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Hellobee Boards Topic: How often do you bathe your infant? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:43:21 +0000 Mrs. Pickles on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1/page/2#post-2338999 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:30:33 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2338999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ for my 4 month old the doc said I was bathing him too much and he had really bad cradle cap so I've switched to 2x a week and his cradle cap is almost gone I wipe his hands off a lot though and look for any milk that may have gotten under his chin Happygal on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1/page/2#post-2338584 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:35:08 +0000 Happygal 2338584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @yellowbird: my nine month old is bathed every night for a few reasons: first, she comes home from daycare with greasy hair. She's pretty clean otherwise, but the hair needs a washing. Second, it's often a stalling tactic! She's so tired post-daycare that she's rubbing her eyes pretty early into the evening. Having her hang out in the tub is a way to buy some time until it's closer to her bedtime. ETA: not every bath includes washing! Sometimes she's just hanging out and splashing around. Mommy Finger on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1/page/2#post-2338448 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:59:19 +0000 Mommy Finger 2338448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Charm54: Same here! DS1 got a bath nearly every night as part of his routine. It was so easy with just one! Poor DS2 gets a bath once a week. Until he gets older and we can bathe them together, that's just how it's going to be. There's just not enough time in the evening to bathe him more than that. Thankfully he's not a dirty baby just yet. Eko on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1/page/2#post-2338434 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:57:19 +0000 Eko 2338434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do baths 2x a week for my 5 month old. I was doing it more frequently when he was throwing up more. He has really sensitive skin so I don't like to wash him that often. I'll give longer massages during bath time at bedtime. snowjewelz on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1/page/2#post-2338417 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:52:52 +0000 snowjewelz 2338417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @yellowbird: DD is almost 11 mo old and I've never bathed her daily! We do it twice a week and I too only wipe down exposed body parts on non-bath days. NovBaby1112 on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1/page/2#post-2338128 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 08:15:58 +0000 NovBaby1112 2338128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I bathe my 3 year old every other day at least or every day depending how dirty she got. I just started bathing DS, 4 weeks, every day or every other day to start a bedtime routine and it helps calm him down during evening fussiness Ms maths on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2338117 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 08:06:39 +0000 Ms maths 2338117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We once went almost a month without bathing LO2, because we just forgot. Now that they can both easily take a bath together, we do it once or twice a week. We don't have a schedule, so we often wait until they've been playing in the mud or had a really messy dinner. (Babies are 8 months and 2 years.) When LO1 was young, our pediatrician made a comment about how we hadn't evolved to need baths, so not to worry too much. blackbird on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2338069 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 07:46:34 +0000 blackbird 2338069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 1-2x a week at 5 months. I forget and he's not Barfy like his sister was Mamasig on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2338064 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 07:45:22 +0000 Mamasig 2338064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Both my boys had daily baths as infants as part of their nighttime routine. We sometimes missed nights, but they liked it. PrincessBaby on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337955 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 04:58:11 +0000 PrincessBaby 2337955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My baby is 6 mos and she usually gets a bath every night. She has a TON of hair and if we ever skip a day, it gets kind of greasy so I try to bathe her and wash her hair every night. She insists on going to sleep at 8pm, not a minute after, so if something is going on and I don't have time to bathe her before then for whatever reason, we will skip it, but it's rare. sarac on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337942 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 03:11:49 +0000 sarac 2337942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Rarely. Daily wipe with baby wipes, and she rarely gets sweaty. Frequent baths are just not required at this age if they're not getting overly sweaty or spit up covered. Rainbow Sprinkles on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337917 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:24:20 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2337917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3x a week at 6 weeks old. PawPrints on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337891 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:02:49 +0000 PawPrints 2337891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're doing good if we can remember to do it once a week. Astro Bee on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337859 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:57:15 +0000 Astro Bee 2337859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ There's totally no need to bathe an infant daily. Your co-worker is crazy. They aren't running around getting sweaty, or playing in mud puddles, or having food fights. We averaged between one and two times a week, and still do at 7 mos. Occasionally, he will warrant a third, due to an