How often do you / did you bathe your less than 6 month old? In water (sink, baby tub, Big tub etc....) not a "wipes" bath.
(Multiple children? Vote based on your first child.)
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Every night for bedtime, only because it really helps to relax her.
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I voted "every other day" but sometimes I would skip it if she didn't seem super dirty. Their skin is so sensitive that I didn't want to put soap on her if it didn't seem necessary.
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Under three months it was a few times a week. But after that, especially after he could sit up (4 months), its become every night.
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About once a week.
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Under 6 'months it was between every other and twice a week. With the occasional longer stretch when life got extra busy or tiring. My younger one got them a little more regularly because I would put her in with big sister after 3 months or so (in a mesh bath seat thing in the big tub with sister).
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Daily. She's sweaty and had lots of rolls that needed to be cleaned.
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Daily
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Once a week
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Every night, but we used only water.
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@travellingbee: is that because it's easier to bath a sitting baby or because he is dirtier?
@Mrs. Pickle:
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Once per week in a baby tub that sat in the big tub. Over washing can worsen sensitive skin and my LO has mild eczema.
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It really varied, but most of the time it was at least every other day.
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First kid: probably like 2-3 times a week?
Second kid:
Ummmm.... like maybe once a week?
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Every other day but we only use soap on his head and private area. He's otherwise just not dirty.
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M is 5 weeks old and only once or twice a week. She has really dry skin (skin sensitivities on both sides) and pretty bad cradle cap. At first we were doing a bath every couple days, but the pediatrician said to cut back a lot to help with the dry skin. We do a wipe down (face, neck rolls, thigh rolls, etc) and lotion once a day.
ETA: we also oil her scalp once or twice a day.
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Once a week, maybe more if she has a bad spitup incident or a poopsplosion.
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Both kids daily, before bed. DD is 10.5 months, DS is 4. She's big enough now that I can put them in the tub together and let them play for a little bit. I only use soap about once a week, though.
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I voted every other day but sometimes it was more sometimes a little less. But definitely leaned more towards every other day.
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First kid, twice a week.
Now with two, once a week for both. If the toddler gets into something he gets an extra bath, but for the winter it's easier on his skin to do less baths.
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Once a week...usually when one of us realizes she hasn't had one in a while!
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We are pretty strictly once a week, unless we have a reason to do more (i.e. Swimming, extra grungy playground play, etc). Both of my kids have sensitive skin and eczema, so it helps not to dry them out as much.
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Probably 2x per week. I didn't want his skin to dry out, and he honestly didn't seem like he needed a bath that often as a baby. He stayed pretty clean
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Once a week, two max on rare occasions. Same with my toddler, except in summer.
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This all makes me feel so much better. Baths aren't relaxing for the twins .... so not a bedtime thing. We are once a week kids and my husband keeps teasing me.
@Purpledaisy: hah.....I figured 2nd child would be less frequent!!!!
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Bath once a week but hair washed twice a week. Bad cradle cap needs washed twice a week. Bad eczema means she only gets a bath once a week.
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1-2x per week. Honestly just when I remember
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Once a week. She hated baths until after she was 4!
My BFF has 3 kids - 4, 2 and 8 months, and she bathes them all, every single night! It amazes me.
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@JennyD: !!!!
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@JennyD: wow!!!!
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@Purpledaisy: that's pretty much my exact answer (er except 1x per week actually might be a generous estimate for number 2!).
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2x a week, 17 months old, and has eczema.
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@meadow: mostly because it's easier haha! But also he starting eating solids at 5 months and then got messier.
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I think once she was 5 months it was and still is nightly
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DD was a Dec baby and I live in the northeast so we bathed her once a week only... We wipe down every night.
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I think with baby#1, it was nightly and part of the routine. With baby 2, if I'm lucky every other day. My goal is 2x per week!
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@travellingbee: gotcha...that makes sense
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@meadow: twice a week til he started daycare then every other day!
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Every night, we had a really great set up where the tub was always out and ready to go and it was my husband's "thing" with my son at the end of a day of not seeing each other.
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@looch: aww that is sweet!!
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