I’m not sure I’m even allowed to post here, as I’m new to Reddit. Anyway, 1982 rural Michigan here, and this was my experience, too. And damned if my own nearly 6 year old isn’t the same way…. I do use a big plastic cup to rinse him, though. And do my level best not to actually waterboard him.
I do wanna keep him motivated to bathe himself - in a timely fashion. 😂
I was just pointing out that the comment above me was claiming that the “tear free” was referring to brushing the hair afterwards which is absolutely not what the commercials used to claim
Holy shit the gaslighting I got when I used to cry when I was little and my parents would pour the shampoo and water straight into my face and tell me it didn’t hurt my eyes because it was “no tears”- ha ha! I feel so validated!
One Halloween, it had to have been maybe 1990 because I was young, like six or seven, Dad (1938-2017) thought he’d tell me the story about the little boy who ate the poisoned pixy stix, while dangling one in my face.
What he failed to tell me that I found out maybe 10 years later through the Internet was that he was referencing the specific case of Ronald Clark O’ Bryan… he didn’t even tell me the dad did it to try to get insurance money off of his kid, because he had accumulated a lot of debt from gambling if I recall correctly.
It’s just the way the Texas Department of criminal justice used to keep the death row files. They used to scan the paper directly and put it on the website (90s) and now they just use a template.
My pediatrician recently told me that despite it's reputation for being designed for babies, their products dry out baby's skin much more than other products like Aveeno.
I may not quite be a xennial. But that experience was definitely one of my core memories, and also why I had a disdain for every “no tears” product. Beginning to suspect my mum rubbed it in my eyes.
Technically, childhood trauma begins in the womb because being born as a traumatic event for both the mother and the child. Sadistic doctors everywhere recognize this, and study as to see how much childhood trauma can be stacked into one child!
Don’t you remember there was this god-awful experiment where they took a baby and they put him through all sorts of trauma and distress, and they never helped him recover.
I hated that stuff so much. That disgusting pallid yellowish color. That off-putting smell. The searing feeling of betrayal as the foam entered my eyes.
So hilariously, my mom DID have one of those weird head things for when she was rinsing my hair. It wasn't a detachable. It was just a foam runner circle with a hole in the middle for the head. And somewhere I have a picture proving it because she used it also as a Halloween costume for me (I was a sunflower so I just wore it around my face with a green sweatshirt and sweatpants). But it was yellow (like that 70's yellow even though it was like 1982/83). Yes when I was older I did get washed like the second kid, and I watched my husband wash my girls like that when they were younger (he had so much more patience for their bath time than me).
I didn't use anything like that with my kids, they probably would have just pulled it off anyway. I just opted to water board them like you are supposed to.
Omg- my sisters and I had hair down to our waists and my mom would let us run around outside with it down. She was RUTHLESS washing and ripping through it later with a brush/comb. We always had shampoo in our eyes. My dad used to butt in and say “I’ll give you something to cry about…”. 😟 I never understood why they had three children if they didn’t even really like us.
Lol then once you're trusted to wash yourself you get criticized. Banging on the door, You're using too much hot water! You're taking too long! The septic system is gonna fill up and you're gonna pay to have it pumped!
"Fill up those milk jugs while you run the water so you don't waste any! And turn off the water when you aren't rinsing anything off, I don't care if it's cold when you turn it back on!"
I have friends who are teachers and I can confidently say based on the stories I've heard that our generation raises entitled little shits who can't read.
Anyone else get their hair washed in the kitchen sink? I had totally forgotten about that but this jogged a memory of laying in the kitchen counter with my head over the sink.
I got lice in elementary school, and my dad held me fully upside down in the air to wash my hair in the kitchen sink because he couldn't figure out how else to keep the lice shampoo from getting in my eyes
omg, core memory unlocked: looking down into the kitchen sink as my mom put that weird smelling chemical stuff in my hair and painfully lice-combed it for god knows how long... I think I was in 3rd grade?
I remember her telling me if it happened again, she was just gonna cut all my hair off. Like I'd made a poor decision to get lice?
Memory unlocked. I didn't know I'd even had my hair washed in the kitchen sink until you conjured the memory of rinsing out shampoo with that sink sprayer.
