Bath time...how often

elisetaylor09

Hey everyone how often are you bathing LO? I usually do bath time every other night but I like the idea of a routine including bath time every night. The only part of his body that gets dry is his face so I end up putting lotion on his face a couple time in between baths. Are there negatives to bath time everyday? TIA

pshaortao

We do baths every other day and on non bath days we give her a little nice lotion massage before swaddling. It seems to relax her some. If your LOs skin isn't drying out from daily baths then I'm sure its fine to do so.

froglegs04

We do every other day also, but she loves bath time so it's a real treat for her.  I just don't want her body to get too dry as she has some dry spots on her face as well. 

elisetaylor09

Thanks y'all- I the idea of a lotion rub down on off bath days might start doing that!

jht14

Every other day here. I don't want her skin getting too dry. We may start daily baths soon because she loves them so much.

doglover31

We give a bath every night. After bath we give him a lotion massage. He loves his baths so much. It calms him down when he's having a cranky night.

Tch4lfe

We do a nightly bath but our pediatrician recommended only using soap for every other bath.

RedBaramid

We're still going on average twice a week (occasionally more often.. because babies can be messy) We get lotion rub downs every day after our wash cloth bath.  I usually get her a warm wash cloth and do her hands, face, feet, and places where babies can get sticky. We usually do this at the first diaper change we're really awake for.

Baths clam our baby down, so she also gets extra baths from time to time when she's extra fussy.

mtlotslove

Average probably every 4 days. I wish we could do it more often cuz of his craddle cap but he has really dry skin.

lmimms87

We bathe DD every day. Her skin doesn't seem to have a problem with drying out. She LOVES bath time, so it's a fun part of her bedtime routine.

conradraging

Its part of our bedtime routine. We do a massage with baby bedtime lotion afterward.

portentosa

DD has really dry skin so we only bath twice a week.

emmylu30

We bathe twice a week but lotion every night before jammies.

elisetaylor09

Thanks for all the responses. I may do bath every night and see how that works. He absolutely loves splashing in he tub!

mrsH1112

We only do baths like 2 days a week.  Every night though he gets a baby massage with lotion.  He has ezcema and cradle cap so I keep baths to a min.  Sad to say that also I feel like there is just no time in the day when I get home from work.  He eats, we eat, he naps, he wakes up and hangs out for an hour than its off to bed.

Anv928

We do bath time every night too, she actually does a sit down shower with me. It helps my let down, and she gets a bath, so it's a win win.

mtlotslove

mrsH1112 said:

We only do baths like 2 days a week.  Every night though he gets a baby massage with lotion.  He has ezcema and cradle cap so I keep baths to a min.  Sad to say that also I feel like there is just no time in the day when I get home from work.  He eats, we eat, he naps, he wakes up and hangs out for an hour than its off to bed.

I also lack the time after work. I feel like I have time to feed him and hang out for just a little bit before it's time for bed. I sometimes just let him sleep for a while on me so I can get some snuggles in.

jandkpaden

We do bath twice a week but I wipe down her hands and face everyday as well as her head every other day

amandacaffrey

Nightly but soap only every other day. It's part of our night routine. Bath at 7:30, 8pm nursing, 8:30 sleep

ConversationFear

Wow - I feel like a neglectful parent. We only bathe our LO once a week. He has eczema and CC so we have to keep it to a minimum, but he gets a wipe down and lotion every morning before getting dressed and every night before jammie time.