<![CDATA[How long your child take for showering?]]>My daughter spend at least half an hour to shower, that is to bath and wash her hair and comb it.


I find that its too long.Anyone has advice to help them to shorten the time?thanks

Lynn

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/17595/how-long-your-child-take-for-showeringRSS for NodeTue, 28 Apr 2026 16:55:51 GMTTue, 28 Dec 2010 08:27:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Sun, 06 Mar 2011 06:19:59 GMT]]>By the way can try using dry shampoo, non-rinse body soap to save water, so no need to bath... 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/374332https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/374332Sun, 06 Mar 2011 06:19:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:33:06 GMT]]>

Oppsgal:
Celebration can be of different methods, need not be with fireworks. Same thoughts here...fireworks harm the earth.


Each time we see fireworks on tv, we will think every year the same, chinese new year etc.., how much happier can people be when see this same scenario every year, at the same time there is some sort of pollution, might destroy the earth somehow. At the same time waste money.
:hi5:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/374046https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/374046Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:33:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:04:54 GMT]]>Celebration can be of different methods, need not be with fireworks. Same thoughts here…fireworks harm the earth.


Each time we see fireworks on tv, we will think every year the same, chinese new year etc…, how much happier can people be when see this same scenario every year, at the same time there is some sort of pollution, might destroy the earth somehow. At the same time waste money.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/373014https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/373014Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:04:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:37:05 GMT]]>

Oppsgal:

satyagraha
Not sure how much damage can using more water do more harm to Mother Earth as compare to those who is burning paper every single Chinese festival - 7th month burn paper, chinese new year, mooncake festival also burn... etc.
Ya, so much fire, so much smoke... no good. But cannot compare like that leh.

I mean, I can't stop/control what others do... just like, I can't completely stop/control what my kids do. That doesn't mean I should stop short at what I know/think/feel is right, right? That's where informing & educating come in place.

In my heart, at the back of my head, whichever part of my body, there's a list of rights & wrongs (for all matters, not just environmental) and a scale. Everyone's list is different for various reasons and everyone's scales work differently. I look at my list and work on it. Along the way, there may be addition to the list because I got informed & educated by others.

In short... know thyself, and work from within. This place can be more beautiful than it already is. Is it not?


Off topic : Every time I see fireworks, I'll look at my husband and lament (head shaking), \"Wa... this year's fireworks display very long hor. Dunno the gunpowder is better than yesteryears' or not? Will it be less damaging? Somemore, they shoot it so high... very near ozone. You think, the effect more damaging?\"

Note, I only lament to my husband (eh... well, now this forum. Oops!)... not anyone else, not even my kids because fireworks is a display of celebration, it's supposed to be happy. Though I feel that it's not environmentally good, my internal scale tips otherwise.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372684https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372684Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:37:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:59:56 GMT]]>

Oppsgal:

Itch might last longer if they have sensitive skin. Soap residue can stick to sofa or bed where they sleep?
Soap residue? Stick to sofa or bed? :?

Never mind, if ever that happens to my kids, I'll find out. Will sure to get onto this thread again to update on the possible \"damages\" that can happen.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372615https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372615Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:59:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:25:38 GMT]]>

24hr-mum:
wow, ur laundry bill will shoot up also!!

That's not my kid. :lol:

Use washing machine wash.

satyagraha
Not sure how much damage can using more water do more harm to Mother Earth as compare to those who is burning paper every single Chinese festival - 7th month burn paper, chinese new year, mooncake festival also burn... etc.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371630https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371630Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:25:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:22:20 GMT]]>

satyagraha:
BTW, what problem could possibly happened if the kid doesn't wash away the soap completely?


Just itch right? Nothing permanent? Can just let them itch for a day or two, and tell them that's the result of them not being thorough in their washing or not?

Sorry... if no permanent problem, I'll do so if need to (thankfully, no need now). Rather than nagging them everyday. I'll be tired and they'll get sick of listening.
Itch might last longer if they have sensitive skin. Soap residue can stick to sofa or bed where they sleep?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371625https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371625Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:22:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:46:37 GMT]]>BTW, what problem could possibly happened if the kid doesn’t wash away the soap completely?


Just itch right? Nothing permanent? Can just let them itch for a day or two, and tell them that’s the result of them not being thorough in their washing or not?

Sorry… if no permanent problem, I’ll do so if need to (thankfully, no need now). Rather than nagging them everyday. I’ll be tired and they’ll get sick of listening.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371548https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371548Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:46:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:41:16 GMT]]>

24hr-mum:
i can only foresee that if they are used to changing clothes after each poo or each outing, when they grow up, u hv will tonnes of clothes to wash - by machine, ok but if its delicate clothings, wow, got maid nvr mind. if no maid, the poor mummy has to wash lah...........

habit may change as they grow up

some peer pressure may work too

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371532https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371532Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:41:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:31:56 GMT]]>i can only foresee that if they are used to changing clothes after each poo or each outing, when they grow up, u hv will tonnes of clothes to wash - by machine, ok but if its delicate clothings, wow, got maid nvr mind. if no maid, the poor mummy has to wash lah…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371515https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371515Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:31:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:25:55 GMT]]>Waoh... lucky kids to have the luxury of doing things they enjoy with no concerns in the world.


