Do you shower/bathe your kid every day?

[Deleted]

I make my kids take either a shower or a bath every night.  I don't always wash their hair, but at least use soap and wash their faces.

My neighbor thinks this is crazy and does it every few days.

[angelstar975]

I only bathe my kid 2-3 times a week at 16 months old. But I feel like I would increase this when she's a bit older and plays outside more, etc.

[Deleted]

For the record mine are 4 and 6 and go to school every day. That's mostly my main reasoning, the germs!

[mrssandro]

She takes a bath on school days. She has her hair washed ever other day. We skip Fri and Sat night.

[balletofangels]

We try for every other day. Her skin is way too sensitive for every day.

[MrsAxilla]

I don't have time to bathe my kid every day! My son showers every other day, unless he had PE or sports, the. He showers that day, too. I bathe the toddler every two days, or more if necessary.

[thebuddhagouda]

Every other day in the winter (though if we get busy or something unexpected comes up it might stretch a third day). Sometimes every day in a Mississippi summer if he was outside and sweaty.

I figure I'm good until he's old enough to start smelling on a daily basis.

[BaliHai]

Yes, she gets a bath every night, but her hair only gets washed every 2-3 nights lately because she's suddenly terrified of getting water on her head and it is an ORDEAL.

Sometimes we'll skip baths on Friday or Saturday nights, but it's part of her whole bedtime routine so we try to stick to it.

[candreco]

It's every 1-2 days for us, especially in the winter when they're not outside as much and their skin gets dry. In the summer it's more frequent- more outside time, bug spray, sunscreen, etc.

[Tacocat]

Every other day in the winter because her skin is sensitive. In the summers, it depends how sweaty she gets playing outside. Sometimes we stick her in the bath just to clean her off, but not wash her hair.

[notoriousmeg]

in the winter every other day. his skin dries out too much bathing every day even with copious amounts of aquaphor. In the summer it's usually every day to get the sunscreen off.

[mx27]

I have a 7 week old. I bathe him once a week. I'm thinking of increasing to twice per week...we'll see.

[jeaniebueller]

Every other day unless they are particularly sweaty or dirty.

[junebug]

Bath time is part of our nightly routine, so yes, I bathe them every night. 

[sangria]

My 2 yo gets a bath every night because she turns into a scuzzy dirty marker face beast pretty much daily. My 4.5 yo bathes every other night.

We usually skip Fri/sat night though unless we have something special going on like a bday party or whatever.

[readyin07]

Definitely daily. There are no skin sensitivities and we live in south Florida so it is hot and sweaty. We skip maybe once a month...like last week we were gone from before lunch until after 9 so we skipped and it doesn't freak me out or anything.

But I think you sleep better when you are fresh and clean. Plus I hope the idea of daily showering will just become a habit by the time they are stinky preteens.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

We have no-shower Saturday sometimes. The baby skips once of two s a week

[ECB]

We aim for Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday nights. Now that DS is 7 and can do it all on his own, it makes my life easier.

in the summer, though, we will do it more frequently based on how much outdoor play/ pool time he's had.

[bittybomb]

Our pedi told us to bathe them every other or every 3 days.  I can't do every 3, so we do every other.  They have ridiculously dry skin, courtesy of their father, and bathing dries them all out like whoa.

In the summer when they get filthy dirty, its generally every day, but I do so much quicker with colder water to cut down on dry out.

[tulips]

They bathe EOD and are 2.5 and 15 months. I am trying to stretch it more in winter since they got my skin and dry out easily and we're not outside getting grimy. Sometimes it depends on what we have for dinner and if they are a mess after eating.

[Deleted]

In the winter, it's probably every 4 days. In the summer it's almost every day just because of sunblock/sweat. Kids are 4 and 2.

[Deleted]

I give L (4) a bath every day, more because she enjoys it than because I think she needs it. Wash her hair every other night.

[housewife]

Every other because my kids are so annoying about bath time.

DD stays in the damn tub forever playing. I have to fight her over brushing/drying her hair. It ends up being an hour long affair when it shouldn't be. Then I have DS, whom I have to wrestle in there like he's a cat. Then I have to constantly tell him to "use soap", "use soap EVERY WHERE", "wash your hair."

[cookie510]

In the summer every day, she gets so dirty and sweaty. In the colder months every 2-3 because her skin is so sensitive.

[callalily]

Mine bathe every third day during the winter and every other day/every day depending upon activities that day during the summer. DD has horrific exczema so bathing her during the winter months can get painful and drying. She has gone up to a week without an actual bath (we wash her hair in the sink, wipe her down) if her flare is particularly bad.

[CurlyQ284]

Yes, I was doing every other day but his pedi suggested every day for 20 minutes might help with his eczema and he was right. Sometimes we miss a day if I try a new recipe and dinner is super late or something.

[hopecounts]

Daily with the occasional exception.
She's in school all day and between spending 1.5 hours outside (3 recesses) and arts and crafts most days she needs it.
before she was in school full time it was more like every other day depending on whether she 'needed' one or not.

[Elsa]

Lolol goddammit.

I'm officially going to make it on spreadsheets this week because of hygiene.

[Deleted]

We skip it sometimes on the weekends depending upon what is going on. DS has after school sports pretty much every day and is stinky, sweaty mess at the end of the day so he showers every night during the week.

[marylennox]

Pretty much every other day. Sometimes two in a row, sometimes a few without.