Can you answer a poll for my son?

[allie911]

Thanks for your help!

[Dandelion]

I voted "baths", but my 9 year old is starting to take showers now and that's fine too. I prefer baths at younger ages because younger kids seem to get cleaner in a bath than in a shower. To achieve the same cleanliness that they can get from just soaking in a bubble bath, I have to soap them down in the shower (or coach/remind them to do that themselves which may or may not happen) - so a bath is less work for me. ;)

[DragonFaerie]

I put showers, but definitely baths for the littles (say 6 and under).

[MommaOfalotta]

I said showers but dd just starting taking showers this year, at 5YO. Before 5 I prefer baths.

[regentrude]

Baths for little ones - as long as they need help (I have not found a way to help a kid showering without being drenched)

Showers as soon as they are able to do it themselves.

[elegantlion]

I did other, ds did baths up until about 8 or so, supervision until about 5 or 6. After 8 or so he wanted to switch to showers and add more privacy.

[Arcadia]

Baths. Both my boys are still scared of the shower so no way they will be clean.

[TCoppock]

I voted other. Bath until around 6 or 7. Then I would allow them to choose.

[Hypatia.]

Baths up until around 7-8, or whenever they can properly clean themselves.

[kristinannie]

My son is almost 7. He usually prefers a shower, but he needs some assistance!

[Freckles]

I voted other. Baths until they can wash their hair without help, so I don't get wet. My girls were about seven when they didn't need help with long hair anymore. It doesn't really matter to me.

[caroljenn]

I agree with baths until 8 or 9, but after that, if they'd like to take showers, that's fine with me. I voted other, because 12 seems kind of old for a boy to still take a bath. Maybe it's just me?

[MomtoCandJ]

Dd takes supervised baths, she will also take a bath with me or a shower. She is starting to learn how to wash her own hair :) once she gets it down then she will no longer be allowed to invade my baths/showers.

[UrbanSue]

I said other. I prefer showers from age six or so. But under that, baths.

[MissKNG]

Both of my girls take showers. I think they are MUCH easier to administer than a bath.

[Rosie_0801]

Other: My kids prefer the dam. :p

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[Miss Marple]

When they were young enough for me to be directly involved in their bathing I preferred baths. When they were competent to take care of business on their own, I let them choose. I really didn't care how it was accomplished as long as they smelled nice :)

[misty.warden]

*I* prefer giving ds a shower for being quicker and getting him cleaner (I think soaking dirty bodies in water without a rinse in cleaner water does not get as clean as showering) but he prefers baths because they're more fun, toys, paints, etc.

[stansclan89]

I've always let them pick--it was baths until they were about 8yo, then showers from then on. We only have a bathtub functioning right now. It's driving all the kids crazy :D .

[dhudson]

I prefer whatever they can do independently.

[PrincessMommy]

my son is 11 and still prefers baths over showers. I think it's because he can play with his legos in the bath.

[sassenach]

My 8yo prefers baths, the 10yo prefers showers. I voted other.

[Tap]

Other: either or both.

 

We have hand held showers in both baths. The kids often start out in the bath and then use the shower head to rinse their hair and body afterward.

 

Baths as babies and then like others, they all transitioned to showers around 6-8yo, with the occasional bath still thrown in. After about age of 6 or so, they only take baths to play in the water. If they need a quick rinse off, they started choosing showers around that age.

[GSOchristie]

We still do baths, but with a detachable shower head. We soap them up then spray them off while they're sitting.

[momto10blessings]

6 and under take baths. 7 up take showers

[Julie Smith]

My boys only have a shower after swimming. I can't convince them to have a shower at home. Dh is the only person in our house who uses the shower.

[Garga]

Supervised baths until 1st grade. Showers at 1st grade.

[Parrothead]

Dd started with showers about age 7 and prefers them over baths.

[Night Elf]

I think the age matters. It seems to me that as long as kids need help, they are going to get a bath. When they are old enough to clean themselves, they have a choice. My kids were showering long before they turned 12 yrs. old. They think it's faster and easier.

[Tita Gidge]

Most nights we take both.

 

We do a quick military-type shower to get clean, then hop into the tub for a good soak to relax.

 

We love our baths. We don't want to sit in the dirty water, though ;)

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

I voted other because we did baths up until about age 8, and then moved to showers.

[SJ.]

I vote showers because in my house bathtime turns to playtime which turns to wound up boys which means it takes too long to settle down for bedtime.

[JeneralMom]

My kids all hate getting their faces wet so have not really taken to showers. In this house we have a shower/tub combo and those always make me nervous because i know someone who slipped and hurt themselves. I may just need to get over it and encourage them to try showering because i am getting tired of washing everyone's hair in the sink.

[TheReader]

I voted other.

 

I know, I know, what "other" is there....the thing is, I prefer baths for them until they can soap up/wash hair w/o help. My older boys were both still baths-only or baths-mostly when we moved to Brazil (they were 10 and 6 at the time, youngest was 2.5). But then we got here and had no bathtub, so everyone's been showers ever since.

 

We did, the first year, buy a big ole bucket/bowl/tub sort of thing that we could sit in the shower for my then-toddler, until we got him used to the water of the shower. We'd fill up the bucket/bowl/thing and let him splash in there while I bathed him. We gave up on that after not very long and it's been all showers ever since.

[amo_mea_filiis.]

Dd always had to take showers (sensitive), but ds is still taking baths. I prefer baths for ds because a shower means I've got to get in. If he closes his eyes to tilt his head back for rinsing his hair, he'll fall. I may go back to washing his hair in the sink and sending him to shower his body.

[Luanne]

I think children under about 7 do better with baths, but I think somewhere between 7 and 10, a shower is better.

[Remudamom]

Baths for little ones - as long as they need help (I have not found a way to help a kid showering without being drenched)

Showers as soon as they are able to do it themselves.

 

 

This.

[bobbeym]

I voted other. We did baths when they were little and needed help. Both my boys started taking showers when they were 7-8 yo.

[Desert Rat]

Both my boys voted showers.