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We never do daytime baths (unless it's a quick rinse because he is absolutely filthy from a meal)...doing 2 a day would dry out his skin, I would think? And it's more work than I care to deal with!

He does get really excited during bathtime, but I think that's ok--he calms down during Pjs, nursing, and story time.

E is 15.5 months and has NEVER been calmed by a bath before! I just let him splash and play...I agree with @cmomma17: , I think it lets him get rid of some excess energy before bed!

He's always ready for bed by the time I've put a diaper/PJs on, brushed his teeth, read a story, though.

There's nothing relaxing about a bath in our house, day or night I do use the johnson&johnson bedtime soap at night and the normal yellow bottle during the day.

LO looooves the bath. I don't think it relaxes him... he tends to have a lot of fun splashing and smiling. I think it just helps him to realize he's close to bedtime when he gets one. After bath, he gets dressed, has a bottle and goes to bed.

B looooves the bath. Like PP's he kicks, splashes, and laughs. Not soothing at all. We do it every night before bed so he knows jammies, book, bottle, and bed are coming.

We don't do daytime baths unless he got really dirty. Our baths are far from soothing, more like crazy fun. Bath always come before bed and getting ready for bed with us.

@deerylou: I love the image of the wind chimes and cucumber eyes

I think for us it's more about the routine than it is about it being soothing. She can calm down pretty quickly even after the bath.

We put aveeno calming bath stuff into the water, but it doesn't really calm her. It just creates bubbles and then she sticks her bubble-covered hand in her mouth and makes faces/gags/cries. So yeah, not very calming!

Dd gets super excited in the bath and afterwards runs around like a crazy women before bedtime. I think she's just getting the last bit of energy out. As soon as I pick her up to cuddle and give her lovey she calms down and puts her head on my chest and usually has no problem going to sleep.

Our baths have never been calming and both kids sleep great! They're just tired at the end of the day.

Bath time is splash and play time. DH usually gets him laughing so hard. By th time he is done and lotioned and in pj's he knows it is time to nurse and go to bed.

Like your baby, my son loves bath time; it's a big splish splash party. I know my son likes to go to bed roughly 8:30-9:00 pm. So our bath is part of our evening routine but not bed time routine. I give him a bath, I use it as a time for him to get some of his energy out, since he clearly enjoys it. We put on PJ's and he has a couple hours to be a silly baby and spend time with Dad. When he's getting sleepy, it's night time bottle and cuddles with Mommy or Daddy.

I think the most important thing I've realized being a new mom, is that if I notice a certain behavior (ie bath time is fun and exciting) and I try to force something (ie bath time = relaxing and getting ready for bed time) it's usually me that's going to end up frustrated. After all he's a baby, it's easier to find activities and create a schedule that supports his behavior than try to change it.