Not the kitchen sink but my mother would hold me down by the scruff of my neck and wash my hair as if she was washing a dog; I imagine that the sink would be much the same.
once, during a lice scare, but my mother had me lay across the stove due to the layout of the kitchen. all the little pot supports were very uncomfortable.
My dad would put spit on his handkerchief to wipe my mouth every Sunday dinner out after church. Apparently they thought my disgust was funny because the joke of putting his handkerchief to his mouth and saying "come here a second" went on for several more years.
When I lost my first tooth my dad brought his hands in to examine my mouth but forget he had a lit cigarette in one and burned my cheek. He still feels bad 4 decades on
But if you ever get a really bad hair dye job, a dollop of Prell mixed with a little bit of baking soda works as an excellent color-stripper. Was given this advice by a cosmetologist after accidentally giving myself a blue rinse.
My cousin has a very chill 1 year old baby, and I've seen him being bathed with no problem. They don't even have a shampoo hat, just gently lean his head back so it doesn't go in his eyes and he's all fine and happy.
She told me her dad/baby's Grandpa somehow managed to bathe the baby like the dad in this video and baby was in hysterics. Like... how? It seems like you have to go out of your way to put shampoo in the baby's face. Why are our parents like this?
Mannn I still razz my mom about that time she used the hottest water imaginable when washing my hair (she didn’t realize), it’s the “green apple and burnt flesh” incident
this is half true. For the real truth, the shampoo would've been Selsun Blue and the face and eyes would be covered in a light, blue-green color with the kid screaming how it's burning the eyes and the parents like, "oh, no it's not. it'll be over soon"
They have them in the baby section at walmart, my kids hated having them around their head, but we had a cup with forehead padding, instead. That was 15 years ago though.
I had to wash my friend's 10 yo daughter's hair, after dying it. OMG, girl couldn't coup with having any water on her head or face. She thought she was going to drown.
At first, I told her to go wash her hair. She came out 10 minutes later, with blue dye still in her hair. Now, we are 10 minutes past timing, so I had to wash it out.
My god she was crying with just a little water going over her head. I was shocked as hell.
Funny. But my mom was very gentle and used a large plastic cup to rinse the shampoo. I’m doing the same for my daughter. Kids can get ear infections if they get water in their ear. Gotta be careful.
Same, but my son hates shower and bath time till he gets to just stand in the hot rain, so getting him rinsed is much more like the 2nd part of the video.
That’s annoying, here’s a gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/business/johnson-johnson-takes-first-step-in-removal-of-questionable-chemicals-from-products.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.HmaA.3_IsLYmP2cd8&smid=nytcore-ios-share
NGL I have a son with Special Needs and sometimes I have to wash him just to make sure the boy actually cleans himself. And well yeah, this brings up memories lol
My aunt used to babysit me a lot when I was a little kid. She worked as a CNA at a nursing home, and she'd scrub me down like she scrubbed down those old people. If that isn't motivation enough for learning how to wash yourself
My mom would run lukewarm water for me in the tub, then promise she'd "be right back," but she would leave me alone for an hour. I fell asleep in the tub almost every single time I took a bath.
I don't remember being bathed by my mom. I just remember doing everything myself at 4 years old when I started kindergarten and getting a key to the house. I do remember being criticized for my bathing practices I must have learned before memories solidly formed though lol.
That one time my mom finally got fed up and decided to do the bar of soap thing because my mouth was out of control, but we were out of bar soap so I beer-bonged a bottle of neutrogena hand wash.
While I appreciate that the new tool makes it easier on kids, my moms desire to remove all the skin on my face with a 20 year old wash cloth provided much motivation to do it myself as soon as possible.
Ah, memories...
"You're getting soap in my eyyeees! 😭😭😭"
"Then stop moving your head!😡"
Seriously though...I feel like younger parents benefit from more gadgets and such to help them with tasks. There's a lot of baby items today that simply didn't exist 30 years ago. Like, I've never seen that water-catching crown thing before, but damn that's a good idea.
kellzbellznhellz@reddit
I’m not sure I’m even allowed to post here, as I’m new to Reddit. Anyway, 1982 rural Michigan here, and this was my experience, too. And damned if my own nearly 6 year old isn’t the same way…. I do use a big plastic cup to rinse him, though. And do my level best not to actually waterboard him.
