CELEB KIDS’ BATH ROUTINE STINKS

There is nothing quite like that intoxicating smell of newborns. That distinctly ovarymelting, spellbinding scent.

But that aroma worth bottling doesn’t stay forever and soon your kids start to stink. Literally. When they are babies, they milk spew on you and themselves. Then as they get to the infant stage, they begin solids. And, well... all those bodily functions previously mentioned now begin to smell even more. Enter toddlerhood where they… toddle. This toddling finds them picking up things and putting them into their mouths, or wiping them on their faces, legs and voila you have crayon, Sudocrem and various types of food covering all inches of their body. As they get older and more opportunities and art supplies become available to them, it seems the messier and dirtier they get. And let’s not forget about mud, dirt, sand, grass stains. To be honest, despite my grump, I am all for the mess. In fact, to my kids I say go for it. Then at the end of the day, when they are covered in whatever it is they are covered in, I say, have a shower or jump into the bath. Yes, get clean.

With every second celebrity coming out of the woodwork to share why they don’t wash their kids until they either stink or until dirt is actually visible on them, I am wondering is it just me who thinks this is a bit gross? And also, how the eff do your kids not get dirty in one day? Take Ashton Kutcher’s comment on a podcast recently. He said, “If you can see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there is no point”.

Then Kristen Bell defended his parenting choice on The View adding her own similar ideology. “Once you get a whiff, that’s biology’s way of letting you know you need to clean it,” she said.

Seriously, what are they doing?

If my kids made it through a day without having some sort of remnant of something that was not naturally part of their body on their skin, or not smelling after running around all day, I think I would die of shock.