How often do you....

KBowen715

Bathe? And why?

We bathe every other night, and occasionally we will go two nights without if P is being a beast at night. How about you? What is your reasoning for doing it the way you do?

mrsbtobe20122

We are every day bathers. At first, it was to get night time routine down....then because his reflux was so bad....

Now he either takes a bath at the back of the shower while I shower in the am (convenience and I don't have to worry about him while I shower), or we bathe him at night if he napped through my shower.

THD7580

Every night. Only because again it was to start a routine and now if we don't do every night he gets thrown off and I don't get 12 hours out of him and he's cranky throughout the day. I think as winter approaches we will try every other day just because it's cold.

Helmink0804

We do every other night- sometimes it'll be in the morning instead. It's just how we started doing it- I have no explanation for it. We do bottle, bath, lotion/pajamas, night story, and cuddles until LO falls asleep.

kendy20

With just one LO I don't see the need right now to do it every night since she isn't running around getting dirty. She's home with me and that's it. Especially since she doesn't need a bath to calm her down at night. We do one every other night, unless she had a rough day of pooping out of her diaper or spit up a lot on herself. Occasionally it will end up being after two nights if she took a longer evening nap and is hungry right when she wakes up. Always do ours at night since she associates it with bedtime

rainbowsockmonkey

Twice a week, usually on tues/wed and then on fri/sat. DD will get additional ones if she has a really messy diaper, or a big spit up. She just started rolling over, so as she bexomea more mobile, we will probaby add another one in every week.

Emmagk

Every night as part of bedtime routine although it doesn't seem to mess him up if we skip it or do it at another time during the day. DS really loves the bath ans squeals and splashes, I don't always use wash, if he's not dirty he just gets plain water.

LunaBug924

Every night as part of bedtime routine. There have been a few nights we've skipped if we were out late, and it doesn't seem to throw her off.

She loves the bath. It keeps her content longer than any of the other activities I do with her during the day. And though she might not be dirty in the traditional sense, between the constant drool, spit ups, and now starting some solids, she's got enough going on to warrant a bath.

bazingaa

Monday, Wednesday and Friday..... We take the weekend off. My rule of thumb is that he isn't getting a bath more frequently than I have time to shower! I shower every other day, so he is 3 times a week.

jesstellina

I try for every other, but a lot of times it ends up being every 3rd. It'll be easier when we can bathe the girls together, which I think we're getting close to (with DD2 sitting up better now).

bridetobe9132013

We do bath every other day, unless she gets really messy. We dont have a specific time of day.

bazingaa

mary97 said:

Twice a week, I would do more but she HATES baths. 

Any suggestions on making baths fun?  She screams the whole time.  It's awful and it makes me not want to give her a bath because I only have a short time with her after I get off of work to play with her before bedtime.  

This may sound dumb and obvious... I only bring it up because I was guilty of it early on.... But is the water warm enough? I was being too cautious on the temperature and DS used to scream because it was too cool. I upped the temperature a bit and now he is happy as can be. Just something to think about.

caycelee

3x a week. It doesn't throw off his bedtime routine (he's a crappy sleeper anyway)...we were doing it every night but now that I'm back to work I just can't cram everything in and still enjoy time with him.

Mimaloo

kendy20 said:

With just one LO I don't see the need right now to do it every night since she isn't running around getting dirty. She's home with me and that's it. Especially since she doesn't need a bath to calm her down at night. We do one every other night, unless she had a rough day of pooping out of her diaper or spit up a lot on herself. Occasionally it will end up being after two nights if she took a longer evening nap and is hungry right when she wakes up. Always do ours at night since she associates it with bedtime

This is EXACTLY how we do it!

haylo33

We do a bath every other day. Recently with Halloween, we went a bit longer but that doesn't happen too much. Since starting solids, his face needs a good bath. He gets food in his neck, up his nose, in his hair.

NorthernGal248

rainbowsockmonkey said:

Twice a week, usually on tues/wed and then on fri/sat. DD will get additional ones if she has a really messy diaper, or a big spit up. She just started rolling over, so as she bexomea more mobile, we will probaby add another one in every week.

Ditto.

dogsombrero

1-2x per week unless there is a catastrophic bodily fluid eruption per the advice of our pedi due to extremely sensitive skin. We wipe him down every night and we haven't had any dry skin or yeasty rashes so it works for us.

andoll8

Every night. I think DS is really a fish.

Katzalia

We do every night. DD loves bathtime, giggles and kicks the whole time. She loves getting to kick the water from the hand-held showerhead. It's also a nice part of the bedtime routine; the few times I've tried to skip it she's slept poorly.

Plus, she's a reflux baby, so we still get spit-up in all the nooks and crannies. It's just as quick to do a quick bath as to try to contain Ms. Wiggleworm for a "quick" clean up with a washcloth (which she hates).