I do wanna keep him motivated to bathe himself - in a timely fashion. 😂
Deep-Interest9947@reddit
This made me laugh in a way dumb videos rarely do.
Atillion@reddit
Me too lol those slaps
Sufficient_Turn_9209@reddit
The slaps are what made me go from smiling to lol too.
pnw__halfwatt@reddit
It was the aggressive face scrubbing for me. I can still feel the soap burning the inside of my nose.
WithoutDennisNedry@reddit
He started laughing and that’s when I bust up lol
tinglep@reddit
Hit too close to home for me 😂
MistaRekt@reddit
The shampoo is everywhere EXCEPT the hair!
msguider@reddit
I had to turn on the sound and then I laughed too hard.
_sissy_hankshaw_@reddit
I laughed so so damn hard
Bachitra@reddit
Lol same here
tackywitch@reddit
I remember my father using doctor broner’s on us. Peppermint scented. You do not want that in your eyes.
Sufficient_Turn_9209@reddit
Omg I use that to make insecticidal soap for my plants!
touslesmatins@reddit
It's got a million uses!
Paradox2063@reddit
I don't want it on my scalp!
Due-Reflection-1835@reddit
That is the strongest soap on the planet, I got some once for camping. Entertaining reading material on the bottle though
luvmibratt@reddit
I laughed so hard at this,With ivory soap too,stripping any moisture you have left in your body burning the shit out of my eyes
HomelessKitchenCat@reddit
I remember looking at the "No Tears" bottle and realizing the world is a lie
Cold-Nefariousness25@reddit
I wasn't the only one who thought I was going to suffocate or get spanked every. single. shower?
Cool, cool.
snarkerella@reddit
I learned later that it meant no tears when you brush your hair because it makes your hair smooth and helps be tangle free. Yet that's a lie, too
Powerful_Wombat@reddit
This isn't true, the marketing used to claim "As gentle to eyes as pure water"
Assika126@reddit
Water hurts too if you get it in your eyes
Powerful_Wombat@reddit
I was just pointing out that the comment above me was claiming that the “tear free” was referring to brushing the hair afterwards which is absolutely not what the commercials used to claim
Assika126@reddit
True also
Dad3mass@reddit
Holy shit the gaslighting I got when I used to cry when I was little and my parents would pour the shampoo and water straight into my face and tell me it didn’t hurt my eyes because it was “no tears”- ha ha! I feel so validated!
Global-Jury8810@reddit
You had very mean parents.
Dad3mass@reddit
Many hours of therapy later would seem to attest to that.
Global-Jury8810@reddit
One Halloween, it had to have been maybe 1990 because I was young, like six or seven, Dad (1938-2017) thought he’d tell me the story about the little boy who ate the poisoned pixy stix, while dangling one in my face.
What he failed to tell me that I found out maybe 10 years later through the Internet was that he was referencing the specific case of Ronald Clark O’ Bryan… he didn’t even tell me the dad did it to try to get insurance money off of his kid, because he had accumulated a lot of debt from gambling if I recall correctly.
TreeCertain6473@reddit
regret clicking that link
Global-Jury8810@reddit
It’s just the way the Texas Department of criminal justice used to keep the death row files. They used to scan the paper directly and put it on the website (90s) and now they just use a template.
TreeCertain6473@reddit
that's great, didn't want to know what that father did, that's fucked up
Global-Jury8810@reddit
If you don’t wanna know things don’t go on Reddit.
TreeCertain6473@reddit
the reply I put was more for others than to discuss with you :)
Global-Jury8810@reddit
I’ll block you to avoid future confusion. This is no problem on my part.
jx2002@reddit
the fuck? Marketing absolutely out of control over at J&J
ottovonbizmarkie@reddit
My pediatrician recently told me that despite it's reputation for being designed for babies, their products dry out baby's skin much more than other products like Aveeno.
sentient_fox@reddit
I still want 1" medical tape back. Those fuckers... give it back!!
