Have your DH enforce the shower the night before.

have her take them at night. Set "Bed" time an hour earlier so she can shower and get everything ready. If she doesnt do it by her self yet then she has to be forced to at a more convenient time.

or if your mean you could allow her to be the "smelly" kid in class. After all there is nothing like peer pressure.

Make her father do it for a month.

water hose out side sud her up and rinse her off be done with it she will get the picture lol.....J/P }:)

stand over her and make sure she does it or do it yourself hopefully she will get embarrased to have someone wash her and if she doesnt do it right when she does it by herself take her back in and make her do it all over again.

I have the same issue with SS7... if DH doesn't set on the toilet beside the shower then he will just stand there looking at the knobs and hollering "Daaaaaaah.. I don't know how"... so Dh has tried and tried and tried to teach him how to turn the knobs to get a confortable water temp. but it has yet to work and this has been going on for a year now. He will just stand there and not wash if DH doesn't make him use soap and shampoo... THEN he will turn the water off... (OMG he can do that) and just stand there until DH yells at him to pick the damn towel up and dry off... DH has to tell him to brush his teeth and has to supervise the clothes being put on or the little shit will put things on sideway/backwards/upside down... I am like seriously! I was taking a bath by myself when I was like 5!

We have three 7 year old boys, a 9 year old boy, and a 10 year old girl (and older kids, but they have their shower routine without parental involvement).

DH used to give his boys showers, and I'd give my boys and his girl showers (not together of course). The 9 and 10 year olds were getting too old, and I started having them do their own showers. I only have to remind them at night (too hectic in the mornings).

As for our 7 year olds, DH works all day and I'm pretty much the SAHM (I usually work from home unless I need to go to the office). I tell them it's time for a shower, get their water ready, and let them do it. DH or I do a head/arms smell check, to make sure they used soap and shampoo.

Is she peeing the bed every night? I would say have her shower at night, and if she peed the bed then she only has to rinse off/soap up to get the pee off, and not bother with her hair. Does she wear a pull up at all? Or are you washing sheets every day? If its really a time issue in the am, have her clean up with a baby wipe in the morning when she peed herself and save the full showers for at night.

I have a very piggy SD (8.5) as well, and we also have to do a sniff test on her to make sure shes using soap. I stopped physically bathing her about 2 years ago, and we still have to check her and send her back in when she's trying to be lazy.

Best time is right after school or at night. 7 yr olds don't need daily baths or showers in winter anyway. Why put a dirty kid in bed all night, then bathe them in the am? If they DO need a bath, it needs to happen before they get in bed. Best right after school to wash away the germs she is sure to be bringing home from classmates.

For the life of me I couldn't find mention of her wetting the bed, and even searched after others were posting about it being an issue. Do you have a showerhead that detaches from the holder w/ a hose attached? Have her get in the shower, hose her bottom/legs off with the showerhead and if she is difficult, use cold water. Takes less than 5 mins.