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I am diagnosed adhd, she is not. She has always hated the bath, even as a baby. And we’ve had a deal up until now that she only has to shower every other day. It was the only way she would do it without a fight. She still complains and sometimes cries, but is resigned to do it every other day because it’s what we compromised on. Her complaints are that it’s boring and there are too many steps. I have offered to come help, for example washing her waist length hair for her. But she stopped having me do that over the past several months. She is fairly motivated to be independent. Once she is in the shower she often gets distracted and can spend nearly an hour if I’m not reminding her that she was going to do something when she got out. So it doesn’t seem she hates it as much as she claims to once she is in there. Anyway, lately I’ve noticed some body odor after long days of playing/sweating. I mentioned to her a few weeks ago that when she starts going through puberty daily showers would be preferred and I took her to the store and we bought her a stick of deodorant. She was very excited about it for like two days and now she can’t find it but doesn’t think that matters because she isn’t going through puberty anyway. Haha. I refuse to tell her she smells or is gross or dirty- that’s how I was raised. But, It seems it’s coming sooner than I expected. Or at least sooner than my other two kids. I am just hoping to help her take care of herself and not have it be a sore spot and wondered if anyone had any life hacks for her. Or advice for me

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