Bathing?

Bcirbo

How often are you all bathing your LO? Ours is 3 weeks old and we live in a drier climate so doc said every 3-4 days but I'd like to wash him more often.

emmiemae08

I go with every other day unless it was super hit that day or if he spits up in his hair a lot

prpl11butterfly

We do every other night or every 3rd night. Depends on what we are doing or how we are feeling.

AshleyM0125

I wipe him down whenever necessary, but i only bathe him every 3 days or so. Their skin is still so sensitive that I don't want to risk drying it out or irritating it at all.

taylorharber1108

We bathe DS every night, it's part of our routine. He sleeps much better after a bath.

candicejeff2013

About every other day.

J&D2007

About every 3 days.

BecNJake

I just asked our pediatrician about this today. Every day seems excessive and I don't want to dry out his skin. However, he has a little heat rash and a lot of dry skin at 2 weeks old. Doctor told us every day is just fine, he said it is better to do it more often than not often enough. We always moisturize with baby lotion or baby oil to keep his skin from getting too dry. I'm sure every baby has different skin sensitivities, this is just the advice we got for our LO

SashaDenn25

We do one every night for our bath routine as well, but I only use soap for it every few days. The other days are just wiping down in tub with warm water and some spraying from the sink bc she likes it.

SassetteSmurfling

prpl11butterfly said:

We do every other night or every 3rd night. Depends on what we are doing or how we are feeling.

This.

kjandericka

I bathe DS with me every night. We also lotion after bath time and every morning.

jesselayne8

Once a week right now. poor third child.

gulimz

2xs a week. But I do wipe her down every morning with a washcloth and water.

bpwife&mama

Every other night for both my kids.

marieva

Wednesdays and Sundays.  When he gets older we will incorporate more bath time but honestly right now I just don't want to dry out his skin...he already seems like he is suffering from dry skin at the moment.  Don't want to irritate it too much.

lethanne

AshleyM0125 said:

I wipe him down whenever necessary, but i only bathe him every 3 days or so. Their skin is still so sensitive that I don't want to risk drying it out or irritating it at all.

This for us too

Robin910

LO loves her baths. Sometimes it's the only thing that will soothe her. We only wash her hair every few days and always put baby lotion on her afterward. It's part of our bedtime routine.

Ambermom043

I put her in her tub every night, before bed. I only use soap every 3-4 days, but we just sort of sit her in the water and pour it over her belly. She hated it so much in the beginning, we just wanted her to get used to it by being in it every day, even if only for a few minutes. She's just starting to like it!

deviduke412

Every 3 days. I do lotion every day and wipe his face down too.

KateDerek

gulimz said:

2xs a week. But I do wipe her down every morning with a washcloth and water.

This. She is the third and so I don't have the time! But I bathed my other two every other day and I swear their skin was more dry, so I've intentionally not bathed her because I wanted to see if that would help. It seems to.

hclzmm14

Whenever I can get to it. My toddler usually tires me out by the time she has had dinner and a bath so LO gets a bath when I'm not totally exhausted. Many times she is bathed due to a poop explosion.

Boslove

Every other night for a sit down bath, just washing him up in between.