How often do you bathe LO?

garciasgal · November 2012

I hope I don't sound stupid asking this, but how often do you bathe LO? I know when they're real little they don't need a bath everyday, but now that DD is drooling everywhere and goes to DC everyday is it time for daily baths? I give her a bath every other night and that seems to be fine, but I don't want to end up having the dirty kid at DC.

sdlaura · November 2012

We do every other day now but plan to switch to daily when she starts DC,

Maizey06 · November 2012

Every other day. I think if we did every day it would dry her skin out. I do swab her neck folds for gross, sour breast milk and sometimes use a cotton ball on her face between baths.

JayandEmm · November 2012

Every two days. Any more than that, and his skin would be dry.

xxbabycakesxx · November 2012

We do every third day unless B gets really dirty...which is rare. We still do every third day for G too.

rp-chicago-mom · November 2012

He takes a bath every night but we don't wash him every night. It's part of his bedtime routine and his favorite part of the day.

MeredithML · November 2012

I bathe DS every day. He drools everywhere and since starting daycare I just feel better making sure he is clean and fresh to go to bed. I wipe his face down every morning and are constantly wiping his hands since they are now always in his mouth.

AggieDaner · November 2012

Baker_Bride:
He takes a bath every night but we don't wash him every night. It's part of his bedtime routine and his favorite part of the day.

This is our reasoning as well. She LOVES being in warm water and it's part of the routine that lets her know it's time for the long nighttime sleep. It's also nice for my husband because it's his special alone-time with her after he's at work all day. We use plenty of Lavanila baby lotion and have never had an issue with dry skin, thank goodness!

nicnac817 · November 2012

Baker_Bride:
He takes a bath every night but we don't wash him every night. It's part of his bedtime routine and his favorite part of the day.

This exactly. Alivia knows that its time to get ready for bed when we get in the bath. We use soap every other day. Since we started this bed time is a breeze.

nicnac817 · November 2012

Baker_Bride:
He takes a bath every night but we don't wash him every night. It's part of his bedtime routine and his favorite part of the day.

This exactly. Alivia knows that its time to get ready for bed when we get in the bath. We use soap every other day. Since we started this bed time is a breeze.

adoxyinherear · November 2012

We've started to bathe every night as part of our bedtime routine because DD really, really loves her bath and it chills her out. We don't use soap every time, though, and the pediatrician told me to be sure we leave her in there for at least 15 minutes. She said anything less actually dries baby's skin out as opposed to moisturizing.

garciasgal · November 2012

Thanks ladies. I like the idea of bathing her everyday, but not necessarily using soap. The bath really does help with bedtime.

Megispreg · November 2012

stephaniemthomas:
We do ever other day, sometimes skip a day in there if we have something going on. I don't think we're going to start daily baths yet. She loves her baths, but screams when we dry her off and get dressed so it's not soothing for her.

This. We started out doing every day as part of a bed time routine, but I soon realized it wasn't doing us any favors in the sleep department. Now it's usually every other day.

garciasgal · November 2012

sarzer121:
I wish my baby liked baths! She screams, any advice?

My LO doesn't scream, but she clenches her fists and gets really stiff. So I wouldn't say she loves the bath, but she's OK with it I guess.

We turn the heat up and keep the bathroom door closed so that it's nice and warm. I used to have the water running, but that kinda freaked her out, so I make sure the bath is ready to go before I put her in. I think the noise was just too much for her. I try and talk to her a lot and just go as fast as I can.

wakbordrchk · November 2012

sarzer121:
I wish my baby liked baths! She screams, any advice?

I start the shower on full heat while I get her undress in the other room. Once we get in there, I adjust the bath temp. She hated them too and when her bottom lip quivered, we knew is was because she was cold. Now, we make it a baby sauna and she loves bath time. The only problem with this is taking her out of the bathroom. I used to bring a diaper, oil, and jammies to the bathroom and finish everything on the bathroom floor, but our bathroom is tiny. I have been taking her to her room now but I make sure she is dry before we leave the steamy goodness!

bigbootyjudi · November 2012

Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday. We'll be switching to every day when I go part time the second week of December.

DerpityDog · November 2012

I guess we're the weird ones. We usually do once or twice a week. Her skin dries out easily and she doesn't enjoy it in general. The pedi even commented on how good her skin looked, so I think we're fine. Sometimes I'll just wash her hair in between bath days since it can get greasy from all the kisses.

She's at home with DH during the day, so I'm not worried about daycare grime.

lupineaura · November 2012

Every night to start her bedtime routine. We only use soap every other day to avoid dry skin.

jessalynn521 · November 2012

I give him one every night as part of his routine. Every other day I wash him well. The inbetweens he pretty much just plays in the water.

Manda-Kay · November 2012

Every night as part of our bedtime routine. I use soap every other night.

stever · November 2012

A few times a week.

MommyMelRN · November 2012

DerpityDog:
I guess we're the weird ones. We usually do once or twice a week. Her skin dries out easily and she doesn't enjoy it in general. The pedi even commented on how good her skin looked, so I think we're fine. Sometimes I'll just wash her hair in between bath days since it can get greasy from all the kisses. She's at home with DH during the day, so I'm not worried about daycare grime.

This is us too...once a week, sometimes he goes 8-9 days without a full bath. We wash his face and hands with a warm washcloth everyday though.

MommyMelRN · November 2012

DerpityDog:
I guess we're the weird ones. We usually do once or twice a week. Her skin dries out easily and she doesn't enjoy it in general. The pedi even commented on how good her skin looked, so I think we're fine. Sometimes I'll just wash her hair in between bath days since it can get greasy from all the kisses. She's at home with DH during the day, so I'm not worried about daycare grime.

This is us too...once a week, sometimes he goes 8-9 days without a full bath. We wash his face and hands with a warm washcloth everyday though.

CrazyDaisy8 · November 2012

We do daily baths and have for quite some time. For us, it really isn't wasn't even about the cleansing part of it because he wasn't really ever super dirty and in need of a daily bath. We started giving a nightly bath to get him to sleep at a reasonable hour. It is now the begininng of his nighttime routine and it is perfect.

mswood1977 · November 2012

We wipe DS down head to toe with a warm wet wash cloth daily, but we only bathe him once a week.

lynde129 · November 2012

now that DS is drooling we bathe him every other day and just do a quick wash up the other nights.

shakinros · November 2012

MommyMelRN:
DerpityDog:
I guess we're the weird ones.  We usually do once or twice a week. Her skin dries out easily and she doesn't enjoy it in general. The pedi even commented on how good her skin looked, so I think we're fine.  Sometimes I'll just wash her hair in between bath days since it can get greasy from all the kisses.  She's at home with DH during the day, so I'm not worried about daycare grime.
This is us too...once a week, sometimes he goes 8-9 days without a full bath.  We wash his face and hands with a warm washcloth everyday though.

Us too. Once, maybe twice a week. She tolerates the bath but doesn't particularly like it. We wipe her face and neck every day.

Grins04 · November 2012

We do every one to two nights. If I do two nights in a row I only use soap every other night. Now that the air is dryer I don't want to dry her skin out, but she seems fine. Her hair and neck gets gross if I go more than two nights without a bath since she spits up and sweats a lot.

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