When do boys take hygienes seriously?

Marialena - posted on 10/04/2009

Quoting Cassandra:

When do boys take hygienes seriously?

I mean from bathing, brushing (teeth/hair), lotioning, etc.

They probably won't, but I express the need to do these things without nagging and I tell my 6 year old why it's important to do them. Like I'll say, "you'll get cavities if you don't brush your teeth" and "you'll smell stinky and no one will want to be around you if you don't take a shower" and that works for him. But, each child is different so might have to do something else, like brushing your own teeth when it's time for him to brush his teeth. Good luck!!! :-)

Marguerite - posted on 10/02/2009

oooh!!!! not until they give up de muck & worms an start wondering bout girls ha.

Laurie - posted on 10/01/2009

When a girl they like tells them they stink!..until then you gotta force them.

Alissar - posted on 09/21/2009

Let him be with you while shopping encourage him to bye shampoos, lotions and perfumes. Be with him in the bathroom telling him how nice the shampoo smells.how soft it makes the hair .And how attractive this perfume smells on you What i mean encourage him.

Denise - posted on 09/20/2009

When they start to pay attention to the girls! My 10 year-old is in to wearing Axe deodorant, and having his hair a certain way. It's pretty funny to see him going through this stage!

Toni - posted on 09/20/2009

I think for me I would tell him "Time for a shower' and that was after hard playing, a hot day, evening after school.And as for brushing his teeth, that was sometimes a fight because most boys don't want to do it. I would basically have to watch him brush. He did get braces and it changed, he was always taking care of his teeth. Taking hygeine seriously would be going in to junior high. All the telling him when to do it and getting after him about how it is important is did pay off. Sometimes the cologne was a little bit stronger on some days LOL

Lori - posted on 09/17/2009

i am so glad i found this post!!! this sounds just like my son!!! i thought i was the only one, at least i now have hope that he will out grow this!!!

Artese - posted on 09/17/2009

Quoting Tracy:

unfortunately I need to tell you that you may have a while to go. Mine are 21 & 19 and I think it was freshman sophmore year in high school. It really wasn't until jr year that they cared what they looked like! Forget the lotion! How many grown men use that!

LOL! I have to tell my husband-28 to put lotion on his ashy feet. He is a brown sugar complexion and yet his feet is as white as a ghost. So funny.

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Artese - posted on 09/17/2009

My twins are 5 and I MAKE them take a shower every other day (unless they had an accident/skid marks) and wash up at the sink on non-shower days. Their school is newly built and they do NOT have a playground. All they have is a black top and some mulch on one side of the area. The only dirt that is on them when they get home is milk, juice/food, or paint. My kids DON'T have a choice, but to take a shower. Bu boys will be boys. They like to play in dirt and to be dirty. They don't like washing their hands, washing their faces or brushing their teeth properly. But again, they just turned 5 on Aug 30th. Things will get better--hopefully.

On the other hand, my 6 year old daughter is very clean. I don't have to make her take a shower, she does it on her own free will. Thank God for good girls.

Suzy - posted on 09/05/2009

I'm GLad i can read this and know i'm not the only one

Tracy - posted on 09/05/2009

unfortunately I need to tell you that you may have a while to go. Mine are 21 & 19 and I think it was freshman sophmore year in high school. It really wasn't until jr year that they cared what they looked like! Forget the lotion! How many grown men use that!

Cassandra - posted on 09/01/2009

I glad that I'm not along with this concern. My old man said, "When he start chasing girl he will change his habits." I guess there is hope after all. Thank everyone for their great comments! We are not gonna give up.

Yesenia Alvarado - posted on 09/01/2009

I think it depends on how old he is. My son started when he was12 I think that's when he first started getting interested in girls because as soon as I heard he liked a certain someone he started to take care of himself , showering, brushing, the works.
Don't worry it will come.

Cindy - posted on 08/13/2009

Quoting Cassandra:

Lisa, that's what my old man said!
Heidi, so you have the same problem...my child is 9yrs!
Cindy, I guess when he starts smelling himself!
Thank yall for the responds!

I have 4 boys my youngest is 11 years old  plus I have 2 16year olds and a 20 year old none of them started caring till they were about 13 or 14 so im still working on the youngest. with the hygene thing it so tiring.