KBowen715

mary97 said:

I've tried a little cooler, a little warmer, only once did she ever seem to enjoy it.  Mostly it's screaming bloody murder until she's wrapped up in her towel.  

Maybe I should just make it part of her routine and she'll eventually enjoy it (I hope).  Or invest in some earplugs.

Have you tried holding her in the byh or shower with you? Sometimes they just get scared and want to be held, I think. P loves baths , but when he is especially tired he will cry. Then I just get in with him and help him float around and he has a blast.

bridetobe9132013

My DD is sitting up on her own now. Should I stop using the baby bath tub and sit her in the bath tub?

THD7580

andoll8 said:

Every night. I think DS is really a fish.

Yep! This kid tries to get off of his little seat and slither into the water he loves it so much! I always say we need a splash guard like at sea world cuz there's so much water on the floor. Next summer this child will be swimming no doubt!

britab

Once a week. The doctor said that was all we needed to do. I don't want her skin to dry out. She's already a good sleeper and doesn't need that routine. We're too lazy to do it all the time and she doesn't have many blowouts.

babyaotw

We do nightly as part of our routine. He loves the play time! I wash hands, feet, diaper area, and face daily. I wash his body and shampoo a few times a week.

letal316

britab said:

Once a week. The doctor said that was all we needed to do. I don't want her skin to dry out. She's already a good sleeper and doesn't need that routine. We're too lazy to do it all the time and she doesn't have many blowouts.

Yup, basically this. We probably bathe her twice a week though.

mymommyplace

Depending on the day sometimes he gets it at night and sometime in the afternoon. He has eczema so we try to do every other night so his skin doesn't get dry - but I wipe him down with a damp cloth every morning before getting dressed.

MerryLove

We do it every night because DS has eczema. I don't use soap all over his body, just the parts that need it. After washing I add safflower oil to the bath and make sure it gets all over his skin and let him play in the oily water for a bit and then I pat him dry and lotion him up while his skin is still damp. This routine has cleared his skin completely. Before he had eczema we only did 1-2 times per week.

apinkpelican

Every night as part of bedtime routine. DD loves it. She also loves the hair dryer! I'm honestly afraid to change up the routine because it seems to work so well for us. It's probably not necessary to wash her every day at this point but I'm sure she'll be much messier soon when we start solids! It's never made her skin dry either

deanna1313

My LO has dry skin and eczema so I don't want to bathe too much and dry it out more. Normally it's every other day.

Meg&Austin

Monday's, Wednesday's and Fridays no rhyme or reason. Just didn't want to do every night.

jenb_99

Every night. I can't stand the idea of missing a night myself, so I've always bathed my kids every night too. For DS it's necessary bc of his allergies and eczema and bc 3-year-olds are grody, but for DD it's mostly just to keep with our routine. And bc she still has frequent blowouts.

yvanehtnioj

KBowen715 said:

Bathe? And why?

We bathe every other night, and occasionally we will go two nights without if P is being a beast at night. How about you? What is your reasoning for doing it the way you do?

same as you

flockofmoosen3

We do it every other night on average as part of bedtime routine. She loves it and then seems more sleepy after she's all snuggly in her pjs.

bridetobe9132013

Thank you @usernameedit‌. Ill try just taking thr little insert out. She has a whale bathtub.

frasey

ummmm once a week? and he usually goes in the shower w DH. 

ama7165

Every other day here. No real reason. He does fine sleeping regardless of bath or not.

spinsoffresonance

The goal is twice a week but we often forget and end up with once a week. These days I only manage to bathe myself every 2-3days, the baby doesn't need more baths than I do. I really want a shower now!

deanna1313

Just saw this in the news last night. They said babies should only be bathed 2-3 times per week especially to prevent eczema.

apinkpelican

usernameedit said:

deanna1313 said:

Just saw this in the news last night. They said babies should only be bathed 2-3 times per week especially to prevent eczema.

We've been doing nightly baths as part of our routine since 2 months old and now issues with eczema here.  We don't use any soap except once a week though - just plain warm water.  Also, our pedi says it's fine and even suggested it at his 2 month appointment when we talked about his 2 hour freak out prior to sleeping.  The bath helps tremendously and DS has incredibly soft baby skin.


Our pedi also suggested to to us at the 1 or 2 month as well. Says it gets 'em all calm and sleepy and it's been true for us

deanna1313

@usernameedit‌ if you're only using soap once a week than that's not too bad. I've struggled with eczema for years and soap definitely drys it out worse. My hands are a disaster through the winter! I guess it's about weighing your options between bath at night and eczema. Without soap should help, though.

ns1

@Mary97 DD hated bathes too when she was little.  If you haven't tried it already, I found getting a couple washcloths warm with the water and then placing them on her belly/arms/anything not submerged in the water helped calm her a little bit.  She did grow out of it eventually and now loves water and baths though.