explosive poop, or super messy meal, but he always gets one after swim class. DS loves his baths, but ain't nobody got time for that every night! Well, some PP obviously do, but I don't. ineebee on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337829 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:19:27 +0000 ineebee 2337829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Every 3 days. MenagerieMama on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337798 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:46:36 +0000 MenagerieMama 2337798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LOs first bath at home wasn't until she was like 4-5 weeks old. Then it was 2-3x per week. Now every other day (she's 13 mo) unless she's super congested and needs steam and de-crusting before bed. We are lazy bathers. But better for her skin and microbiome! And her doctor is rather antibathing actually so that worked out. MamaG on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337789 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:39:04 +0000 MamaG 2337789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3x/week. It's been our normal for a long time. Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday. The older just now started doing daily (hair still on the 3x/week rotation). BSB on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337769 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:23:16 +0000 BSB 2337769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Twice a week here. Well, unless there is a poop explosion or something. I thought I read somewhere that it's not necessary to bathe them everyday. ETA: My expecting multiples instructor told us it wasn't neccessary to bathe them everyday. She actually said sponge baths were better but we thought regular baths kept them warmer. Torchwood on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337724 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:33:03 +0000 Torchwood 2337724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Honestly, not gonna answer this because it's embarrassing. But it's hard to find a time after DH gets home when one of us isn't eating and she's awake! But I've definitely heard that every day isn't best, so don't feel bad! mrs.shinerbock on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337721 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:27:33 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2337721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 2-3 times a week unless she gets really dirty. Our doctor recommended every other night at the most, but said 1-2 times per week is fine, so definitely don't feel bad. jlm22 on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337714 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:22:56 +0000 jlm22 2337714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 2 or 3 unless we have a major blowout! californiadreams on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337709 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:20:00 +0000 californiadreams 2337709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ until he started crawling and we wanted to establish a bedtime "routine", he was bathed a couple of times per week. then somewhere between 6 and 8 months, we started to do it every day. now that he is almost 3 y.o., we are cutting is back to every other day, but sometimes 2 days in a row if he needs it. Mrs. Pickle on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337700 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:16:24 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2337700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Daily. She gets really sweaty. MrsStar on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337690 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:12:43 +0000 MrsStar 2337690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ About twice a week. I'll make it part of her bedtime routine when she's a bit older (she's 3 months). MrsSRS on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337682 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:10:46 +0000 MrsSRS 2337682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Once or twice a week. Once she's more mobile and gets grimy we will switch to nightly like my toddler. 2littlepumpkins on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337681 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:10:32 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2337681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ds is 3 weeks old and I've only given him about 3-4 real baths and several sponge baths. I'm aiming for every other day now, because he spits up so much. mrsrain on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337678 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:09:39 +0000 mrsrain 2337678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Once or twice a week until she started crawling. Since then we do it roughly every other day, based on what we've done, where we've gone, etc. buttermilk on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337673 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:07:25 +0000 buttermilk 2337673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD is 10 Wks and we do it about twice a week bc she hates it. But tonight we actually had our first tear free bath so id love to do it a little more often, but not every day. regberadaisy on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337669 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:02:30 +0000 regberadaisy 2337669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @yellowbird: don't feel like a failure! He's still young enough where it's not necessary! When they get mobile and are eating solids regularly, it definitely gets harder to skip baths. Before solids I bathed the younger one every other night. MrsF on "How often do you bathe your infant?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-do-you-bathe-your-infant-1#post-2337663 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:00:17 +0000 MrsF 2337663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Before starting solids - maybe 2-3 times / week. After solids he needs it every night. My 3yo gets a nightly bath as part of her bedtime routine so I bathe them together now. I hope you didn't really feel like a failure! You'd know if your own kid was dirty :silly: Whatever works!