Too bad for my kids, their mummy is a \"paranoid\"... ... to a certain extent, not extreme. Paranoid about breeding unacceptable habits, paranoid about injustice, paranoid about Mother Earth going to die!!!

I am paranoid enough to spot potential problems, but not enough to \"die-die must eradicate the problem\". Thank goodness that I'm still sane! So, I inform them of the possible reactions that comes along with their actions (Newton's 3rd Law), give them some leeway and they'll have to learn/figure out how to \"maximise their pleasures with the amount of resource they have\".

Resource management, I feel, is important and it has a lot to do with habits. To me, Time, Money, Patience, Food, Electricity, Water, Paper, blaa-blaa-blaa are all resources. Irregardless of age, there's no excuse for me as a parent, not to create awareness in my kids that resources are limited.

I know, I know, it only about shower... chill. BUT I see an opportunity to tell them something. Resources are limited, the ONLY UNLIMITED \"resource\" is my love to them (lots of hugs & kisses, but never indulgence).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371500https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371500Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:25:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:42:08 GMT]]>wow, ur laundry bill will shoot up also!!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371424https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371424Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:42:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:05:55 GMT]]>

Oppsgal:
24hr-mum:

but bath 4 times a bit too many right? twice at most is enuf to me


Reason is after each poo, have to bath and change clothes. :lol:

:!: :!:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371356https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371356Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:05:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:02:28 GMT]]>

alfa_juliet:
glad to know tht it is a 'common-happy' problem.


dds takes abt 30-40mins in the shower room. either they are playing or standing under the shower. their reason is tht it feels good when the water run down on them. there are times i caught both of them lying down on the shower room floor... they said it feels like shower under the rain & it's flooding!! :lol:
:lol: Not dirty lying down on the bathroom floor? Have try open mouth to drink the water when lying down? My child (2 year old) feel like drinking the bathtub water, but when give the normal drinking water, dont drink.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371353https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371353Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:02:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:11 GMT]]>

24hr-mum:
but bath 4 times a bit too many right? twice at most is enuf to me

Reason is after each poo, have to bath and change clothes. :lol:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371350https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371350Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:50:38 GMT]]>glad to know tht it is a 'common-happy' problem.


dds takes abt 30-40mins in the shower room. either they are playing or standing under the shower. their reason is tht it feels good when the water run down on them. there are times i caught both of them lying down on the shower room floor... they said it feels like shower under the rain & it's flooding!! :lol:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370925https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370925Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:50:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:03:34 GMT]]>My son can bath in 5 min while my daughter takes 30 min to bathe. My son doesn’t even bother to dry his body properly after bathing. You can imagine his clothes will be wet when put on. I have given up nagging on him. While my girl uses 2 big towel to dry herself.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370894https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370894Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:03:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:35:54 GMT]]>but bath 4 times a bit too many right? twice at most is enuf to me

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370816https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370816Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:35:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:49:21 GMT]]>Know of someone who is complaining hair of her kid not wash well, still got soap. Everyday bath hardly few minutes come out, sometimes with bubbles in the hair.


Finally her message seems to get across the kid. The kid suddenly become very clean. Bath for at least half an hour and about 4 times per day. Then the mother is complaining again. This time, complaining that he bath so many times, bath so long, waste water.

So which one does she want? Kid very clean or kid not bath well but save water? 😄 For me, I rather have a very clean kid, waste water also ok, as long come out clean.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370772https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370772Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:49:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:00:48 GMT]]>that’s a clever idea - turning off the heater!

my 8 yo girl takes quite a long time, plus conditioning her hair sometimes. she must singing n playg a long time too. i’d try that trick

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/367819https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/367819Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:00:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:43:43 GMT]]>Ha… this is interesting.


My son (5 y.o.) had been taking showers independently for about half a year. He is a really slow-mo fellow in whatever he does, which means shower too. After closing the bathroom door, he’ll take his own sweet time to undress, take his own sweet time to wet the floor before wetting himself, take his own sweet time to do everything.

I don’t mind him taking his own sweet time, as it means he’ll be wasting his own time. Thus, lesser time to do other things (play, in particular). BUT I do mind him upping the family’s utility bill.

So… go ahead and take your own sweet time, but the heater will be off after ten mins! (that’s the only thing I can control without compromising his safety & hygiene).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/367588https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/367588Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:43:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:38:33 GMT]]>:rotflmao: :rotflmao: my DS may take 3 minutes to an hour, depending whether he brings his model planes in to bath room, sometime must simulate airplane flying through turbulence and storm ....

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/364921https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/364921Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:38:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:06:00 GMT]]>

nposix:
my son (6yrs) and daughter (5yrs) will take 20mins to half an hr to shower...during which we have to keep urging them to shower faster and not waste water....


My son everytime machiam like wash toilet..sigh..:(
Same here...sigh...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/364873https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/364873Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:06:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How long your child take for showering? on Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:39:13 GMT]]>same for my p3 girl. and she will tell, i m passing motion also…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/350431https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/350431Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:39:13 GMT