Do I really need to shower/bath EVERY day??

MrsE_2

Shower every morning, sometimes bath or (less so) shower in the evening.
When I was a child my mother bathed me once a week. But she didn't encourage tooth brushing either, so I'm not planning on keeping to her standards!

Artytarty

We don't have water metering , oh showers every morning and I bath every evening unless I'm out late in which case I may skip a day. Sometimes I shower in the morning if it s been a hot night.
Showers get you clean, I like to relax and get clean.

gayleygoo

I shower maybe 4-5 times a week. Not every day, but I do have a good wash with a soapy facecloth on the mornings I don't shower. I really hate getting wet so twice a day would be overkill for me! The kids get bathed twice a week, or more if they've got extra dirty. Children don't sweat much so they don't need dunked everyday, they just do their hands, faces and bottoms in the mornings with a facecloth.

Since we've got the heating on now we've got hot water for a bath whenever needed. In Summer we have to use the immersion heater and it costs too much to do often, we must be cleaner in Winter

tanith

It was always one bath a week and strip wash at the kitchen sink every day when I was young... now I have a shower every morning and sometimes in the evening as well.. in the Summer its a shower morning and night...

mummygems

I usually shower every other day and wash morning and night anyways. Kids get bathed on a sunday and showered on a Tues/Weds. They are also washed each morning night.

Jacksmummy

We all have a bath twice a week, (normally a Sunday & Wednesday) and a good scrub over the sink with a flannel morning and night.

When I was younger mum used to bath us once a week, on a Sunday and then we had to share the bath water.

theEnd

Shower every morning without fail. Then another shower after any exercise (inc bike journeys, which I make a lot of). Couple of baths a week to relax.

mummygems

All 3 of mine are bathed at the same time lol (for now anyways as there is a lack of room!) However they do get showered afterwards so I can wash hair and rinse off the dirty water. (I cant bath if I have to wash my hair as its long and doesnt rinse properly so if I bath and need to wash my hair I shower afterwards as well).

bargainbetty

I shower every day, but sometimes upgrade to a bath for a wallow and relaxation. I have a timer for the shower, and keep those down to the minimum time necessary, but a bath is a luxury to be savoured.

OS hints? I'm on a meter, so I make sure I enjoy the bath and it lasts an hour at least! I use half the recommended amounts of shampoo and conditioner, bodywash etc, usually bought from a £ shop or on offer, and use proper flannels rather than disposable bath puffs or sponges.

LameWolf

Bath every morning. The hot water helps get my poor joints moving. I need assistance bathing in any case, so Mr LW and I share the water, and don't have the bath over-full. When I need to wash my hair, I do this in the bath, with Mr LW's help, apply shampoo, rinse in the bath, apply conditioner, pile it on top of my head while I use soap and flannel on the rest of me and just shower it off at the end to rinse out conditioner - shower is on for less than half a minute to do this. The shower is over the bath, and I just sit on my bath-lift in the raised position for this quick shower.