How many baths a week is reasonable for a 16 month old??

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Three.

I guess it is personal choice for you as a family, we bathe the boys every night but I know some families who dont

However many it takes to remove dirt - has to be nightly for my 13 month old, the coating of banana, mud, snot and dried milk would get a bit much after two days

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2 at a push.

I do wash his hamds and face about 50 times a day though.

It was every day for me with all three, as part of bedtime routine. Never felt comfortable with the pooey bottom thing however effective babywipes are.

I always had every day-it was just part of the bedtime routine. I found it made for a calm go to sleep time. Bath-bedtime story-sleep.

1 - 4, every night would aggrevate DS's excema. That's my excuse anyways!

Once or twice a week, or more often if I am in the bath and can't persuade him to play nicely by the side whilst I apply face pack

At least one.

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one or two. depends how dirty they are.

Mine has 2. Partly due to my laziness (can't be bothered with the hassle & mess involved in bathing 3 under 4's every night ) and partly because he has bad excema which fares up after a bath.

Otherwise it's hands and face wash.

These are exactly the answers that I was hoping to hear . We used to do every night when she was younger and she's fine with or without one in terms of going to bed and the routine etc. She always gets a hands and face wash after every meal and teeth twice a day, so I guess it's the bottom and armpit areas that get left behind. Wipes never seem to quite get things as clean as a sit in the bath does....

I probably did it every day because I enjoyed it! I didn't find it a chore. I loved doing bedtime stories too.

we bath los every other night. their hair looks awful if we go any longer...

Mine has one every night, because he loves it and it chills him out. Otherwise he gets all tired and arsey around 6 and I don't want to put him to bed that early (value my sleep-ins!).Plus tis nice daddy time when he gets home from work. Otherwise he would have a grumpy baby to put up with.

i put ds2 (18 weeks) in bath every night. Dont actually wash him and no products in bath, just me and him having a play time. Can this damage skin then?

I would say 4 or 5 or 6. Just because that's how we did it. No problems with excema here, though.

1 bath a week is too infrequent imho.

My 3 yr old probably has 3-4 baths a week. I stopped the evening bath time faff when it stopped winding him down and started winding him up!

1-2. I wouldn't do any more unless really soiled.

It drys the skin (even just the plain water).

Depends whether they like baths or not. If they do, sometimes 2 a day. If they don't 1 or 2 a week.

One a week will do.

DD1 got one a night at this age, now DDs 1 and 2 get bathed twice a week, once if we're especially knackered.

Hands and face washed daily! And DD2s bum. That's all the muckiest bits covered .

Everyday at our house.

DS2(12 weeks) has terrible reflux and has a thin layer of coagulated milk from head to toe. That and the explosive poohs 4 times a day make me hesitant to skip a day.

DS1(4y) is incredibly dirty at the end of the day (plays outside almost every day), so he definiely needs his baths!

DS (14mo) gets one every day, he has eczema so we use Oilatum.

1-3 times a week here but we don't use wipes so dd's bottom effectively gets a wash every day as we use cotton wool and water after poos (she gets awful nappy rash if we use wipes, first baby didn't).