Alternative to nightly bath

[Luckystar1]

DS is 14 months and suffers from bad eczema on his back. He has had a good nightly routine for over a year now which includes a bath after his dinner.

I am keen to cut down on the amount of bathing to try and rescue his skin, but I can't think of a decent substitution.

His routine is dinner, bath, back downstairs for a bit of playing and a story then up to bed.

Any ideas?

Every second night I just flannel wash my 15 month old DD so clean her face, neck, ears and hands and then brush her hair and trim her nails etc if needed. Means that there is a kind of cleaning punctuation in the evening without a full-on bath

I would cut the bath straight out and go from dinner to playing. If you do a good job of his nappy area when changing and a good job of his face after eating then he will not be dirty at all and could easily go 1-2 weeks without a bath.

Thank you everyone I'll start looking at those creams. And thank you for the brilliant suggestions. I put DS in the bath and cleaned him with a flannel and then did the usual. He didn't seem to mind at all!