Mysterious-Award-197@reddit
That is not what it meant at all and they even had the tear shape on it and everything. They just lied.
FreddyNoodles@reddit
Yeah, I mentioned that the other and some woman was REALLY angry at me. I still am not totally sure why.
covfefe-boy@reddit
Actually it was ”No, tears”
SevenPadThais@reddit
Hahahaha 🤣
Global-Jury8810@reddit
No more, tears No, more tears.
Am1AllowedToCry@reddit
Works on contingency?
No, money down!
SlumberingSnorelax@reddit
It doesn’t matter what’s in the bottle when you’re getting the crap smacked out of you.
Lost-Average8108@reddit
NO MORE TEARS 🎶
Global-Jury8810@reddit
OZZY FOREVER!
Turkatron2020@reddit
Tears? Yes
Global-Jury8810@reddit
Nothin’ but tears! There we go, it’s fixed for accuracy.
Ok-Criticism6874@reddit
No, Moret ears
Global-Jury8810@reddit
Moret must be a sadist who loves hearing children cry in the tub.
originalbrowncoat@reddit
Oh they got this thing all screwed up
Durakus@reddit
I may not quite be a xennial. But that experience was definitely one of my core memories, and also why I had a disdain for every “no tears” product. Beginning to suspect my mum rubbed it in my eyes.
atheistpianist@reddit
Therapist: “and when did your childhood trauma begin?”
Global-Jury8810@reddit
Technically, childhood trauma begins in the womb because being born as a traumatic event for both the mother and the child. Sadistic doctors everywhere recognize this, and study as to see how much childhood trauma can be stacked into one child!
Joker-Smurf@reddit
Life is a sexually transmitted disease
atheistpianist@reddit
I am absolutely stealing that!
Global-Jury8810@reddit
Don’t you remember there was this god-awful experiment where they took a baby and they put him through all sorts of trauma and distress, and they never helped him recover.
Late-Button-6559@reddit
You mis-read.
The shampoo stopped your skin from tearing.
Jolly-Persimmon-7775@reddit
Don’t forget the baby powder that causes cancer!
melanthius@reddit
I hated that stuff so much. That disgusting pallid yellowish color. That off-putting smell. The searing feeling of betrayal as the foam entered my eyes.
BlondeAlibiNoLie@reddit
This is deep. Hits me hard. So true.
Nrmlgirl777@reddit
😂😂😂👏🏽
Diligent-Resist8271@reddit
So hilariously, my mom DID have one of those weird head things for when she was rinsing my hair. It wasn't a detachable. It was just a foam runner circle with a hole in the middle for the head. And somewhere I have a picture proving it because she used it also as a Halloween costume for me (I was a sunflower so I just wore it around my face with a green sweatshirt and sweatpants). But it was yellow (like that 70's yellow even though it was like 1982/83). Yes when I was older I did get washed like the second kid, and I watched my husband wash my girls like that when they were younger (he had so much more patience for their bath time than me).
Trick_Marketing_9567@reddit
Oh god, getting the Head & Shoulders in my eyes and mouth. How I maintained vision is remarkable.
DifficultChildhood18@reddit
I didn't use anything like that with my kids, they probably would have just pulled it off anyway. I just opted to water board them like you are supposed to.
Trick_Marketing_9567@reddit
The way nature intended lol
ASherrets@reddit
Omg- my sisters and I had hair down to our waists and my mom would let us run around outside with it down. She was RUTHLESS washing and ripping through it later with a brush/comb. We always had shampoo in our eyes. My dad used to butt in and say “I’ll give you something to cry about…”. 😟 I never understood why they had three children if they didn’t even really like us.
MontCali@reddit
🤣 🤣 🤣
henry_canabanana@reddit
Somehow maybe our gen suffered from that and therefore such products are invented
Specialist-Leek8645@reddit
Lol then once you're trusted to wash yourself you get criticized. Banging on the door, You're using too much hot water! You're taking too long! The septic system is gonna fill up and you're gonna pay to have it pumped!
tokudama@reddit
"Fill up those milk jugs while you run the water so you don't waste any! And turn off the water when you aren't rinsing anything off, I don't care if it's cold when you turn it back on!"
