is this gross re: bathwater

shopgirl78

Let's say you bathe 2 of your 3 kids, is it gross to save the bathwater (10 mins tops) for the 3rd kid or is it the same as bathing all 3 together.

ashleyaugust7

It does gross me out a little, tbh. 

Jodi&Joe

Grosses me out.

And it would be cold by then.

If you said you took the first two out and put the third right in, that would be cool with me (for some reason).

I mean, I guess it's just semantics but having the water sit there for 10 minutes - I would drain and refill.

o2bme

It grosses me out.

katie277s

I'd think after 10 minutes it would be too cold.  If I didn't bathe them all together and had a chunk of time between, I'd drain and refill.  

ccm1203

Isn't there alot of soap/shampoo in there by then? 

A half drain and refill might be a happy medium.  Are you in the area of TX where there is a major drought?

GinandTonic

Mine get new water in between baths.

It kills me to use all that water, but they won't bathe together anymore (as it should be - DS is 6) and to me, they needed a bath for a reason and that water isn't so clean anymore...

j-w

Gross. 

Jessys_Girl

GinandTonic:

Mine get new water in between baths.

It kills me to use all that water, but they won't bathe together anymore (as it should be - DS is 6) and to me, they needed a bath for a reason and that water isn't so clean anymore...

This.  Each of our kids gets their own bathwater.

AnnapolisLari

Entire families used to use the same bathwater when people only took one bath a week, at most. By the time they started with the parents and worked their way down to the baby, it was pretty dirty water. Hence the expression "don't throw the baby out with the bathwater".

I don't think that 3 kids who probably get bathed at least 3 times a week are so filthy as to make the water "gross".

Reuse the water, especially if your area is affected by drought. I have never seen anything like this board for wasting resources.

MrsStubbs

I would still use the same water for the 3rd. I might add some more hot water. I hate wasting water.

mom2one

eww. each kid deserves fresh, warm water.

J&A2008

Use fresh.  With a kid that little odds are pretty high someone peed in the tub.

lilyaster

I don't think it's gross and I'd have no problems bathing a 3rd kid after 10 minutes as long as the water is still warm and there's nothing visibly gross (dirt, poop, too much soap).  I bathe my two together, but if one is messing around and gets in after the other is already out, I'm generally not going to refill with fresh hot water. 

shopgirl78

We are in a drought conditions but we aren't on water limitations yet (AND its raining cats and dogs today : )

It was a random thought, technically it does seem the same either way the kids are sitting in the same bath water (still has all the soap and probably pee) but the later seems grosser to me (waiting that time period).

DD always showers due to her eczema, about half the time we stick the boys in the shower also.  Otherwise, they mostly bath together (in the same water at the same time). 

Starr57

Bathwater is gross to me in general (stewing in your own filth ) so this is just over the top nasty to me.

lsufan

I usually drain and refill just so the water is warm, but as far as it being gross, I don't think it's any different than bathing them all together.  

BubblyToes

Yes.  That is seriously gross.  You are essentially bathing #3 in the filth of 1 & 2.  GROSS.