baths- how often?

[mommadozer]

I bathe LO every other day. He loves taking baths and being naked. I would just watch LO's skin to make sure it is staying moisturized. If LO has flaky skin, maybe cut back on baths.

I really need to get better at washing LO's face more frequent. He's 2 months old next week but, still gets a bunch of acne.

[magsame]

My hospital told me to do one every 3-4 days since they don't really need a bath everyday. My mom told me to make sure to wash his head at least more than that so he doesn't get cradle cap. LO is due for a bath tonight or tomorrow! Hopefully he won't poop in this one!

[misshart00]

Apparently I'm the gross mom who only does about once a week.

[janedean77]

Wee one hates a bath so twice a week and even that is horribly stressful. I do wipe his face and fat folds daily because of spit up.

[aggiebug]

Twice a week kind of whenever I remember.

[PikoPiko]

I guess I'm gross too, twice a week here. He's got flakey skin all over, the pediatrician told me not to bathe him too often as I'd be washing away his natural oil. Every 3 days is fine.

[RedGiant]

I aim to get her a bath twice a week, but have ended up bathing her once a week. But i do wipe her face with a washcloth almost every day. Poor neglected second child.

[mamabisme]

In the hospital they told us every third day until the cord fell off. It just fell off yesterday. We may go to every other day now to get him on the same bath schedule as our girls.

[mamabisme]

I do wash his face, neck and hands with a wash cloth, every day though. He is ebf and is a very messy eater. He slobbers milk all over his face and if he's not swaddled he likes to get his hands in there too. Little piggy.

[cloe111479]

I do it every other day but she really likes it and her hair gets gross with some spit up etc so I may do it before then.

[mands1125]

Hmm I should probably up our bath time. We usually do it twice a week. Mostly because she gets so upset. I need to start at least wiping her face at least. Lol

[mishka29]

We do every day because
- she likes them
- warm water soothes her before bed
- bath time is and will be part of the bedtime routine so it's a good trigger for her to know bedtime is coming.

Not every time is a full wash sometimes just a soak

[hollydfromtn]

Mar 14, 2015 11:06:58 GMT -5 misshart00 said:

Apparently I'm the gross mom who only does about once a week.

We only do it about once a week too. He's not a big fan of getting out of the water. So I try not to traumatize him too much.

[mamabutt2]

Usually about once or twice a week when I start to notice his hair getting oily

[dacora]

Mar 14, 2015 12:31:43 GMT -5 mamabutt2 said:

Usually about once or twice a week when I start to notice his hair getting oily

This is what I do too.

[michelle142]

Dd is 3 weeks old. She's had 2 sponge baths (one in the hospital), and 2 tub baths. Right now she'll get a bath once, maybe twice a week.

[osumegs]

I'm in the once a week camp, too. The nurse who came to do a home visit told us to do max every 5-6 days to prevent cradle cap. We wash off face, diaper area, and rolls more frequently with just wet washcloth.

[WittyLittle]

Our LO likes the actual bath part but hates the before and especially after bit. He also has sensitive skin so we just do baths twice per week. I think im starting to see some cradle cap though so might up it :/

[miniwheat]

Everyday. Its part of the bedtime routine.

[kcrosem]

Mar 14, 2015 11:13:41 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

Twice a week kind of whenever I remember.

This. Just water. He gets zit like things and skin weirdness that comes and goes and I am trying to just ignore it.

[mels823]

Every 3 days unless there is some sort of special reason for an extra clean baby.

[Deleted]

I am in the once a week camp, she just isn't that dirty and the timing of her being in a good mood doesn't seem to work out all that often

[boxerrrmama85]

Baby girl loves her bath time. We do every 2-3 days. Now that she is in daycare I may increase the baths because..... Germs!

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

Once so far. Shoul have done 2nd today... In 3-4 days we can tub bathe and will do more... He's 2 wo tomorrow

[dramacat]

We only do it once a week. The baby tub doesn't have an infant insert and all the room freaks him out and he screams. No cradle cap so far, so I guess it's enough. Is that caused by excess oil?

[xoxolicia]

So this thread prompted me bathe my child. She'll be three weeks tomorrow and has only had two sponge baths. Her stump fell off last weekend (I think). I was waiting until her belly button looked better before using her bathtub. I couldn't figure out the stupid sling thing so just bathed her on the kitchen counter. I would have bathed her in the sink, but both are full of dishes. Mom of the year right here.

[angeldcf]

xoxolicia - haha, same here! This is the 2nd time we've bathed DD since the hospital so guess we average 1x/week. I'll wipe her down here & there. Guess we like stinky babies

[xoxolicia]

I didn't think she was stinky, but now she smells really good. Whoops...

[dreemkin]

Every 2-3 days and she hates it. She is so oily/greasy though. She even started breaking out; little pimples around her nose.

[Mom2Ms]

DS hasn't had a "real" bath yet because ped said to wait until cord fell off. Cord got infected and they cleaned it up on Thursday. Tomorrow will be his first "real" bath. He has had 2 sponge baths, which he hated, and he is 10 days old. I imagine we will go every other day or every 2 days with the bathing. Depending on his skin.