Does your kid take a bath or a shower?

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What is the preferred bathing method of kids on MMM?



Add their bathing method and age in the thread.

Dd, baths only, 18 months.

[Ashley&Scott]

Bath, he's been terrified the few times we've tried a shower.

[ECB]

DS is 5.5 years.  He does both.  I still help him but we're continuously working on him learning how to THOROUGHLY wash and RINSE himself.

When we're in a hurry, it's usually "summer bath" which basically means a shower.  When he wants to play, he takes a bath. 

[wonderfezz]

Bath. I wish he'd shower with me. He's scared.

[havarti]

Mostly baths, but sometimes DH takes him into the shower.

[qcinoct]

my boys take either a bath together, or a shower with either me or DH. We have a large stand-up shower, so 3 of us can fit in it, and if either of us is showering in the evening, it's just easier/quicker to bring the boys in with us.

[bunch]

Both. Dd1 showers with me about half the tme, dd2 does occasionally

[countthestars]

10 months. I thought it would be fun to bring her into the shower with me and she flipped her shit. So we were both wet and slippery, she was screaming and diaperless and I needed to finish my shower. FAIL.

[Deleted]

It was baths up until right after Christmas. Then she started showering with me and loves it. Sometimes I throw her in with me, sometimes she does it on her own. Sometimes she gets in the bath and wants to start the shower to rinse. Which I'm okay with, because she doesn't mind hairwashing that way.

So my answer, is "Whatever she wants" I guess.

[quickstepstar]

A&A are 5.5. They are taking showers independently with minimal help (getting shampoo, conditioner, etc).
K is 2.5. She hates showers, so we generally will give her a bath if we have time, shower otherwise (despite the screams).
All three love getting into our jacuzzi tub together though, which we do every other week or so.

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26m, baths only. He's terrified of the shower. I try every week or two to see if he's grown out of it. Nooooope.

This is especially frustrating b/c our 1800s farmhouse has no bathtub! So DS gets bathed in a plastic tub on the dining room table. It's so fucking annoying.

[hilwithonelary]

DS (4) mostly takes baths, but once in a blue moon will ask to take a shower.

DD (2) only takes baths

[dottyblue]

19 months and primarily bath. Every once in a while he'll shower quickly with DH or me (usually when on vacation when he gets filthy), but it's not regular.

[rootbeerfloat]

At 7 and 4, they both generally take baths. If we're in a hurry, then they stand up, but we still take the shower head down to wash them, so I wouldn't consider that a shower.

[jinxy]

Bath most of the time. A few times he's showered with MH but baths are easier for us.

[djc315]

Shower, but by himself (with me sitting on the outside of the tub to wash him). He refuses to take a bath, now. We have a big shower head that's like a rainfall, so it's pretty gentle.

[loskadoodle]

DS LOOOOVES taking showers with us. Its hard for me to do it since I'm pg though and he's slippery, so it typically only happens with DH on the weekends. He gets a bath every night either way.

[timorousbeastie]

DD is 3 months. We do a sort of combo bath/shower - she lays in the infant tub, but we hose her down with the shower head.

[zeewifeandmama]

My kids take showers. 22 months and 4.5 years

[imojoebunny]

My poor kids never had a choice. They have been showering since they were infants. They love baths, but only take them about 1x per month, usually when it is raining and they can't go out and play. It's so much faster!

[cinco]

They alternate showers and baths, depending on how much time we have. On sports practice nights (which is almost every night this time of year) I do assembly line showers.

[ssmjlm]

Baths, but now that she can stand and is walking, I may try a shower this weekend and she how she likes it.

[ginkgoleaf]

95% of the time he takes a bath, but occasionally he will shower with one of us. DS is 3.

[AmyRI]

Most common method is a joint bath for DS (3) and DD (16mo). DS will occasionally shower with DH, especially after we give him a haircut. DD has not had a shower yet.

[undecidedowl]

27 months. Baths at home, showers at the pool or other special situations.

[SpartanGirl]

My 3 youngest take baths (they are 6, 4 and 3) and my oldest (8) showers independently most of the time (she sometimes still asks for a bath).

[Marmee]

Now my 9 & 7 take showers 95% of the time while My 4yr & 1yr old take bathes 95% of the time. DD3 is almost 5 & still scared of showers & it drives me nuts. I should have showered with her more...I did with DD1 & 2 and they have beren much better with water on their heads.

[holly116]

The 8 month old gets a bath. The older two (2 and 3 1/2) get hosed down in the shower 90% of the time because is is just SO easy. If they agree to "early bath" before 7pm, we'll do a bath with the jets and bubbles. Because early bath = early bedtime. That happens probably once every two weeks.

[justjen]

Bath, 21 months

[Deleted]

Bath. We've tried a shower once or twice (when we're in a hurry or he is super messy) and he liked it okay, not a huge fan.