Tubby Time

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First poll!

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The poll doesn't show up on the app....bummer man

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Feb 4, 2015 8:15:38 GMT -5 @nursesouder said:

The poll doesn't show up on the app....bummer man

Boo!

We're still sponge bathing-- every other day since stale formula smells really icky!

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You can vote if you click web view in the app

[shannjohnston]

We've been terrible at baths. She's had four total in three and a half weeks. And one of those was the one at the hospital.

[wahooMOM13]

I think we've been doing about 2x a week for now

[ShuShuBee]

I'm in the meh category. We have been going about once a week. I have intentions for more often, but it doesn't usually happen.

[dashook]

We're doing twice a week in the actual baby tub. I wipe him down more often, but usually just with water.

[funinthenorth]

We've only done one actual bath so far. DS was not a fan at all.

We have been doing spot washes on face etc.

[BabyStandish]

About 2-3 times a week. It really just depends on how often he showers himself in his pee. THat's usually the deciding factor.

[hazelnut]

I voted "meh" because it varies. I wipe down her neck creases with a boogie wipe daily just so she doesn't smell like old breastmilk. We do every other or third day. It varies kinda based on how lazy I'm feeling.

[lasawyer91]

Los stump just came off this morning so first bath will probably be today

[LaBellaVida]

We haven't done a bath yet. In fact, I've only used a mustela wipe once, and that was a few days ago.
He's 12 days.

I feel like he doesn't need a bath. He's not dirty, and he doesn't spit up, so. ...
And his belly button hasn't healed yet.

[Looney]

2x a week right now although we might start doing it more often because he loves bathtime.

[aks01]

Ooh I like how it shows how many votes without having to click anything.

It's been 3.5 weeks and we only do sponge baths every couple of days.

[cherryfive]

Late on her second home bath, stuffy nose ruined those plans Monday night and it just didn't happen last night. So one this morning before Dr appt.

Anyone use baby lotion or oil on baby's skin if it's dry or peeling?

[dashook]

Feb 4, 2015 11:51:22 GMT -5 cherryfive said:

Late on her second home bath, stuffy nose ruined those plans Monday night and it just didn't happen last night. So one this morning before Dr appt.

Anyone use baby lotion or oil on baby's skin if it's dry or peeling?

cherryfive I use coconut oil on his scalp and unscented baby lotion on the rest of his body after bathing.  I don't put anything on his face though.

[wolfette]

Meh. DD hates bath time and just screams and cries the whole time. She does not appreciate being naked and wet. I think we may try bringing her in the tub with one of us to see if she does better being held.

[bubbles923]

With us being in the hospital still he gets a whip down every other day. They washed his head the other night. The nurses say it was greasy from on the nurses coming by touching his hair

[CoffeeOnIce]

So far we've only given one tub bath, but plan to do 2x per week. Our dd seemed to like her bath but proceeded to poop as soon as we wrapped her in a hooded towel ?

[violetgd]

Every other day over hurr!

[mmheartspb]

We get to take a real bath on Friday yay!

[kellimark]

First bath was Monday because her stump finally fell off!!

[Deleted]

Twice a week. This kid LOVES bathtime and I wish I could do it more but I don't want to dry out his skin.

[llambrose]

Mine is 4 weeks old and he has had about 4 baths. He hates them and hates being cold so I try not to do it too much however he keeps spitting up/peeing all over himself so I feel like we have to clean him up.

[christeng87]

I voted twice a week, but I've given him more because of peeing on himself or getting spit up in his hair. Gave him one yesterday and it was the first time he didn't cry during the bath! It was great.

[mmooki]

He gets a full bath 2x a week but I wipe his face and neck down at least once a day.

[FiliaRitae]

I've been pretending that the hospital staff didn't tell us we didn't have to wait for the stump to fall off, because it's one more thing I haven't had time for. He got one in hospital, and I've tried to give him a rub down whenever possible, but man this no sleep/constant nursing/trying to get weight up and bili down thing is hard. Eventually I'd like to get him to 2x-3x a week with rubdowns in between. Or maybe more if he really loves them, which he seemed to in the hospital.

[shannjohnston]

Our hospital told us not to worry about the stump. Get it wet, submerge it, all good. Her stump fell off after just five days and we hadn't gotten around to bathing her at that point any how.

[raven]

Twice a week. She's not that dirty, and I don't want to dry out her skin. She doesn't mind the bath, just kinda sits there.