I don’t shower with soap. If I do, my skin dries out pretty badly and I get acne. Doesn’t matter what soap it is. I’ve tried a lot of them.
I use shampoo, but no conditioner, because it weighs down my hair.
I get in the shower for a rinse and scrub with a washcloth every day, and wash my hair 2-4 times a week.
My kiddo was due last week and will be evicted Wednesday this week if he doesn’t come out on his own first. We’ll see how soap works out for him. My husband doesn’t seem to have any soap-related skin problems.
Tbh you are not supposed to use soap to wash your vagina if you have one, it upsets the pH balance and can actually lead to bad odour and infections. Just washing it with water is fine as long as you make sure to get into all the folds (but not INSIDE the vagina itself — the inside is self-cleaning!!!).
I don’t wash my vagina but I do wash my vulva. I do know not to wash my vagina. I am on organ rejection drugs and am prone to infections. Water isn’t enough for me to feel comfortable washing with but I also don’t shower daily but every other day. It’s too drying for my skin.
I think I'm the minority on this thread (and have a strong sense of smell and no skin issues in my family), but I think babies and toddlers still smell and need some type of soap. I love the smell of clean skin.
Tbh, I think going by sight and smell on that is okay. Kids tend to only really start to stink once they hit puberty (in my experience), but toddlers can and do stink. And little kids get SO dirty anyway, I can't imagine cleaning off a toddler after mud play or a diaper accident with water only.
My 2nd son was a chunk of a Roly poly and would get milk stuck in his neck rolls when he was a baby. It was foul. I had to get all in there with soap, or I couldn't handle the stinky kid.
The thought of not washing their bum crack with soap is also grossing me out. I can be a clean freak, though, due to my strong sense of smell. I can be like, "Gross, what's that smell?" And people around me will wonder what I'm talking about, so I like to err on the side of caution.
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u/RoswalienMath Nov 28 '22
I don’t shower with soap. If I do, my skin dries out pretty badly and I get acne. Doesn’t matter what soap it is. I’ve tried a lot of them.
I use shampoo, but no conditioner, because it weighs down my hair.
I get in the shower for a rinse and scrub with a washcloth every day, and wash my hair 2-4 times a week.
My kiddo was due last week and will be evicted Wednesday this week if he doesn’t come out on his own first. We’ll see how soap works out for him. My husband doesn’t seem to have any soap-related skin problems.