how often do you bathe your child(ren)?

holly321 · December 2014

Just curious.

holly321 · December 2014

Well, not just curious. Dd is really dry and I want to skip another bath....

PhieryBFly · December 2014

Every other day for the most part.

brachysira · December 2014

Almost never...it's probably really gross, but my children are super dry skinned... I wipe them off very well after diaper changes and wash their hands, but reserve baths for M until she is messy, which might be every day but might be a week. Or if she seems smelly, which happens occasionally. The little one gets baths about once/week too. He likes them, but he never seems dirty and I just don't have time with 2u2.

kleigh926 · December 2014

Every 2-3 days for both of them. It's usually every other day but once a week or so we skip 2 days between baths depending on what we are doing.

lc&jw · December 2014

Every other day. If I didn't stick to that schedule and instead bathed them based on when I felt like doing it, they'd probably never get a bath!

That being said, I did skip bath night last night since DH is out of town and I'm just not feeling up to bathing 2 crazy toddlers on my own right now. He gets back tonight, so they'll get a bath then.

laketide · December 2014

During the summer I do every day since DD loved the sandbox at daycare. Now that it's winter and the outside play is infrequent every other day. On the weekends I skip by going from Thursday night until Sunday night to give her skin a break.

jenniferraborn · December 2014

Most of the time daily but Frida you and Saturday baths are optional

ohlordy · December 2014

Everyday for sure when she is in daycare. If it's a weekend and we pass out early, oh well. Those are few and far between, though.

nlp1990 · December 2014

Every few days. Unless he takes a shower with us, but now that's it's cold out I have been taking baths with him to warm up and relax.

wineandcake · December 2014

Two times a week usually. Occasionally three times a week if DH is home and insists on bathing him. I HATE giving him baths, he gets so angry when I take him out and it's just frustrating. He has extremely dry skin and only goes to nursery school once a week, otherwise he's home and stays pretty clean. I was his hair once a week.

cinnasugar · December 2014

ohlordy said:

Everyday for sure when she is in daycare. If it's a weekend and we pass out early, oh well. Those are few and far between, though.

Pretty much this. If I don't bathe the kids on nights after daycare, I feel like they are going to bed yucky. But during the winter we often skip on non-daycare days when they aren't very messy or haven't been playing outside. I also sometimes do water only baths where I just rinse them off but don't soap them up so their skin doesn't get so dry.

SummerLove21 · December 2014

Twice a week here. DH is in charge of baths and he feels 2x/week is enough. When he was traveling Asia for work, I did baths every other day. It helped DS calm down and get ready for bed.

colinsfebmommy · December 2014

Every other day unless it's summer then its daily because he's a sweaty dirtbag thrn

lbonga1 · December 2014

Usually twice a week unless they get messy sooner. Usually that happens if DD1 has a particularly messy meal, and sometimes I'll give DD2 a bath to relax her if she's having gas issues. Both my kids enjoy baths, but DD1 has sensitive skin.

Poppy523 · December 2014

We do everyday. It seemed to help DDs schedule and now DS seems to really calm down in the bath. Most nights I let them sit in the tub and only wash what my Dr. Calls the hot spots like face, hands etc... And other nights I wash them all over. They both get lotion after and DS gets aquaphor on dry spots

tamarar5 · December 2014

We're supposed to bathe these things? With actual water?!

C showers once a week and plays in the tub with E a second day. She's kind of gross, I guess. She'll go 3-4 days between washes in the winter. In summer we all shower pretty much daily because we get hot or beach sandy.

E has been shower/bathing with DH or alone almost daily because it SHUTS HIM UP. He isn't dirty out anything, I just need quiet. Lol

A gets a wash cloth bath every day and a bathtub bath every other day because she always smells like sour milk from the reflux spitting.

SidraJedi · December 2014

Twice a week unless she need or wants more baths.

StephPeth · December 2014

Every other day...ish.

MalRiggs · December 2014

Everyday during the week. Depending on what we been doing during the day on the weekend. I feel that it helps her calm down for bed.

jdilorenzo · December 2014

Everyday. It's her bedtime routine and DH has to do it. If we are busy or I am home alone we do skip. We lotion after. Kenzie loves the bath so most nights she just plays in the bubbles.

ally2011 · December 2014

Every other day, or more recently every third one....

ericalee27 · December 2014

Usually 6 days a week

kelly321 · December 2014

DD1 has ezcema in the winter, so she gets one bath/week. DD2's hair gets greasy much faster, though, so she gets 2 / week - Wednesdays and Sundays. Sometimes DD1 hops into the water quickly on Wednesdays, too, because she likes to bathe, but I don't wash her hair and avoid soap anyway because of the ezcema. I cannot wait until that's done (my pedi said if it's because of cold like DD1's is then it usually goes away when they're out of toddlerhood).

singingsea · December 2014

Every other day but sometimes we'll go two days. Just depends on how filthy he gets.

djm31012 · December 2014

We have done baths every day since birth pretty much. DS had super dry skin and some small eczema patches and NOTHING was helping so we started doing them every other day in the last month or 2 and its been life changing. Literally no dryness anymore and his skin is so soft. I bathe him in daycare days and saturdays when we have little gym and skip the other days. I am sure in the summer we will need to pick it up again but for now this is working great.

Tulips114 · December 2014

Every day unless we're out late or something, which is very rare. But they come home a mess from daycare usually.

draeray · December 2014

We are every other day here too. If I didn't force my 8 year old into the shower, he would never do it.

khaze · December 2014

Seeca022 said:

Everyday. It's just part of routine for us. The only time we skip would be if we were out late on a weekend and he falls asleep on the way home.

This for us. It really helps get him in the bedtime mood. Plus I have this weird thing where I just can't stand not giving him a bath everyday. I just think it's gross he sits in a diaper all day and when they are little, spitting up on themselves all day, etc. We will see when the next baby comes how that changes

octobermama87 · December 2014

Every other day. And every third day for the baby.

Rynleigh · December 2014

I try to make the 12yr old bathe daily, but she's not very into the idea... she's becoming a little hippie and it's making me insane. The 7yr old bathes every two or three days. The little guys bathe probably twice a week with soap (by soap I mean babywash), and twice a week without soap, so every other day or so - sometimes more often if they get covered in something gross.

mishka29 · December 2014

Everyday since its part of the routine but hair every other day. DH is the bath guy while I run around getting things ready for bed, clothes out, etc.

Amstreagle · December 2014

Just because he loves his baths and it helps him wind down for bed we usually bathe him daily and he tends to get really dirty in my parents backyard.

HJ8611 · December 2014

We do baths more often than we used to. My daughter has dry skin and excema. Struggled with it since birth. We have recently discovered goats milk soap that you can buy in a "milk bath" and this has REALLY helped her skin. It's all natural ingredients. Seems like now the more I let her soak in the milk bath the better her skin is.

Puck1182 · December 2014

Every 2-3 days. We could probably get away with less since she gets wiped down after every meal and her hair doesn't get very greasy, but she loves playing in the bathtub, so it's really five minutes of bathing followed by 30-45 minutes of playtime, and it gives me the opportunity to clean the sink, toilet and floors while she plays. :-)

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