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night time bath routine anyone?

ANJ42902ANJ42902 member
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Ive read putting baby in a nightly bath routine would get them to sleep through the night. DD is 8 weeks and just started sleeping 4-5hrs at night about 5 nights ago. My question is though how can I put her on a bath routine if im not supposed to bathe her everyday?

Anyone have a nighttime bath routine and how old was LO when you started?

 Any feedback is greatly appreciated :)

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  • IgnatusDemIgnatusDem member
    We bathe DS every night, just don't use soap every night, we just let him splash around in the water. :)  We started doing it nightly at about 6 weeks.
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  • tifdaski84tifdaski84 member

    You can bathe her every night, just don't use soap every time.  We started a bath-bottle-bed routine a week or so ago and, so far, so good.  LO was about 6 weeks when we started it.  We use soap every 2-3 days and lotion afterwards each time.

    ETA:  I should add that LO is sleeping 7-9 hours at night now.  He's always been a good sleeper (he gave us 5 hour stretches right from the get-go) but this routine is making it even better. 


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  • hjreeveshjreeves
    I agree. We started the bath schedule as soon as LO could take a full fledge bath. That is the only schedule we really have right now. It works with us.
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  • freezorburnfreezorburn member

    I started doing a nightly bath routine around 8-9 weeks, but this week he has been a bit too fussy some evenings to do it.

    He has cradle cap so I was trying to wash his scalp every night.

    Also I massage him with almond oil before the bath. He seems to like that. 

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  • stemms8810stemms8810 member
    I do a bath every other night and the nights there is no bath I  rub baby lotion on him.  Then it's pj's, swaddle, nurse, and lay down.  He is always ready for bed when I lay him down.  Some nights are better than others as far as how long he sleeps.  Sometimes he will go an initial 5-6 hour stretch and then others it's shorter.
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  • sk8erdevil19sk8erdevil19 member

    imagehjreeves:
    I agree. We started the bath schedule as soon as LO could take a full fledge bath. That is the only schedule we really have right now. It works with us.

    This is what I started too. When LO's cord fell off we started.  

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  • meggiepoo87meggiepoo87 member
    We bathe DS almost every night. Just don't use soap every time like others stated. He gets a bath between 8 and 9. After bath, we put jammies on and lotion on his chest. Then feed him and it's bed time by 10. I don't remember when we started but he's sttn since about 4 weeks old.
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  • desertsundesertsun member

    My DS is 9 wks, and I started a bed time routine about 2 weeks ago.

    He gets a bath by 8 pm, with soap every other night. Lotion and pjs after bath. Then, it just depends on what he feels like doing -- play mat, swing, being held. He now consistently nurses between 9 and 10, and is consistently asleep between 10 and 11. 

    Slowly but surely his longest sleep stretch is getting longer. We've had two nights where he slept more than 7 hours in the past week. There are still nights where his longest stretch is still only 4 hours, but they are becoming less usual.  

     

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