Bathing baby everyday?

[carlywaa]

We have started trying to get our little boy into a routine & have been giving him a bath with the johnsons nighttime bath stuff every night but we are concerned that we are bathing him too often. He is 9wks tomorrow.
Thanks for any advice :)

[switswoo81]

Our electricity bill went up twenty euro a month from bathing dd (17 months)every 3rd night. The immersion sent it through the roof so we can't afford any more that that!! Plus her hair has to be blowdried now ..

Use elave products on her hair and body has grand skin. They last ages and she doesn't smell of products..

[KP86]

Don't use J&J products, they are really terrible. Water is all that's needed for ages, but if you want to use something look for a natural goats milk soap.

At that age we bathed DS maybe two to three times per week, probably more like twice! More often we showered together instead. They aren't dirty (except in your case with milky creases, poor thing) and the baths were very drying on his skin. Plus my back hurt from leaning over the tub and supporting him.

Again, as with most parenting decisions, whatever works for you is fine. :)

[PurpleTraitor]

Personally I avoid johnsons because of articles like this www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/24/johnson-johnson-72-millon-babuy-talcum-powder-ovarian-cancer

Please note I don't know how much or what of this is true or up to date, but if there is doubt, there are enough products on the market to avoid a specific brand, so I do.

Quote from article

'In May 2009, a coalition of groups called the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics began pushing Johnson & Johnson to eliminate questionable ingredients from its baby and adult personal care products. After three years of petitions, negative publicity and a boycott threat, the company agreed in 2012 to eliminate the ingredients 1,4-dioxane and formaldehyde, both considered probable human carcinogens, from all products by 2015.'

[MummaGiles]

We have only ever bathed DS twice a week - Wednesday and Sunday! - unless he is filthy and needs an extra one. But some people do it every night as part of the bedtime routine.

[MumOnACornishFarm]

We bathed DS once every 3-ish days when he was a newborn (top tail every day) and have bathed him every night since he was about 8 weeks old. He was a sicky baby, but it was more for a calming evening routine than cleansing. I rarely used products on him, though and when I did it was something gentle and natural from Weleda. Now that he's 1 and likes to rub food into his hair 3-4 times per day he gets scrubbed down every evening.

[user1467554098]

I have to bath every day! Just think of all the sick poo we etc, in there creases top and tail just isn't enough for meI feel nice after a shower and a bath and unsure babies are the same. Saying thAt a few people I know don't bathe their babies daily just my preference

[T0ddlerSlave]

We bathe DD every other night, which I find a good balance. Means if it gets late we can skip it and it doesn't bother her.

[knittingbee]

That early on, I didn't bathe mine nightly. Started to do baths every night from around 3 months, I'm very picky about what I put in the water though. Plain water and organic lavender shampoo when they had hair.

[carlywaa]

Thanks for the replies everyone!
He does need a good wash often cos he tends to get milk in his neck crease every time somehow haha.
Not had any problems with his skin so far but I will keep an eye on it. Sure he's sleeping better since we started the bath routine.
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[DowntonDiva]

DD has eczema, our dermatologist advised to bathe every day, twice if required. However we must always use oilatum in the bath.

[Ilovenannyplum]

DS is nearly 2 and from around 4 months, he's has a bath every night.
It's just become our routine, I have touch wood never had any problems with him going off to bed and I think it's because we've had this routine implemented, he knows how our evenings go, dinner - bath - cuddles & story - bed

Plus it's easier to chuck him in the bath to shift the dinner he usually tries to wear as a hat
(And the purple johnsons smells gorgeous and I like to sniff his fluffy blonde head once he's all clean and wrapped up in a towel )

[JackieAndHyde4eva]

I did every night as part of bedtime routine. My DCs are older now and still love a daily bath.

[NickMarlow]

We do every night, she loves it and its part of her bedtime routine.

She got very dry legs and arms when we tried some new bubble bath, so we switched back to Johnson's and that cleared it up.

[TitusAndromedon]

We bathed once or twice a week until the babies started weaning. Now we bathe them every other day. We also only used water until they were probably five months or so. I have psoriasis and I was very concerned that soaps would be too drying and would trigger eczema. I've read quite a few negative things about Johnsons. We use Earth Friendly Baby Lavender body wash and shampoo. The babies have gorgeous skin and no issues with dryness. They also fall asleep easily whether or not we include a bath in the bedtime routine.

[hownottofuckup]

PFB was bathed every day followed by baby massage in a dimly lit room with soothing sounds...
DS has a bath in the kitchen sink once a month week.
He's skin is better and he sleeps better at night without all the arsing about.

[badg3r]

Advice is only one or twice a week because of dry skin problems. You could try skipping the baby wash every other night or only using it once a week if their skin starts to get dry, and just bathing in water?

[crayfish]

We've always done baths every other night, but DS has dry skin.

[uhoh2016]

I bathed every night it was part of our bedtime routine

[Heatherbell1978]

And until DS was 6 months I would just put coconut oil in bath and no soap.

[Rinceoir]

Mine loved her baths from early on, so has always had one most days. I just used plain water when she was little.

[Heatherbell1978]

I've bathed DS every night since he was about 3/4 weeks old (almost 2). When they're tiny they don't really need it for cleaning as such but it's good for tiring/relaxing them before bed and forms part of the bedtime routine which is important. Once they're being bathed they start to realise it means night time.

[splendide]

I think if his skin is fine then bathing everyday won't do any harm. We did a bath everyday from about 6 months I think - basically once he started getting food in his hair. No soap.

[Muskateersmummy]

We bathe every day. But avoid johnson's stuff like the plague as its very harsh on their skin. Dd has eczema and johnsons reacts very badly with it

[Swearwolf]

How is his skin? That would be my only concern, baths and soap can dry them out and make things like eczema worse. If he's OK and it's working for you why not? I don't think it's necessary for a routine though if you find it's not working, dd is 16 weeks and has about two baths a week, ds only started having a bath every day when he was weaning (and filthy), both have a decent bedtime routine. Do what works for you and don't worry about it!