CosmicMamaBear@reddit
You used too much soap! You missed a spot!
Sikkus@reddit
You didn't use the right soap. You splashed water everywhere. You shit gold that you use so much water?
Global-Jury8810@reddit
Why did the bath crown have to be a new thing?
markuspeloquin@reddit
It's not new. Some form of it was around 35 years ago. I remember seeing an ad and wishing I had it.
Global-Jury8810@reddit
I see 35 years ago I was born 43 years ago
Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit
Most I got was a towel to hold over my face at the sink.
OneHumanBill@reddit
Which promptly got soaked through and started dripping, right?
Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit
Oh yeah, but it kept the bubbles out my eyes. I love the little crowns or visor things they make now
6ynnad@reddit
How many of us are worried about passing on generational fuckery?
Maleficent_Glove_477@reddit
As a millenial I can confirm. It made me laugh out loud.
Double-Tradition413@reddit
We are better Parents.
Vox_Mortem@reddit
I have friends who are teachers and I can confidently say based on the stories I've heard that our generation raises entitled little shits who can't read.
inaneant@reddit
As a former teacher, I second this opinion
Khymira@reddit
My youngest two may be entitled, but my son can read circles around people twice his age 😂
Aware_Policy_9174@reddit
Anyone else get their hair washed in the kitchen sink? I had totally forgotten about that but this jogged a memory of laying in the kitchen counter with my head over the sink.
sapient_pearwood_@reddit
I got lice in elementary school, and my dad held me fully upside down in the air to wash my hair in the kitchen sink because he couldn't figure out how else to keep the lice shampoo from getting in my eyes
CarevaRuha@reddit
omg, core memory unlocked: looking down into the kitchen sink as my mom put that weird smelling chemical stuff in my hair and painfully lice-combed it for god knows how long... I think I was in 3rd grade?
I remember her telling me if it happened again, she was just gonna cut all my hair off. Like I'd made a poor decision to get lice?
The-Crawling-Chaos@reddit
I can see this situation happening on a sitcom. Comedy gold.
OmegaRainicorn@reddit
I was a kitchen sink kid as well, gotta use the sink sprayer at this high class grandma’s house salon.
Sufficient_Turn_9209@reddit
Memory unlocked. I didn't know I'd even had my hair washed in the kitchen sink until you conjured the memory of rinsing out shampoo with that sink sprayer.
Aware_Policy_9174@reddit
Yes! We moved a lot and one house had a sprayer which made it much easier.
Solid-Hedgehog9623@reddit
CaughtALiteSneez@reddit
My mom used to wash her own hair in the kitchen sink, never got it.
I shower twice a day, I love showers.
iStoleTheHobo@reddit
Not the kitchen sink but my mother would hold me down by the scruff of my neck and wash my hair as if she was washing a dog; I imagine that the sink would be much the same.
Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit
I did and my nieces still do.
Aware_Policy_9174@reddit
Glad to hear the tradition continues. If I hadn’t been so tender headed it would probably have been relaxing. But not the way my mom did it.
Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit
My mom had no patience for detangling. I started doing it myself out of self preservation.
I_like_flowers_@reddit
once, during a lice scare, but my mother had me lay across the stove due to the layout of the kitchen. all the little pot supports were very uncomfortable.
OPzee19@reddit
Ohh yeahhh
spazilator@reddit
Holy fuck it’s all coming back
cantwejustplaynice@reddit
Actually, I did have a shower crown as a baby in the late 70's. It was blue! But I'm also part Asian. Maybe Asian mum's love their babies more?
Twentysak@reddit
Reported for using my likeness without my permission 😃😅
Jasion128@reddit
My dad would lick his Nicotine stained thumb and wipe my face
Whatchab@reddit
Don't forget the dipping the napkin into the water glass in a restaurant and poking at your face with it. Disgusting.
Sufficient_Turn_9209@reddit
My dad would put spit on his handkerchief to wipe my mouth every Sunday dinner out after church. Apparently they thought my disgust was funny because the joke of putting his handkerchief to his mouth and saying "come here a second" went on for several more years.
