MSE Parents Club Part 15

jillie1974

aless02 wrote: »

Oh, also...

Do I remember correctly that general advice for a stubborn baby who won't eat much, not even his favourite foods is to just keep offering them normal food and they will eat again eventually?

oh have you one as well?

K has hardly eaten today. refused his fromage frais too which he usually devours.

but, yeah keep offering the things they like most. it does usually work for us.

aless02

Yes, ignoring can help us here, too - he's just been off food for a couple of days and I hoped I wasn't being too casual about it.

Wonder if there's anything interesting on TV tonight.

laurenweird

I have a two and a half year old who I give a bath every four days, and then my two month old who has a bath every two days.

jillie1974

i find when K is teething or getting a cold he goes off his food for a few days.

is he eating anything? drinking loads?

as long as he eats a little and still has his milk, i'm not too concerned. he seems to be having a growth spurt at the moment,he seems taller everyday :eek:

weezl74

aless02 wrote: »

Wonder if there's anything interesting on TV tonight.

sarah beeny doing up that enormous mansion riddled with dry rot? am going to wrap chrissy pressies in front of it with DH

flea72

mine have a bath/shower about every 6-8wks, hairwashes, prob less often

inbetween they get a going over with a babywipe/flannel, but again, its not a daily thing, more just to remove visible dirt lol

can honestly say, they dont smell or look any dirtier than all their peers who have baths on a daily basis

until they reach an age, where hormones kick in, and BO starts to be a factor, then i dont see that they need to wash that often.

tbh i wish i could go months without washing my hair (i bath/shower at least once a day, if not more). my DD can just give her hair a quick brush and its back to normal. even after shes done PE at school, and has her hair plastered to her head in sweat, once its dried naturally, its still looks clean and presentable - perhaps what they say about natural oils self-cleaning the hair is true

sometimes i wonder how long i could go without bathing them at all, but every so often they get so muddy, that a babywipe just doesnt suffice

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vodooelephant

strawberrypud wrote: »

With the first I gave a bath every day, now the 2nd has come along and I have more to do I tend to skip a day or two if I have a lot on and I have come to the conclusion that kids don't get that dirty and don't really need a daily bath. Do they? How often do you bath your kids?

7pm every night all three get thrown in hair wash every other day for the boys every 3 days for the girl (have to blow dry its really long)

We have tried going without a bath - DID NOT GO WELL....kids still up at 10pm:eek:

I think mine are so use to bathtime / milk time / storey time / sleep:)

If its late or we have been out we only put an inch of water in the bath for a paddle but makes all the difference for us.

Krystaltips

We have a Sunday night bathnight but we don't stress if we miss one... In the summer it's probably more often but the 6yo gets dirtier playing out all the while... The baby goes in the bath with her sister... When the next one comes along we'll probably chuck that one in with it's sisters eventually...

I've never been one for a bath before bed routine... Brushing their teeth is a big enough cue that it's not just a nap time...

jillie1974

its about 2 or 3 times a week here. unless it is really needed.



he gets in with me now once a week.

strawberrypud

I think I might start just giving them baths once a week! The baby's skin is really dry anyway so that might actually help