Kristen BellandDax Shepardare clarifying their stance on personal hygiene.
The couple — who share daughtersLincoln, 8, andDelta, 6½ — made headlines recently when they revealedthey bathed their kids less frequently as they got older, Bell even saying onThe Viewlast week that she’s “a big fan of waiting for the stink.”
On Monday, the pair further explained their philosophy, making it clear they weren’t joking around.
“It’s notso muchof a joke that I wait for the stink,” Bell, 41, said during an interview withDaily Blast Live. “That tells you when they need to bathe.”
Shepard, 46, chimed in, adding that they didn’t always approach their kids' hygiene that way.
“We had said, we did bathe them religiously for the first few years when the bedtime routine was so vital,” he said. “Once that wasn’t required to get them to go to sleep, yeah, we took our foot off the gas.”
TheArmchair Expertpodcast host went on to praise his wife. “I’ll just say, for America, Kristen has better hygiene than me,” he said. “So I think in general, because Kristen wears makeup more often than I do, she has to take it off.”
“I’m not in that stuff that often, so I onlyhave towhen either a smell is present or I’m in that stuff,” Shepard added of his own bathing habits, later admitting that they “could be better.”
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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard.Nathan Congleton/NBC/Getty
Bell then pointed out that there is also an environmental reason not to bathe every day.
“This is the other thing — isCalifornia has been in a drought for ever,” theGood Placestar said. “… it’s just like, responsibility for your environment. We don’t have a ton of water, so when I shower, I’ll grab the girls and push them in there with me so we all use the same shower water.”
“I don’t know, it just happens whenever it happens, I guess,” the actress added.
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard.Kristen Bell/instagram
Bathing babies too much with soap “can dry out his or her skin,” according to theMayo Clinic.
TheAmerican Academy of Dermatology Associationsay on their website that kids ages 6 to 11 “may not need a daily bath,” but should at least wash once or twice a week.
“If you can see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there’s no point,” Kunis said.
source: people.com