Whatchab@reddit
YUCK!!
Scrotchety@reddit
When I lost my first tooth my dad brought his hands in to examine my mouth but forget he had a lit cigarette in one and burned my cheek. He still feels bad 4 decades on
FreddyNoodles@reddit
Biguitarnerd@reddit
You know… it’s times like this when I realize someone always had it worse.
I mean, maybe I had it rough with other things but today I am grateful that my cigar smoking dad didn’t lick his finger and rub it on my face.
I hope your day is wonderful stranger.
affectionateanarchy8@reddit
The slap LMAO oh man and I had a lot of hair too, wash day was miserable as a kid
myfrigginagates@reddit
My mom used to use Prell Shampoo on us. I've used de-greasers that weren't as strong as Prell.
Sufficient_Turn_9209@reddit
Puts the oooh in shampoo.
InstantTurnOn@reddit
But if you ever get a really bad hair dye job, a dollop of Prell mixed with a little bit of baking soda works as an excellent color-stripper. Was given this advice by a cosmetologist after accidentally giving myself a blue rinse.
vikio@reddit
My cousin has a very chill 1 year old baby, and I've seen him being bathed with no problem. They don't even have a shampoo hat, just gently lean his head back so it doesn't go in his eyes and he's all fine and happy.
She told me her dad/baby's Grandpa somehow managed to bathe the baby like the dad in this video and baby was in hysterics. Like... how? It seems like you have to go out of your way to put shampoo in the baby's face. Why are our parents like this?
ONROSREPUS@reddit
The only thing missing is almost being drown.
TheVenetianMask@reddit
And the water hot enough to boil eggs.
AQualityKoalaTeacher@reddit
And occasionally getting brained on the tub faucet.
Sufficient_Turn_9209@reddit
Or chafing your ass on those no slip flower appliqués.
AQualityKoalaTeacher@reddit
Ooooh, look at fancypants here, whose parents protected them from shower falls.
In my house, if you got injured it was because you were lacking as a person and should have done better.
Uhohtallyho@reddit
I cannot stop laughing about us all having this shared traumatic experience.
The-Crawling-Chaos@reddit
It’s one of our generations right of passage haha
alfalfalfalafel@reddit
or just cold. plain cold.
HotCollar5@reddit
Mannn I still razz my mom about that time she used the hottest water imaginable when washing my hair (she didn’t realize), it’s the “green apple and burnt flesh” incident
CT_7@reddit
Forgot your mom or dad giving you the hose shower in the driveway after the beach totally nude
Imnotonthelist@reddit
My grandma helping me dig sand out of my bathing suit bottom 😂
hangryvegan@reddit
Mine at least let us get hosed in the back yard.
Big_Particular7643@reddit
Can't forget the quick washcloth in the crack and immediately to the face.
sarcastic_sybarite83@reddit
Those extra fun baptism dunks where you might see the light.
AngledAwry@reddit
This made bust out so loud!!! It was TORTURE and you couldn't complain...
morilythari@reddit
Immediately thought about this amazing post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/189zlto/tifu_by_flowering_while_showering_into_my_20s/
MeinRadio@reddit
My first thought as well, came looking for it!
CherryCherry5@reddit
I think about this post every single time I wash my hair.
jimkurth81@reddit
this is half true. For the real truth, the shampoo would've been Selsun Blue and the face and eyes would be covered in a light, blue-green color with the kid screaming how it's burning the eyes and the parents like, "oh, no it's not. it'll be over soon"
BigClockHugeWalls@reddit
“Now” - something no one has ever seen
Tf is this head flower thing? I’ve never seen that, don’t tell me that’s how it is now.
genivae@reddit
They have them in the baby section at walmart, my kids hated having them around their head, but we had a cup with forehead padding, instead. That was 15 years ago though.
walkinghrviolation86@reddit
Anyone else have the fear of public bathrooms ? That’s where my parents would take me to beat my ass if I got out of line in stores or restaurants ?
whitedsepdivine@reddit
I had to wash my friend's 10 yo daughter's hair, after dying it. OMG, girl couldn't coup with having any water on her head or face. She thought she was going to drown.
