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?

Poppy the norm when I was growing up was daily bath for my DM(southern European) and siblings and me but DF was once a week .

He really ponged and we all remonstrated with him !

Most people I know like me (born 1960s) only had weekly baths until puberty. I grew up in a Mediterranean climate, too. But very daily showers after that.

Mine has one every night, but it's part of her routine, she clearly winds down in the warm water and it soothes her.

However, she doesn't suffer from skin issues. Your DD probably doesn't enjoy them because it's sore, bless her.

I probably would do exactly what you do if DD had skin issues. So I don't think you are being unreasonable at all :) (and agree, babies don't really get that dirty!)

I agree frisson it was part of the routine and allowed a nice gentle winding down.
They had lots of fun playing with teapots and cups in the bath and offering cups of tea(bath water )

I bathe my dc twice a week, obviously more if they have got mucky in the garden/park etc.
Twice is fine, especially in regards to exzcema, my dd exzcema has calmed down a lot since i stopped bathing her too much.
They have a wash every morning and a bath twice a week, fresh clothes everyday. They never smell

Early 70s, Southern Europe here.
We had a top and tail every day (our bathrooms have bidees :) ) and we would also wash feet if dirty. Pretty much until I started with periods and decided that it was less faff to have a full shower (even though baths were supposed to be dangerous during periods!).

DS always made sure that his food ended up in his mouth and bottoms were cleaned every nappy change. His hair doesn't get oily and it's usually short.

When we go the beach, for example, he showers every day.

I can hardly survive without a daily shower.

On the other hand, I know lots of south American people need two showers a day and would think one a day was grubby. :D

Bathe dd1 every 2 or 3 days. Now it's summer I get annoyed I have to wash her more because of sun cream and the beach! Dd2 is about once a week. She is only 7 months and I can wipe her over with a flannel quicker than I can fill the bath for her! They are both presentable and clean however

Does hosing them down count?

My 4 yr old needs a bath at least every other day. For one, her bum wiping skills at school leaves a lot to be desired (or not!). Two, she plays very actively in the schools adventure playground so will get quite muddy and whatnot. Not to mention the time they did sensory play with glitter fgs!

I find it easier to dump them in the bath or under the shower than to faff about with flannels. I know you can't 'dump' a baby in the bath though!

i aways bathed dd every night and from the age of 8 she has a nightly shower
i have a shower as soon as i wake up before i even go downstairs and i have done this since i can renember
i find even if i have a shower at night i still want one in the morning

YANBU. My dd has never been bathed more than 3 times a week max. As others have pointed out a daily bath for a small child who doesn't sweat (unless its filthy from messy play), seems a total waste of time and energy.

Twice a week seems completely fine and normal to me. Better for the skin and not all babies l

Oops - not all babies l

Oh FFS - not all babies love the bath!

Up to you.

Personally we all bath or shower every day as I am the one doing the sheet washing so want clean bodies in beds.

A daily bath or shower stayed with my kids as normal so that carried on through teens and beyond.

Happy with that.

YANBU its fine for a baby. I too, don't get this bath every night thing.
It's when they get to teens that's the problem.

We are obsessed with bathing in our house, my DS has a regular nightly bath,DD has a shower twice a day and I have a morning shower and nightly bath. I could not get in bed without having had one. OH has a shower every few days he is not as keen as the rest of us.

When DS was a babe in arms sometimes he was bathed twice a day, I remember my dear old Mum saying I would wash him away. I was brought up with a weekly bath and a good wash every day.

Haven't read all the replies so apologies if repeating someone else but the latest eczema advice is to bathe frequently using a soap substitute to remove the dead flaky surface layer of skin and an emollient afterwards.So bathing more frequently might help as well if you use the creams.

I remember the hospital advising against daily baths. We have an immersion heater without a timer so its a right faff thinking an hour before (and blooming expensive). My ds has a bath 2/3 baths a week unless he needs one. Probably has done from birth.
I too grew up with a Sunday night bath! Now I have a shower every night (would be morning but immersion heater pains again!)

I bath or shower every day, and raised dd like that as well. I grew up having a weekly bath and thought it was loathsome, soon as I moved out I had a decent daily wash. I would feel grubby if I didn't.

But then I have never had eczema and neither has dd. And I certainly don't give a monkeys what anyone else gets up to.

We did nightly baths but as a routine transition-from-day-to-night thing in a desperate bid to get a difficult sleeper to bed at a reasonable time. If it were problematic due to a skin complaint we would have had a different view.

However, my kids did and still do get absolutely filthy everyday so it does feel necessary and it's a nice habit. One was really quite a sweaty baby too.