To only bath DD twice a week?

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DD is 9 months, she did have bad excma (sp?) and baths made this worse so we've only ever done 2 a week, but it's not so bad now so she could cope with more.

She doesn't smell, and I wash her face in the morning and after any food with baby flannels.
Everyone I know who's mentioned baths seem to do a daily one for bedtime, but she doesn't seem to enjoy them much, should she be having more, or is 2 a week (or more if there's a nappy or food explosion) ok?

Sounds fine to me at that age.

You may get roasted.
I say yanbu, and I bathe mine far less than that.

Hope you have your flameproof suit on.

My DD is 3yo and gets a bath twice a week (and a shower at the swimming baths on a Saturday). She also has eczema and it stops her skin drying out. A good sponge down every day in between.
Don't see a problem with it at all.

Normal for us for the same reason, little babies don't have adult sweaty hormones, if for any reason she seems a bit grubby/hair looks a bit manky (sometimes this changes over time), I would bathe a bit more, but it's fine for my two, sometimes it is 3x a week, but not daily at present (they are primary school age).

I would say every two days would be ok, but not two a week.

YANBU. I'm the same.

I've never understood the whole 'bath every night' mentality.

Exactly how dirty can your kid get in a day?

Baby wipes and flannels were invented for a reason

No big deal and if it makes her excema worse I'd say yabu if you were bathing her every night.

Gosh it is fine, we do it when time allows, nobody complains too much or it's been a while. Mine are significantly older. My two year old probably baths the most but sometimes just to fill the time and he might have two in a day.

As long as none if the other issue you mentioned are present really no biggie.

DS is 2 and we never got into the nightly bath routine: yes a flannel wash round creases etc to remove food & milk in the evening/freshen up in the morning but I would tend to use bath as more of an activity than part of bedtime settling.

He has more baths now as when I'm at home I often park him in the bath whilst I wash at the sink. But there's no law insisting, and if it makes your dd's skin worse even less reason to feel you have to.

I don't think the Op will get roasted, increasingly it's clear that covering children with soaps/perfumed washes/shampoos and water stripping away any natural oils every single day isn't necessarily great for them. I do it as an adult as I sweat/would smell otherwise, but even I sometimes think it is silly taking away all that moisture, getting all dried out, then adding it all back on with moisturising cream!

YANBU

My DD is 21 months, doesn't have eczema, but I still only bath her 2/3 times a week and I only use soap every other bath. Daily bathing isn't needed for babies IMO.

We do it daily but the reason for that was to establish a bedtime routine when he was about 6 months. He's 2.8 now and we still bath every night for the same reason. He rarely is stinky and grubby enough to really NEED a bath.
My friend's ds has excema and only gets bathed once or twice a week. Whatever works for you I say! At this age they don't get smelly body odour so less frequent isq perfectly ok.

You wont get 'roasted' at all.

That amount is fine OP, I was my youngest 1-2 times a week because of his skin reactions.

my dd is only bathed once a week as she (and I) have eczema, she has a good wash every morning and night but baths and showers make us both worse. She doesn't smell and her hair is always up and plaited in some way so it doesn't get covered in paint etc at school. She's happy her skin doesn't hurt and I'm happy with that.

DD is 16mo. She gets a bath 2 sometimes 3 times a week. Completely fine in my book. However I must say most people in rl i know bath their lo's every night. I just don't get it...besides being too much faff they really don't need it at all.

My eldest hated baths with a passion. So I only bathed him once a week (or less); instead I just topped and tailed, and massaged with olive oil.

And then did the same with the others. All were fine, none were smelly. Well, not as babies

My dd, 13 months, also with sensitive skin, has a bath generally every two days, with Simple baby bath foam, hair washed with Simple shampoo, and a massage with E45 after. This is mostly because she loves baths, though - she has gone without for up to a week, when we are on holidays, and has been fine. If your dd has skin probs, then, if I were you, I would bath her as little as poss, and use E45 whenever you do. My dh has awful skin probs, so we think a lot about skin care, here.

YANBU. My DD is 18 months and has always had 2 baths a week - her skin gets dry if I do it more often. Obviously if she needs one in between bath days then she has one, but it's rare as she's not a "dirty child" (yet, anyway) .

Sounds fine to me. I now give my 19 mo a bath every day but that's mainly because we both enjoy it. I only use paraben/sulphate free etc washes (and only a tiny bit).

I was given masses of Johnsons when I was pregnant - the one time I used it my dc had v dry skin. Happily passed it on...

Yanbu. Absolutely fine.

DS never slept so he had daily baths as part of his bedtime routine.DD1 used to get bathed about every other day. DD2 gets bathed when I can't put it off any longer! She had one on Thursday which was the first for the week. She currently has felt tip on her belly. I hope it will come off with a wet wipe as she is going to bed as soon as I post this (we have been up since 5 so I have had enough)

Mine get bathed every other day (though DD1 often has a little shower in the morning if her bed is wet).

I've never linked bathing to bedtime routine. My DC never get bathed before bed - before the days of pre-school/school they used to have a long, fun bath in the morning. Now they tend to have one straight after tea at around 4.30/5.

Yanbu! I'm a total clean freak but only bath dd twice a week as a) she gets bad excema and b) she hates getting wet do can be a trauma.

She's nearly 2 but have done this for at least a year since her skin got bad. I really don't see the point in every day as it strips the skin... as long as theyre wiped and face cleaned then they're not dirty.

DD(5) only has 2 baths a week, one sunday and the other mid week, she dont need to have loads of baths.

I was my 6m DS every night, but only because its the only routine iv managed and scared if I stop he won't go to sleep!