I'm happy to see all these responses, myself, just to see that I'm not alone either!
DS9 hates baths and showers, mostly because they interrupt whatever he wants to be doing instead, but there may be some sensory issues as well. He's had sensory issues of various sorts in the past. And I can remember being a very grubby child who *should* have been made to take a bath every night but wasn't, and thinking back, I would say that I had the same "interruption" issue along with some sensory ones. It's hard to read in the bathtub, impossible in the shower, and I have always hated to be steamy or sweaty. Giving my own children baths when they were babies was the worst part of the day, because the bathroom is steamy and I would get splashed, and I purely hated it. I think DS9's thing is mostly just not wanting to take the time out of his busy schedule to do it, though. I only make him do it twice a week unless he's specifically dirty.
DD5 loves baths and sometimes showers, and asks for one every day, then stays in there until it's completely cold. She does tend to get out and holler about being cold as she runs through the house all wet, but it doesn't stop her from doing it next time.
