How do you wash your kids hair?

lishie

Steve and I are having the most ridiculous disagreement related to bath time.

I walk in the other day when he was bathing the kids, and he was washing their hair after washing their bodies. The water was kind of soapy, but he was using the tub water to rinse their hair, rather than running the fresh water from the faucet. I asked him what the heck he was doing, and he was insistent that there was no reason to use more water, because in the grand scheme of things, the small amount of soap and dirt was diluted by the large amount of water in the tub. I still rerinsed their hair. Then I told him I'd do a "scientific" poll to see who's right.

So, what do you do?? Am I crazy for wanting to rinse with fresh water?

AmandaJLewis

yes, you are. But it's ok. We are all a little weird about something.:o)

waltsgirl102503

I wash their hair first, and just use tub water to rinse it.  But, I guess it's like fresh from the tap since it hasn't been tainted yet with other soap.  

egpitt22

I wet their hair with tub water (before bathing them), wash their hair, then wash their bodies, then run fresh water into a cup to rinse their hair and bodies.

lala5507

I use tub water with the same logic as your dh.   Although, dd hair is pretty long now so I am trying to get her to put her head under the faucet. 

lishie

egpitt22:

I wet their hair with tub water (before bathing them), wash their hair, then wash their bodies, then run fresh water into a cup to rinse their hair and bodies.

This is my system as well, so at least I'm not the only one. 

MandyMilller

I just use the tub water. It never occured to me not to. And I'm pretty picky about cleanliness. Unless there's evidence of an accident! Naturally in that case I'll clear out the tub and start over!

MrsAmers

When dealing with a newborn/infant and very little water in the tub, we rinsed with fresh water. Now that we have big kids and 6-8" of water, I rinse with tub water. If the kids are really grubby, they shower so they aren't sitting in dirty water. Under normal conditions, the percentage of soap/dirt/fuzz to water is very, very small.

Meghan&Rich

As the tub is filling with water, I am washing/rinsing their hair using the water that is coming out of the faucet.  I wash/rinse their bodies using the tub water.  I have no idea why, but I am skeeved out by using tub water that they are sitting in to rinse their hair.  I will totally accept that being weird!

Jefsnickerdodle

fill tub

insert kid- play

wash body starting at the top

hair last using tub water

when you say it like that and you think about it I guess it isnt 100% the best plan, but I am glad to hear I am not the only one. = )

 

Luckystar2

Jefsnickerdodle:

fill tub

insert kid- play

wash body starting at the top

hair last using tub water

when you say it like that and you think about it I guess it isnt 100% the best plan, but I am glad to hear I am not the only one. = )

 

dirto and play some more after hair washing.  I don't know...the water isn't that soapy or dirty for me to worry about rinsing hair. I don't like turning on fresh water because its a pain to get the temp right and see no sense in running more.

baths in general just don't make the most sense...sitting in "dirty" water so I don't see rinsing hair as any worse than any aspect of a bath. 

sundaygirl

I am too busy trying to get him to not drink bath water to notice much else.  I do it Steve's way, Cole does it your way.  Good to know that some of you ladies are as weird as my husband.  

egpitt22

sundaygirl:

I am too busy trying to get him to not drink bath water to notice much else.  I do it Steve's way, Cole does it your way.  Good to know that some of you ladies are as weird as my husband.  

Jake is past the drinking stage, but you would think that we don't allow Liam to have liquids at any other time of the day.  I don't get it!

Luckystar2

sundaygirl:

I am too busy trying to get him to not drink bath water to notice much else.  I do it Steve's way, Cole does it your way.  Good to know that some of you ladies are as weird as my husband.  

same here. Washing hair with the water is way less of an issue than drinking it. I have to stop dd from doing it so many times!

valkaz

I do it either way. DD has really long, curly hair though, so I usually use the shower head hose thing to rinse her hair after I wash it because it gets the soap out better. We do wash her hair first though.

october2004

I am also in Steve's camp. 

lala5507

Luckystar2:

sundaygirl:

I am too busy trying to get him to not drink bath water to notice much else.  I do it Steve's way, Cole does it your way.  Good to know that some of you ladies are as weird as my husband.  

same here. Washing hair with the water is way less of an issue than drinking it. I have to stop dd from doing it so many times!

seriously, what is with drinking the bath water!?!?  If we try to get  dd to drink out of a cup (no lid or straw) when we are out she acts like we're nuts yet she drinks like a pro out of the bath tub cups.