My son loves his water play time. So we have water play time every day in summer not sure how it’ll be now that winter is going to start.

I bathe my baby everyday but don’t wash him everyday, it is a part of his routine and he loves it!!

I used to think babies needed a bath every day but have since read and heard a lot more info suggesting otherwise. I also thought they required some kind of product whether a body wash or shampoo etc but have again been told otherwise. I may occasionally use a product but not for every bath once my baby is born

Yes. Kids need to be bathed every day. If they are out and about playing, they will get dirty. This is fine, but letting them sleep like that? Eww. Go outside and roll in the dirt. Now ask yourself if you would like to sleep overnight and wake up still filthy… why would you do that to your kids???

As part of their routines as babies my children got bathed everyday but I always made sure that they were moisturised afterwards and they never had any skin allerges. As they got older they were bathed twice a away and as teenagers I nagged they constantly to please have a shower, luckily they found the opposite sex preferred not smelly boys so that sorted that out.

I give my kids baths every second day.

Glad to read I was already doing the “right” thing, phew! Haha.

Oh hooray! This reduces my guilt.

An interesting read – I always included a bath as part of the daily routine with my foster children. Perhaps that may have contributed to one of them having excema

I bathed my daughter every day because thats just what was done but since talking to my GP and CHN about my daughters skin issues, they have recommended not bathing her every day. She’s 3.5 now but she only has an actual her once a week and a quick shower every other day. She’s a sweaty little monster and with this heat…its just gross not to be clean! Private parts must still be cleaned of course but I don’t see the harm in missing some baths for little babies. It’s not like they’re getting totally grubby or anything. Each to their own though 🙂

A daily bath is good for many reasons; being clean, relaxing and soaking little muscles and play time too.

for me it was more about the fun time water play, and relax and unwind time for my busy son

We weren’t bathed every day as kids. We had our “private parts” washed once a day unless we needed more for some reason, our faces washed after every meal or at least once a day. That’s all kids got in the country too. A bath every few days especially if they were totally reliant on rainwater. One day a week the bath would be filled, and from the cleanest down they all went through the bath. The water was bucketed out onto the lawn/garden afterwards. I know of a little boy who had such bad eczema that some days he just didn’t want to walk. As a last resort after they had tried just about every treatment imaginable, they only bathed him when deemed necessary and gave him sponge washes as needed in between. His skin cleared up quite well after a few weeks compared to what it had been. They tried several soap free products before they finally found one that really helped him. They had been transferred to Adelaide with the Dad’s job and realised his skin had actually flared up after they moved from Melbourne, so he applied for a transfer back to Melbourne. A few months later his eczema was well under control and had lost its nasty firey appearance completely after it healed.

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We don’t bath my toddler every day. Generally every second day. Of course if she is dirty then it could be every day

As infants, I’d often top and tail bub rather than a full bath every day. As they got older and more active, it depended on how dirty they got. Now at school age, we frequently skip showers on cold, rainy days when everyone has been shut in inside. However, we live in a rural area, so my kids are always getting grubby, and I am always trying to ration shower water with keeping them acceptably clean and in clean clothes. I’ve never understood the necessity to shower twice a day; a waste of water and time, in my opinion.

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  • • mom94125 replied
    • 01 Feb 2016 , 8:46 pm

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  yeah top and tail! great for those colder months too

Honestly I try to wash every day but there are days when life gets the better of you and before you know it it’s already 8 pm and no one has had dinner and a bath would only keep Bub awake until ten so no one would get sleep or it’s the complete opposite and Bub has gone to sleep before the bedtime routine even begins. A wipe down is good enough sometimes and you can always bathe in the morning

My toddler is constantly getting into messy situations… I don’t think we would cope with only one, two or even three baths a week.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 31 Jan 2016 , 4:25 pm

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  Pretty good point when there is lots of messy play.

I with mamavon on this one.
I personally do not feel clean getting into bed if I have not showered and a shower in the morning eases muscles and freshens me up.
AND SERIOUSLY: 6 and 11? You may be surprised that The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) recommends bathing once or twice a week for this age group.
eww yuck.. I can only imagine what a young footy mad child would look like and smell like after a week. They would have a good chance at scoring a goal though ( no one would probably want to tackle them) LOL.

Aargh! My middle child would be very happy with this article. I can understand the reasoning behind not bathing everyday but if you do normal everyday activities, you will prespire. Then you will start smelling. I also love having a shower every morning as it wakes me up and I feel all refreshed. It does for me what coffee does for some people. Doesn’t have to be a long shower…just a brisk one. Perhaps the report is mainly addressing baths rather than quick showers.