How often do you give your infant a bath

My dd is 2 months and I usually give her a bath twice a week but I wipe her down daily.

Sometimes I feel like I should be bathing her more often but not sure. And her baths are so quick. We are in and out withing 5 minutes. Thought it should/would have been a longer process ans dd doesn't seem to mind it at all so far thank goodness

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DD is 5.5 months.. either every other day or at 3x a week since it got really cold out.

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My DD is 11 weeks. I give her a bath every day. I massage her with baby oil before her bath and put lotion after her bath to help possible dry skin issues (which she hasn't had).

I have been doing this since her umbilical cord fell out. I think it actually helps her with her routine and at this point I think she looks forward to it. By 7:30 she wants her bath, if not gets cranky. By 8:30 she is in bed - swaddled, fed and asleep. She has been STTN up until about 5:30 since she was 7 weeks old. I think the bath and routine has helped.

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I put dd in the bath everynight its part of her bedtime routine. I find she sleeps better after she is bathed and lotion.

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we do once to twice a week but I clean his rolls everyday. he has some pretty bad eczema that flares up after baths so we try to limit them.

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at almost 7 weeks we are doing it about 3 times a day

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Month 1 - 2 or 3x a week
Month 2 - Every other day. Sometimes every day since he's been pooping up to his neck lately lol.

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We have been doing baths every other day, but now that they are eating solids and making a mess, we will probably go every day-ish.
I have read that you don't have to do every day until they are crawling around and getting dirty.

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DS has sensitive skin. As a newborn, he got bathed 2 times a week. And the rest of the time he got a wipe down. I learned the hard way when I was bathing him every other day and his skin dried out so bad..Even at 15 months, he only gets a bath 3 times a week. Unless he needs more...His skin is still sensitive and he gets all dry when he has too many baths...No amount of lotion helped him either..

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Sponge bath every day, bathtub once a week

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bath everyday but I only wash his hair like 1 or 2 times a week

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at 8 months, only 2 or 3 times a week because it dries out his skin.

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I was doing every other day, but when she started daycare, I started every day M-F. I only bathe her on the weekends if she needs it for some reason.

ETA: DD is 7 months

Message edited 2/12/2011 4:24:23 PM.

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DS is 4 months old. I give him a bath in his baby tub like 2x a week. But he gets a wash down every day. His skin gets really dry if I bathe him more than that. I wish it didn't because he LOOOOVES the bath tub!

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When DS little we did about 2-3 times a week max. Once he started self feeding it went to more often and now at 17 months it's basically just about every night. He has dryish skin so I lotion afterwards but when he feeds himself he often puts his hands in his hair and I just hate him going to bed like that.

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2-3 times per week in the bathtub.

wipe down ( like sponge bath) every night

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We do 2 - 3 times a week.

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everyday unless we fall asleep. it is apart of his bedtime routine

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DS sweats a lot so when he was 1-3 months we were bathing him every day. But, he got very dry skin so we now bath him every other day. He is now 5.5 months old

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DS is almost 5 months

3X a week now and in the summer we will probably move to everyday.

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We gave DS a bath every night since about 2m of age. I think it was 2m. Memory is a bit fuzzy.

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DD is 7.5 months and we do every other day

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DS is 16 months old and unless he has "done something" to require major clean up, twice a week. He has always had very dry skin, regardless of the amount of lotion I lather on him

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DS is 8 months old, and since he was about 3 months he gets a bath everyday. It is part of our nightime schedule. But...I only wash him every other day since he has dry skin...but he soaks every night.