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Blankie · Guru

RE: How Often Do Your Kids Really Need Baths?

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

flan327 wrote:
Czech, I'm sorry. I didn't think of those who couldn't bathe daily.

flan

Thank you, flan. I have had to deal with this issue before concerning DD. Mostly with her hair/scalp issues. People (in general) are not aware of health issues caused by bathing to frequently or from washing their hair to frequently.

I had one person become very snotty to me when she insisted that DD wash her hair daily, this was when DD was having mental health problems. I looked at the lady as said, "she's not oily like you." followed by the mm death stare. It sure shut her up. wink

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Blankie wrote:
just Czech wrote:
I guess no one here has a skin condition that is irritated by frequent bathing.
I was advised by my gynecologist NOT to bath daily. Yeah, some of us have skin issues and other issues that are compounded by daily bathing.
Our youngest DD is not allowed to wash her hair with shampoo more then once a week. She has major scalp issues and extremely dry skin, but she does bath daily. She uses a bottle of lotion every two weeks. Poor kid. DGS has the same skin issue.
IMHO, this is an individual preference and/or health issue. Please do not criticize someone who does not bath daily like you.
There's no need to bathe daily. I bathe and wash my hair every second day, and I never smell, and I'm healthy.
Washing my hair and skin every day makes it too dry.

I haven't had a bath in years!

I have to shower.

Every other day in the Winter, or my skin will dry up.

Every day, when the weather is hot. Got to rinse the sweat off! wink

Bonny22Pye · Guru

I only wash my hair every 2-3 days. Otherwise my scalp itches. My skins becoming dryer and dryer. I may need to only wash the important parts daily and then just a full shower every other day. We shall see. I'm afraid I won't feel clean enough.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

When my hair was longer and thicker, I washed it daily. Had to. I could not comb or brush it. The only time I could get a pick through it was when it was wet.

I went through a big bottle of shampoo and conditioner about every two weeks.

What ever I did to it while wet, was what it was going to get all day.

I couldn't blow dry my hair much either. I would try to dry it a little at the scalp in the colder months but I couldn't do more.

I had ever expanding hair.

It was about 3-4 inches longer wet. I had hair to my waist by the end of the day.