Cindy - posted on 08/13/2009

somewhere between the age of 12 to 14 when the really want to start impressing the girls then you never get them out of the bathroom, you will go broke getting the cologne and body spray for them

Angela - posted on 08/11/2009

hi cassandra my son wont wash he is 14 years old he doesnt seem to care.

he says he doesnt see the point of washing you only get dirty again.he changes his clothes4 or5 times a day i have pointed out to him you dont put clean clothes on a dirty body but he doesnt seem to get it. when he meets a girl hopefully he will start washing

more often. fingers crossed

Christal - posted on 08/10/2009

Here was my trick for my son when I noticed that he was not taking cleaning himself seriously and mind you for some of it I am still hounding him everyday. I took him to the store and let him pick out his shampoo and bodywash even the color of the toothbrush that he would use. Amazingly, he started using them and actually cleaning himself cause now he is a man. lol. I say whatever works

Maureen - posted on 08/10/2009

my son is 17 and he still has to be told!

Leigh - posted on 08/10/2009

My son really started wanting to take baths when he turned about 10 I guess now I have to fuss at him to get out of the shower after 30 mins, so He'll come around.

Jessica - posted on 08/10/2009

my boys didn't really start caring about that stuff until about age 10 or 11. it's almost like potty training. they will care about that stuff when they are ready. all you can do is keep on them and make sure they shower ect...and eventually you won't have to do that anymore. i even used to tell my boys i can smell them so other people can to. but i said it in a way that wouldn't give them a complex or make them fell bad about themselves.

Karen - posted on 08/10/2009

My son is 15 and I still have to beg him to brush his teeth, be patient it will happen, I hope at least

Rosemary - posted on 08/10/2009

it is not until girls are important, my son is now twenty and by the time he started high school he started taking them without being nagged and reminded constantly, however my son who is 12 is still being reminded daily and nagged every other day

Teresa - posted on 08/09/2009

probably around middle school and it involves girls one son has always been clean and the other Ive had to practicaly make sure he was in the shower not just running water over his head

Denise - posted on 08/08/2009

I am so glad to hear that my son (who is 13) is not the only one who has this issue. I think they will get interested when they have an incentive to clean themselves. Maybe when they get interested in girls and don't want to be embarrassed, or something like that. Until then, I think it is rather common. That's what I hear anyway.

Tina - posted on 08/08/2009

Too F'n funny - Heidi i am LMAO - so feel it!

Heidi - posted on 08/08/2009

When he tarts smelling himself.. LOL they dont smell themselves we are the ones stuck gaging.. You know that saying a skunk cant smell his own scent..

I believe that 100% my son smells so bad. I tell him and he looks at me like my face is on upside down or sideways . And then gets mad when i have to tell him to shower brush teeth put pit rub on or even change his sox and undies.. oh... I sure hope he gets it soon ~

Farrah - posted on 08/08/2009

My son is 12 and at about the age of 10 is when he started with the hoke hygeine thing so if he id not ten yet you may have a while.

Laura - posted on 08/08/2009

My son takes showers a couple times a day, constantly wants a bath, I have to tell him no. Brushing his teeth is a challenge. I say, "You have so many germs in your mouth from not brushing your teeth". He will, sometimes I have to help him. He likes to use my mousse or hairspray to spike up his hair a bit. Everyday I remind him to wash his hands after toilet and before dinner and after he plays outside.

Autumn - posted on 08/08/2009

This is a good discussion. My boys are so different from one another...my older one started taking the initiative at around 12. My now 13yrold still could care less.

Tina - posted on 08/08/2009

Going throught the same thing - this boy (11 yrs old) would go for days without brushing his teeth! It drives me crazy! And to put on deodorant? forget about it! It's a constant battle!

Stacy - posted on 08/08/2009

I know aren't they ridiculous sometimes...lol. I believe it's when they start taking an interest in girls and want to be notied by them. I've recently had to become the cologne patrol for my 13 year old...they go from not wanting to shower or anything to completely over doing it with the hair gel and the cologne...LMAO =)

April - posted on 08/08/2009

Oh my goodness!! I was just asking myself that same ? yesterday...lol

Kathy - posted on 08/08/2009

Hi, I have two boys 8 & 10 years old. I find that they love their baths so they can play with their dinosaurs, planes, etc... As for the teeth and the hair, we're still working on it, I have to constantly remind them to brush their teeth, and to wash every crevis and the hair also is an important factor and needs to be washed. Good luck...

Antoinette - posted on 08/08/2009

when they get embarrased

Cassandra - posted on 08/07/2009

Lisa, that's what my old man said!

Heidi, so you have the same problem...my child is 9yrs!

Cindy, I guess when he starts smelling himself!

Thank yall for the responds!

Cindy - posted on 08/07/2009

My son turned 15 today and has actually started to take a shower without being asked to. There is hope!

Heidi - posted on 08/07/2009

I'm asking the same question! I have a 9 year old who is suddenly allergic to soap. I don;t have the answer. We have always enforced good habits.

Lisa - posted on 08/07/2009

ONLY !!! When it involves a girl. Wheather it be 5 or 18.