like I would understand that more, whenever I’ve visited places like London there is a lot of grime and I feel like that would be very different.

We live in the countryside and my daughter goes to a tiny village primary school, her class has 10 children in total in reception. She has very good hand hygiene and I always make sure her nails and face are clean. She has a bath every other day without fail. If she comes home really grubby from playing outside, I will definitely wash her. She wears fresh clothes every day. I wouldn’t allow her to leave the house dirty.

I don’t understand how this can be perceived as bad?

My oldest was every day when she was a baby/toddler but then my second came along and he's prone to eczema so now it's 3 times a week. Bath twice and shower after swimming once, they are 3 and 7.

My DD7 does swimming 3 times a week so will get her hair washed after that (she wears a swim cap but they're not watertight).

Outside that it's a face wash or a quick rinse under the shower with a shower cap on if we have time. She'd spend hours in the shower if I let her but life is busy and we're always rushing to get to school or to bed.

Aside from the occasions that they are rolling around in mud so need showering more than 3 times a week I think if you are bathing your kids everyday then as an adult you must be showering 2/3 times a day. Adults are way sweatier and stinkier than kids. I shower every other day and I don't judge anyone who does otherwise.

Your attitude is disgusting. You can't get on your high horse about anything if you're this nasty on the regular, which I assume is everyday because anything else is lazy. I'd rather kids be totally unwashed than have an attitude that stinks that much.