Baths...overrated right! ;-)

MrMrsandBaby · November 2014

I'm just curious...Brooke has had two baths in her 3 weeks of life. I feel bad that it is only two. With DD1, my husband gave her a bath just about every day (most without soap). The difference now is that I'm on my own at bedtime so it feels almost impossible to wrangle the toddler and give the baby a bath.

I'm not neglecting her right?? Right? How often do you bathe your LO?

erinchrisitne424 · November 2014

My LO is two weeks and his umbilical cord just fell off today so he has only had sponge baths. But I plan to bathe him tomorrow. His skin is so dry even with oil and lotion I don't think he will be bathed as much as xDS1 either

golfingdarwinfish · November 2014

DH is obsessed with giving LO baths, but I've been able to convince him every 3 days is sufficient. He likes to so it before "bedtime".

golfingdarwinfish · November 2014

Oh, but If I was doing it alone it would be more like every 5 days I bet! Especially since it's getting cold here.

Mewwwwws · November 2014

Yes I agreed with you- I think for lost newborns they are not as necessary as for toddlers! Our LO is also three weeks and we have given her two baths- and just with warm water. Her skin is still a little on the dry side, I'd be worried about drying it out
Further with more baths. She still smells soooooo good too just like a newborn should smell!

ashie0610 · November 2014

Same here, pretty much impossible with the toddler. DH has bathed him three times. He was one month old yesterday.

JJsMum · November 2014

DS is a month old and has had 1 sponge bath and 2 immersion baths. We are happy if he gets a bath a week. We do use a warm, wet washcloth to wipe down folds at bedtime though.

cmac6186 · November 2014

I can't describe how much DDS hates baths and she's only had 2 sponge and 1 in the tub. All times she's screamed bloody murder the whole time. If she's not dirty or smelly I'm sticking with 1x a week.

MrsMac613 · November 2014

LO is almost 3 weeks and has had 2 sponge bath and her first tub bath yesterday. She loved sitting in the warm water of the tub bath and loved getting her hair washed. I will probably just give her a tub bath twice a week. Before she was born I said I would do it every night as part of a bedtime routine but that's now seeming unrealistic to me.

krazyinsane · November 2014

DS hates them so I tend to go every other bath day of the girls for him and they're every 2-3 days so he's basically getting one a week.

DD#2 just started liking baths so she plays in there everyday and DD#3 LOVES baths and water but I only wash them on 'bath days'

sabby2 · November 2014

Twice a week maybe? We thought about every other day because it does help soothe dd before bedtime but it's cold here and getting really dry so I don't want to dry her skin out.

jmw222 · November 2014

He's had 2 sponge baths at home. I wipe his neck out if if smells! My two toddlers get a daily bath so this poor guy is lucky to get one a week!

Saragoeswest · November 2014

A is 3w3d and she's had one sponge bath and two immersion baths. I wanted to give her a bath last night but DH wanted to wait one more day. I got really grumpy about this (thanks, wine) bc her skin is just like his (very fair and on the dry side) and I felt like I don't know how to take care of her skin. Or her blonde hair for that matter.

Emerald27 · November 2014

DS2 has had 3 baths and is one month old today.

pnwlover12 · November 2014

I guess I'm SS. We do baths every other day. Little G loves them.

slsl509 · November 2014

They told us once a week in the hospital but I'm not sure how long they meant that for. His skin is still peeling but it's not dry skin, it's from being in the amniotic fluid for so long (that didn't happen with DD so I asked the ped).

We bathed DD no more than every other day, still do, although getting that much in is a struggle. I don't know how days suddenly become 18 hours when you have kids but they do. DD loves her baths and will be in there all the livelong day so we have to commit to either a long bath or being really firm with her and neither of those things are very appealing these daysszzzz....

AppleGrapeMSTK · November 2014

My filthy disgusting toddler of a son only gets a bath once or twice a week. The baby is 3w2d and has had one sponge bath and one real bath. He will probably get a bath whenever Dirty Boy gets one.

The one bath DS2 had calmed him down so much- I was amazed.

narabug · November 2014

DS is OK with baths until I have to sit him up to wash his back. I have a hard time keeping him steady while he's wet and crying so he only gets bathed about once a week so far. Last time he really stank like old milk by the time I got around to bathing him. I should probably not let it get there next time.

pushgal84 · November 2014

DS gets super cheesy pits, which I can hardly get to because he clenches his arms. Do you just man handle them during bath time or what?

savicke2009 · November 2014

Aubrey is 2 weeks old today and she had her second bath tonight..

My older kids only get one every 2-3 days-- ds2 has really bad eczema so I try not to bathe him too much!

vrj0522 · November 2014

DD is just over 3 weeks and has only had 3 baths.

TheOtherJacobsons · November 2014

@alfibet Yeah, she did have a bit of a stump. At her 6 week appointment we asked our pedi about it because it wasn't coming off and we wanted to give her regular baths. He said it should be more than ready and that we should give her a regular bath and try and take it out ourselves. We gave her a bath, it didn't just come out, so after we ended up getting some rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip and working it out. It sort of popped off and a perfect little belly button appeared!

saraheh007 · November 2014

Like @Emerald27‌ , my DD will be one month tomorrow and has only had 3 baths.

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