Do I bathe my child enough?

[Mel2023]

How often do you bath your toddlers?

My DS is 2.5. We’ve always had a routine where we’ve bathed him twice during the week (usually Tues and Thurs) and once on the weekend (usually a Sunday). This is a full body and hair wash. That being said, in the summer it was a lot more often due to wearing sun cream most days, and if he comes home from nursery particularly mucky or has a messy tea time we’ll bath him regardless.

I’ve recently noticed he’s developed cradle cap again (he had it when he was a baby) and it’s quite bad. Everything I’ve looked into online says it’s not unusual for toddlers his age to have it, especially if they had it as a baby. I mentioned it to a family member and she’s said it’s because we don’t bath him enough and she’s always thought this? Do we not? AIBU to think that a bath 3 times a week plus extra if needed is ok?

I bathed mine every night as part of their bedtime routine.

My point was it's better for skin and environment not to bathe daily. You use flannel on face first and bottom last then dry out before adding to normal kids washing.

You need a decent shampoo (Paul Mitchell Baby Don't Cry worked for my DGC). Expensive but you don't need lots and make sure you rinse well.

Ordinary shampoos/bath stuff is too harsh

But they didn't not survive due to not having a bath every day is what I'm saying.

I was a 70s child and had one bath a week as did most of my peers with flannel washes in between. Similar to my parents' baby boomer generation.
Obviously we had access to medicines, vaccinations and fresh drinking water too.

This isn’t a cultural thing! Anyone can comment on Mumsnet, from anywhere in the world.This thread is about babies/toddlers, not adults.