Daily thanks. My kids were always barefoot and playing outside

Newborn every 2 days. When a bit ikder every night but not fussed if they miss one or 2 days

My kids missed baths occasionally. If they were tired or didn’t want to and weren’t grubby. I did find it to e part of their routine, so tried to include it. at daily..

Our son hated baths (since diagnosed with ASD). We now know it was a sensory issue so my hubby had to take on the role of bathing him. It changed over time and only if we was dirty enough or we needed to try and calm him down or get him to sleep.

My kids have a shower every day and a bath twice a week.

My 2 year old either baths or showers every day and my 3 month old has a bath every 2nd day.
My son loves to get messy so I’m not going to leave him dirty.

What do they mean by bath though? As a shower, they’re not sitting in water for a long amount of time?
I shower my kids everyday. I think it’s a bit gross not to. Plus, I don’t want to teach them that kind of habit when they grow older that they only need to have a shower when they’re dirty – YUCK!!!
Also, they crawl around everywhere and touch everything, especially if they’re at childcare their exposed to all sorts of germs. I think I’ll stick to showering my kids everyday and making sure I moisturise afterwards.

Not enough perhaps? It’s actually really harsh on infant skin to wash them too often.

Reading all of this plus the comments has truly amazed me. I just don’t understand how one doesn’t shower their kids every day. My 22month old showers or baths every morning with me, and even still some days she smells of sweat just from her afternoon nap. I also believe its good to get them into a routine young so its like a second nature to clean themselves. My 22 month old even brushes her own teeth every morning.

Depends on the age and their activity level. From school age I think every day is appropriate.

I think kids can miss days of bathing as suggested

My kids shower after their swimming lessons then again before school starts each week. My eldest is a teen and I try to get him to shower three times a week and wash his face each night but he gets out of it sometimes.

My 3 and 5 yo has bath twice a week and quick shower everyday.

I agree that babies don’t need to be bathed every day. From my experience with boys, once he goes to school he more often than not arrives home looking pretty grotty so a quick shower freshens him up.

My 5 and 7 year old shower daily. Especially in Summer. And Ashton Kutcher’s comment “I wash my armpits and crotch daily and nothing else.” – ewwwww.

I’m with them. I don’t have the time or the energy to bath my two every day. My son is 20 months and I bath him every second. My 6 month old is less, more like once a week

• • 
  • • mom468034 replied
    • 10 Nov 2021 , 9:14 am

  ---

  agree 100%!

This is an interesting read. My kids do a mix of bath and showering now that they are both a little older.

My boys used to bath about twice a week. The other days they would have a shower

I remember showering daily as a young kid, but I did love bath-time so it was no issue for me.

I suffer from eczema and this doesn’t surprise me at all! We only ever bathe our baby when she’s visibly dirty, or hasn’t had a bath or a shower in 4 or 5 days. Usually one of us will have a quick shower with her every few days but I don’t want to risk drying out her skin. I still have never used soap, shampoo, or conditioner on her. She’s 9 months and perfectly healthy.