At first, I told her to go wash her hair. She came out 10 minutes later, with blue dye still in her hair. Now, we are 10 minutes past timing, so I had to wash it out.
My god she was crying with just a little water going over her head. I was shocked as hell.
mtron32@reddit
I tried that shit in my daughter hated it. If I get her to cooperate, I can wash and rinse her hair without it going in and around the ears and eyes
TinkTink3@reddit
They actually did have these in the 80s because I had to get one as a child because I was so scared of getting water in my face
poop_chute_riot@reddit
Yeah, this unlocked a memory for me. Mine was a yellow foam hat/halo thing.
Whatchab@reddit
Ahhhhh don't get me started on the hair detangling and fixing. WHY IS MY PONY TAIL SO TIGHT?!
caryn1477@reddit
Oh God, I can feel that statement.
Historical_Artist_78@reddit
Flowering while showering isn’t new to at least one redditor… https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/s/7M2yhsGMAw
ES_Legman@reddit
Is this our version of going to school fighting bears on the way
Shigglyboo@reddit
Funny. But my mom was very gentle and used a large plastic cup to rinse the shampoo. I’m doing the same for my daughter. Kids can get ear infections if they get water in their ear. Gotta be careful.
yournamehere10bucks@reddit
Same, but my son hates shower and bath time till he gets to just stand in the hot rain, so getting him rinsed is much more like the 2nd part of the video.
putapadrino@reddit
Fuckkk I had ear infections CONSTANTLY
Chemical_Butterfly40@reddit
This just explained why I have scar tissue on my ear drums
mrspelunx@reddit
Isn’t there still baby shampoo?
acommentator@reddit
Yup, they even removed the Formaldehyde in 2014!
https://archive.is/Qc41L
Tall-Introduction414@reddit
It seems my ISP blocks archive.is.
Fuck, I hate 2026.
acommentator@reddit
That’s annoying, here’s a gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/business/johnson-johnson-takes-first-step-in-removal-of-questionable-chemicals-from-products.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.HmaA.3_IsLYmP2cd8&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Tall-Introduction414@reddit
Aw. Bless you and thank you, stranger.
Drewskeet@reddit
We're making our kids weak! /s
nbartl@reddit
I used no more tears shampoo in my goggles and burned the shit out of my eyes. So much for no more tears.
uwu_mewtwo@reddit
Baby shampoo is still shampoo. It's not nearly so bad as the regular stuff to get in your eyes, but you still don't want to get it in your eyes.
Hntrbdnshog@reddit
It’s still around.
pasghettiii@reddit
The casual slaps 😭
BobbaYagga57@reddit
Lmao truth. I relate to this so much
mbgameshw@reddit
I lol’d
mbgameshw@reddit
Makes me think. How affected are we? Still… I lol’d
kaitria@reddit
Stop moving! slap
IpeeInclosets@reddit
Stop screaming, slap slap.
MyNameIsNot_Molly@reddit
Just wait until the hairbrush came out. I might still have a lump on the side of my head from that thing.
OmegaRainicorn@reddit
Hugs!!
That hair brush was the worst, wasn’t it!!
peteywheatstraw420@reddit
NGL I have a son with Special Needs and sometimes I have to wash him just to make sure the boy actually cleans himself. And well yeah, this brings up memories lol
HeightExtra320@reddit
Them slaps slap !
Josephthebear@reddit
"Just tilt your head back so you don't get soap in your eyes"
Begins to puur all the soap into your eyes
TowJammer212@reddit
Or just don't use one. It's very useful for kids to learn how to get splashed in the face.
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elphaba00@reddit
My aunt used to babysit me a lot when I was a little kid. She worked as a CNA at a nursing home, and she'd scrub me down like she scrubbed down those old people. If that isn't motivation enough for learning how to wash yourself
SlackerDS5@reddit
Wait, they actually using shampoo? Like Johnson’s and Johnsons? I was smelling like Palmolive dish soap for most of my childhood.
