bath every night at 7 weeks old?

jlt0525 · October 2012

I am trying to put my baby on a tentative schedule to go to sleep at night and part of the routine will include a bath, I'm wondering if they are to young at 7 weeks to have a bath every night? or how many times a week would be ok?

Baby Bouchard · October 2012

I don't know what the "norm" is but we give our DS a shower with us daily and our DD had the same. Once the stump came off daily it was, never caused an issue and they both love the bath/shower.

kjskjs · October 2012

I give my daughter one 3 times a week but she loves it so if she's having a rough night we use it even if it's not a bath night for her. We just won't use soap on every night.

chizekgeena · October 2012

We have been giving our LO a bath every night since she was 3 weeks old. It just helps with her routine. We lotion her too every morning and night to make sure she doesn't ever have dry skin from the bathing.

laurenhankey · October 2012

You can do bath every night if you're trying to get a routine down. If it seems like her skin and/or scalp are getting dry try every other night w/ soap. The inbetween nights just let her sit in the water.

Mrs.RockyM · October 2012

The hospital said 2 to 3 times a week. Their skin is so sensitive, I'd be worried about her skin drying out if we gave her a bath daily. DD2 is 3.5 and has such sensitive skin, we do bath time every other day, and sometimes every 3 days in the winter when her skin is really dry.

JulieMarie21 · October 2012

We've been giving our DD a bath every night for almost a month now as the beginning of our bedtime routine. (She's 10 weeks old). We were doing it 3 times a week, but noticed it calmed her down during the witching hours, so we continued doing it every night just to give our ears a break from her fussing/crying.

megankemery · October 2012

My DS is almost 3 weeks old, we started bathing him as soon as the umb cord fell off. He gets a bath, lotion (morning and night), food, poop, lights dimmed in house, story and then down for bed all starting around 6:30p. He is still feeding every 2-3 hours but we wanted to start the ritual early so we can get it down too.

Rochell · October 2012

I don't know if it wouldn't be OK but I don't see the need for a bath every night - why not start a routine after bath time...maybe with some tummy time, story time and sing the same song or two?

mindymaske · October 2012

i just had this talk with my pedi today. She said that LO only need a bath 2x a week BUT if your LO enjoys it and doesn't show signs of dry or irritated skin then its perfectly fine to do it daily

kpearse99 · October 2012

laurenhankey:
You can do bath every night if you're trying to get a routine down.nbsp; If it seems like her skin and/or scalp are getting dry try every other night w/ soap.nbsp; The inbetween nights just let her sit in the water. :

This is exactly what we do! It has worked like a charm!

Grins04 · October 2012

It depends if your LO has sensitive skin that dries out easily. I would start with every other night and see how that goes. If your LO tolerates it after a week or so I'd maybe try a bath every night, but only use soap every other day. That's how we do it (I like baths for a routine and to calm her down too, plus she has reflux and is covered in spit-up by the end of the day... I think it really helps). Keep the baths super short if you're going to do them every night.

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