How often do you bath your baby at 1 mo, 2 mo, 3 mo?

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Ive heard mixed things. Started doing it for dc 4 weeks twice a week… too little?

As when he needs one. Sometimes only once a week - it completely depends. He is still clean on days I don’t bath him. I clean his face and hands a 100 times a day after meals and playing, I make sure he’s fully clean whenever I change him.

babies do not need to bath as often as adults do

Every night from about two weeks old. Plain warm water unless really grubby with milk / food / poo then a little bit of Aveeno baby bath stuff.

Use Cheeky Wipes with warm water (unless out and about) for nappy changes, found these get him a lot cleaner than baby wipes.

Wash hair every other day too I should have said

Every other day

Every night at that age as part of bedtime routine

I bathed mine every night from birth, partly as a soothing part of the bedtime routine. I think as PP said it also ensures they are cleaner than wipes or cotton wool & water might manage after multiple nappy changes.
But wouldn't judge anyone who didn't do it that often, each to their own

Top and tail wash in the morning and then bath in the evening - same routine everyday. Top and tail wash is arm pits, face, neck etc and then nappy area.

If your baby skin is ok, no rashes, no dryness and you clean properly after poos and under chin , there’s no need to wash more than twice a week , relax

Every day. X

@strawberrysummer19 if you have a baby with eczema the medical advice is not to bath daily as the water dries their skin out and makes it much worse.

But she’s a baby, she doesn’t get dirty. I was told by a midwife that she only needed a bath before 4 weeks if I wanted to give her one & the longer I could hold out the better her skin would be.

There seems to be a fairly strong relationship between rashes and skin issues & nightly bathing in my NCT group. I have sensitive skin but I’ve never even needed to use nappy cream on my girl, she has perfect skin.

Every day, but no eczema, and it didn't take any longer than topping and tailing, just part off night time routine. He's now 4 has a bath 3/4 times a week and showers on the days in between. I can't imagine not bathing him daily at this age, he's filthy by the end of the day especially nursery days.

Oh and and DS never had rashes etc, only incident of nappy rash was when I tried also nappies once and he had a bad reaction to them

I’ve always felt that the idea of bedtime routine has to include a bath was invented by Johnson’s to flog more of their products - I cannot see that a tiny baby needs a bath every day. Do whatever feels right for you and your baby OP.

None for month one. Then twice a week - just following the guidance from the NHS….

I didn't bath DS until his cord stump fell off and then once a week after that. Found wipes to be more than sufficient for cleaning him up in between. Will be doing the same for DD when she's born. They don't need washing daily, it dries their skin out

Once a week. Every day I'd clean bits that needed it (bum and head/ears) with warm water and fabric wipe or cotton wool.

For those going vomface at weekly washing, babies don't sweat or produce oil in the same way as adults. You basically need to clean stuff off them like poo and milk, sick etc but their skin doesn't need to be washed much. In fact the skin has its own bacterial balance, too much washing can make the skin dry out, it becomes a less effective barrier and you're more likely to get eczema and other allergies and irritations.

My kids are 3 and 6 now, they have two baths a week with the off shower off or baby wipe clean up in between if they need it. They're fine.

Have always done every day 😊

And as for washing hair, they really don't need shampoo. I still don't use it now and my kids' hair is lovely. Just rinse with water.

Twice a week. Cleaned every time he had a poop with cotton wool and warm water, unless we were out somewhere, when I used wipes.

At that age 2-3 times a week unless there was a nappy explosion that needed an extra. Her skin dried out too much for any more than that.

I have DC with eczema so once a week unless covered in something..top and tail regularly through the day when babies though.

Once they got to 2-3 I started bathing 2-3 times a week.

DD1 had eczema. Looking back I think we were bathing her too much as a baby. DD2 has perfect skin, so I'm not going to change anything. Weekly is perfectly sufficient for her.

Every single day as part of a bedtime routine since birth. I felt it helped them distinguish night from day and it wasn't long before my dd used to whinge and grumble in the evenings until I took her for a bath, where she would visibly brighten and I said to dp I'm being bullied into bathing her now!

This. Too much bathing isn't actually good for their skin. Don't worry OP, you're doing great