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Do you scrub your kids with soap in a bubble bath?
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chocolatecake
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 8:36 am
I do not use bubble bath. I pour body wash into the tub to make bubbles. I wash their hair but usually get lazy and don't scrub their bodies unless there is a visible spot that needs it. Does the bubble bath exempt me from washing their bodies?
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allthingsblue
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 8:38 am
Just make sure they rub the soap bubbles all over their bodies.
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Iymnok
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 8:38 am
I avoid too much soap or bubbles since it dries out the skin and Dd has excema.
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essie14
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 8:59 am
Unless there is a dirty spot, I don't scrub. The bath washes the sweat and general dirt away.
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#Happymom
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 9:03 am
If they sit and play for a while, I dont bother scrubbing them. But if it's more of an 'in and out' situation, then I wash them with soap
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amother
Mauve
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 9:43 am
Am I an awful mom that I never soap her body? I soap her hair and face and then rinse and figure between the rinse and 10 min splashing she's clean.
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mha3484
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 9:46 am
My kids mostly shower but when they bathe I squirt body wash into tub and they like to use the loofa sponge on a stick that I have to wash themselves. Then I shower off the soap bubbles.
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amother
Pistachio
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 9:48 am
At what age do you start showering instead of bathing? Is my 3 year old too young?
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mha3484
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 10:01 am
amother [ Pistachio ] wrote: | At what age do you start showering instead of bathing? Is my 3 year old too young? |
I started with my oldest when he was 4 because he was a bed wetter and I could not bathe him before school every day. A 5 min shower was just so much more convenient. With my next kids I would stay I started around 3. We have a shower where the head comes off the wall so they are not scared of it.
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adar
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 10:05 am
I scrub in between the toes, fingers and behind the ears. Also I buy a 3in1 so after scrubbing the hair I use those suds to wash off rest of body. My son started showers at 4 but my daughter who is 4 now has a harder time with rinsing the soap out of her long hair
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amother
Burlywood
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 10:23 am
amother [ Mauve ] wrote: | Am I an awful mom that I never soap her body? I soap her hair and face and then rinse and figure between the rinse and 10 min splashing she's clean. |
For now you’re good, Just make sure you start teaching her how to wash her body before she hits puberty.
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amother
Silver
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 10:47 am
I don't give (or take) bubble baths. Our pediatrician and my gyn both said that the ingredients can irritate the private parts, especially for girls.
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FranticFrummie
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 11:01 am
My DD got UTIs from bubble bath, so no bubbles for her. Instead I made sure she had lots of toys to play with. When she was old enough to stand still and balance on her own, I started doing showers, but she has always preferred baths whenever possible.
When I babysit other people's kids and I have to give them baths, I squirt the body wash on their hands, and tell them to make sure they get into all the private areas. I do a little rhyme about "Elbows, nose, don't forget your toes" etc. They love it.
I hand them a washcloth to do their front, and then I washcloth their backs, but not their bottoms. When they are all done with the soap, I rinse them off with the shower head.
I like doing it this way because they feel in control of their bodies, and they feel "grown up" that they can bathe themselves.
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amother
Mauve
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 11:03 am
amother [ Burlywood ] wrote: | For now you’re good, Just make sure you start teaching her how to wash her body before she hits puberty. |
Given that she's 2, I have time. She takes a wet washcloth and wipes herself down, but because of excema I try to limit the soap
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Chayalle
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Tue, Jul 20 2021, 11:15 am
amother [ Silver ] wrote: | I don't give (or take) bubble baths. Our pediatrician and my gyn both said that the ingredients can irritate the private parts, especially for girls. |
On top of this, my pediatrician (Dr Shanik) says it can cause UTI's.
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