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Gluten_maximus@reddit
I was wondering if these were making a comeback until I saw what sub I was in lol
_buffy_summers@reddit
My mom would run lukewarm water for me in the tub, then promise she'd "be right back," but she would leave me alone for an hour. I fell asleep in the tub almost every single time I took a bath.
vitaoptima@reddit
The slaps were the funniest part! LOL
ruico@reddit
... and accurate.
StreetYak6590@reddit
Sad
sentient_fox@reddit
I had headphones on and it was basey as fuck! Dropped my food!
1der1derer@reddit
Yep! This was my older brother with my mom 😆🤣😂😭.
dispassioned@reddit
I don't remember being bathed by my mom. I just remember doing everything myself at 4 years old when I started kindergarten and getting a key to the house. I do remember being criticized for my bathing practices I must have learned before memories solidly formed though lol.
Perfect-Comedian-639@reddit
Have 2 daughters. Still do it old ways, sorry.
DangerousLoner@reddit
The worst part about Sunday night. Ugh! The big bath and hair being rebraided. So tight!
Zombifiedmom@reddit
Thanks for showing me I'm a better parent than my parents.
False-Cookie3379@reddit
Mmm I can still taste the bar of gold dial soap!!
Many_Homo@reddit
"why did you not like showering as a kid?"
Noah_Pasta1312@reddit
I dont know about you guys but im glad my kids didn't have it as bad as me...
earthwormjimjones@reddit
Holy shit, I audibly laughed out loud at that 🤣🤣🤣
kathatter75@reddit
This took me back to getting the brush to my head if I wouldn’t sit still while Mom was fixing it.
A_Bad_Man@reddit
That one time my mom finally got fed up and decided to do the bar of soap thing because my mouth was out of control, but we were out of bar soap so I beer-bonged a bottle of neutrogena hand wash.
bussysniffer3000@reddit
Forgot to squeeze the bottle of soap in their eyes to be more accurate
triggoon@reddit
While I appreciate that the new tool makes it easier on kids, my moms desire to remove all the skin on my face with a 20 year old wash cloth provided much motivation to do it myself as soon as possible.
prettyokdiscgolfer@reddit
Those smacks!
MiaRia963@reddit
Seriously that made me laugh out loud. It's so true. But my kids don't have those hats.
wh33t@reddit
Oh, is waterboarding disguised as hair washing not a thing anymore?
Elchochis@reddit
The slap 🤣🤣🤣
WorstITTechnician@reddit
https://i.redd.it/z2qe0vg0lq0h1.gif
AvidCyclist250@reddit
No contest
graveybrains@reddit
Are you down with the crown?
sentient_fox@reddit
Super funny, but i feel like we've made progress.
ojdhaze@reddit
Then precede to dry you like they would dry the damn dog!
NotEntirelyShure@reddit
The hot rough flannel. Still remember that.
adjust_the_sails@reddit
You’ll take your delousing and you’ll like it!
anniemdi@reddit
Did you get drugstore shampoo or kerosene?
DetectiveObjective00@reddit
Ah.... Nostalgia. 😂
bluesmokebloke@reddit
Hilarious
sey5_venn@reddit
Ah, memories...
"You're getting soap in my eyyeees! 😭😭😭"
"Then stop moving your head!😡"
Seriously though...I feel like younger parents benefit from more gadgets and such to help them with tasks. There's a lot of baby items today that simply didn't exist 30 years ago. Like, I've never seen that water-catching crown thing before, but damn that's a good idea.
Embarrassed-Ear8082@reddit
This had me in stitches lol 😂
phillyrat@reddit
100% truth
jambr380@reddit
This is hilarious and definitely has more than a semblance of truth
PL02550@reddit
We had a set of bristle brushes and I almost positive it more dermal abrasion than cleaning.
nohombrenombre@reddit
LOL oh my gosh the accuracy lol lol
bdd6911@reddit
I still do that with my son. If I gotta get involved it ain’t gonna be a scalp massage. So best if he handles his business without me
59apache01@reddit
The slaps were accompanied by shouts of "keep your ass still!". Ah, the memories!
coopnjaxdad@reddit
Holy hell this made me laugh almost as much as the scooter wreck to the Mario theme video does EVERY single time I see it.
erino3120@reddit
The first slap