When it comes to parenting, we all know how deeply personal our decisions can be. No one knows our kids like we do, and no one knows what's best for them like we do. So when I heard that certain celebrity parents were getting real about how often they bathed their children, it opened up a whole dialogue online.
Now, celeb parents Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are weighing in.
While appearing on Dax Shepard's armchair podcast, Mila explained: "I didn’t have hot water growing up as a child so I didn’t shower very much anyway."
She and Ashton's children, Wyatt, 6, and Dimitri, 4. are only bathed when they look "dirty."
"If you can see the dirt on them, clean them," Ashton echoed. "Otherwise, there’s no point."
The pair also elaborated on their own hygiene routine.
Sorry, can we just take a moment for the way she described washing her "essential" bits?
PITS AND HOLES!
"I wash my armpits and my crotch daily, and nothing else ever," he admitted. "I got a bar of Lever 2000 that just delivers every time. Nothing else."
"We could care less about their cleanliness," he joked, explaining that their nightly baths were solely a part of their childrne's nighttime routine as babies. "We haven't washed them since. It's been like six years."
"We bathed our children every single night—prior to bed is like the routine," Dax further explained to the women of The View on Tuesday.
Kristen agreed, adding, "Yeah, we forget," to which Jax added, "Sometimes five, six days goes along. I mean, they don't smell."
"And once you get the bacteria, you gotta be like, 'Get in the tub or the shower.' So I don't hate what they're doing. I wait for the stink."
According to the American Academy of Dermatology children ages 6-11 can be bathed once or twice a week unless they've gotten dirty after physical activity.
What do you think about Kristen and Dax's bathing schedule? How long did you go without giving your children a bath? Let us know in the comments below!
h/t: E! Online
Speaking of their daughters Lincoln, 8, and Delta, 6, the actress said: "Well, they do sometimes. I'm a big fan of waiting for the stink. Once you catch a whiff, that's biology's way of letting you know you need to clean it up."
