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First bath was in the hospital at 2 days old. First bath that *we* gave her was (I think) around five days old. Since then we've done one bath per week. LO's doctor says that is just fine. You don't need to wait for the cord to fall off before bathing.

Well our hospital just said not to submerge her in water until the cord fell off. But you can give sponge baths!

@MrsBrewer: This is what our hospital told us as well. We give her a sponge bath 2x a week, and avoid her belly button area. Her first bath was at the hospital at 1 day old, and then we have her one at home maybe 4 days later?

What kind of tub are you using? We used a baby tub w/ a sling so she could have a sponge bath. DD2 needed one almost daily from the time we got her home because she had such bad blowouts and reflux.

We skipped the bath in the hospital and did sponge baths only once or twice until 2 weeks old when the umbilical stump fell off. You do need to keep the stump dry so it can heal (needs a dry environment). We now bathe weekly.

Erm, I think LO was 5 weeks old before her first non-hospital bath. She had some really minor sponge baths in the meantime. She just didn't seem that dirty and I didn't bother! Plus good skin microbiome and all that...also I am lazy, ha! She still only gets 2-3 baths per week now at 8 months.