How often do you bathe your baby/toddler?

fro9etb8j5qsl2

When my little boy was born, I gave him a bath every single day. I was actually afraid to leave the house unless he had a bath in case someone looked into the buggy and said he was dirty :pac: When my little girl was born, I simply didn't have the time (or inclination!) any more so my boys baths were limited to twice a week with a quick top and tail in between. My little girl had eczema and needed to be bathed daily for the first few months to get it under control.

Now we're at the stage where both kids have a bath every saturday. Of course if they manage to get very dirty in between, they will have a second bath midweek but this is rarely necessary. Hands, face and bums are washed daily and every second day they get a quick all over top and tail. Is once a week enough for a full bath? My toddler isn't the type to get into everything and get filthy. I was reading on another forum where one poster accused another of neglect because she only gave her child a bath once a week. It's enough of a faff to do it once a week, I think!

Xdancer

My nearly 4 year old has had a bath nearly every day of her life I only wash her hair once or twice a week.
I only have the one child though. If I had more it might be a different story.

I don't think there is anything wrong with bathing a child once a week if that's what suits you.

lukesmom

I bath my two youngest once a week they are 5 and 3. And shock horror they have a bath together.

livinsane

My 2 year old gets bathed once a week usually but we don't have a routine for it. Some weeks it could be twice. Sometimes I am trying to think of a way to entertain him in the evening and think, let's go splashing!

lazygal

Ours have one together every night, as part of the bedtime routine. They're 2 and 3. We skip it if we're out and get home late. Whatever works is my motto! My older one hated the bath as a baby so I used to limit it as much as possible.

Das Kitty

Once a week for my two (2 and almost 6).

Stick them in together and let the battle for control of the bath toys commence!

They wash their hands and faces going to bed every night.

The older lad is now asking for showers as he's used to them from swimming. So he may be leaving the bath behind him soon enough!

Neyite

2-3 times a week, hair washed once a week because its an Instrument of Torture.

bp

Once a week and both in together (2.5 and six months). They are always messy, especially as we are weaning the baby :-)

How Strange

2.5 and 4.5 here and it's twice a week at most. Saturday/Sunday and usually a Wednesday. I try to wash their hair once a week but typically if I say don't get your hair wet they do just that and if I say I'm washing your hair tonight they refuse to let me near them! I rarely put them together as the older one won't let the younger one have any toys and it ends in a fight.

RentDayBlues

Mine are 3 and 19 months, up until the start of this summer it was a bath every night. Then when the weather started getting warmer we switched to the shower, and they love it!

So now it's a shower Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, think this will be the routine for a while. Shower is in ensuite so it's easier to heat, throw them both in, shut the door and enjoy

LegacyUser

Bath for our girl every night but she's a messy little babe....gets into everything!!iI wouldn't wash her every night though.No.2 is one the way, and I'd say at most it'll go to every second night, both together as soon as possible for as long as possible
I'd shower and wash and dry hair myself every night though, so I'm a bit of a freak that way :-) !!!

clare82

Ha my little whelp hates the bath...always has. I've tried everything but nothing works. She had a bath last night for the first time in almost 2 weeks. Dirty little pup but I've stopped worrying about it I'm sure she'll relent eventually....hopefully in time for college :P

cyning

My two shower with me so anything from once to 4/5 times a week... Depends how often I can distract them with sheriff callie but they love the shower I always wash their hair.

Washing hair in the bath beyond cracks me up they scream cry and roar!

Sligo1

Once or twice a week for my 2. The 18 month old is in crèche twice a week so I'm a bit ocd at making sure she has a bath when she gets home from creche (yuk).

Nemecis

As a baby I gave him a bath day after a day, as a toddler he gets bathed every 2 days.

Ms2011

3.5 & 6 month old here. We bath every Wednesday & Saturday. I run the bath for the baby first, wash her & let her have a little splash around then I take her out to dry & dress her. Hubby then tops up the bath with hot water & baths our son.
When the baby is a little older we'll bath them together.

Spread the love

I bathe my toddler twice a week. Usually midweek and then again on a Sunday before she goes to crèche on the Monday. I always send her to crèche as fresh as a daisy with her nails trimmed as I'm always paranoid they'll report me to Social Services if her ears aren't clean!!

Spread the love

On this topic, does anyone else have a big struggle to get your child out of the bath. My daughter always kicks up a major fuss when I take her out of the bath. I really dread giving her a bath at times just because I know she'll have a meltdown after it:

Sligo1

Spread the love wrote: »

On this topic, does anyone else have a big struggle to get your child out of the bath. My daughter always kicks up a major fuss when I take her out of the bath. I really dread giving her a bath at times just because I know she'll have a meltdown after it:

Sometimes yes. They really love the bath! We started letting the plug out so the water drains out. When they see there's no water left in they are happy enough to get out .

KERSPLAT!

10 month old and a 3 year old, usually twice a week or every 3 days or so.

fire and ice

Spread the love wrote: »

On this topic, does anyone else have a big struggle to get your child out of the bath. My daughter always kicks up a major fuss when I take her out of the bath. I really dread giving her a bath at times just because I know she'll have a meltdown after it:

My little girl does this also. Wouldn't mind bathing her more often but she cries for ages when I take her out😟

fro9etb8j5qsl2

I'm glad I'm not the only once a weeker so! I can only ever remember having a bath once a week as a child (before Glenroe on a Sunday). Livinsane I've never thought of using the bath to entertain them, my go-to emergency entertainment is baking/wrecking the kitchen. Might try the bath instead in future, it sounds less messy :pac:

javagal

My 3 year old is Usually every 3-4 days here. She has eczema and baths dry her skin out so we don't do it often.
She gets to splash in the sink for clean paws at least twice a day and I make sure we always clean her butt before bed!

Ms2011

Sligo1 wrote: »

We started letting the plug out so the water drains out. When they see there's no water left in they are happy enough to get out .

Unless you're a wet 3.5 yr old & then you treat the newly emptied bath like a slip & slide

Sligo1

Ms2011 wrote: »

Unless you're a wet 3.5 yr old & then you treat the newly emptied bath like a slip & slide

Lol lol... This is true....

IvyTheTerrible

When he was a small baby, we only bathed him every second day, they don't get really dirty at that age, they aren't crawling and it's cold!
He's 3.5 now, we give him a shower every single day in the summer because it gets very hot here so would be quite sweaty. In the winter, we wouldn't shower him every day unless he got dirty outside or something. (We wash his face and hands several times a day, and I'd always wash his bum in the shower after he does a poo).

Akrasia

once a month, whether they need it or not


















My wife on the other hand gives them baths and showers at least once a week.

pwurple

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I'd always wash his bum in the shower after he does a poo).

How do you manage this? Strip him off completely or are you extra good with your shower aim?

Our eldest had excema which seems to be made worse by water, unless we dosed her in creams afterwards, so it was about once a week. She seems to have grown out of it mostly, so we do one bath a week and one shower a week for both of them.

The shower is after swimming. That counts, right?

My youngest was getting several baths a day when she was smaller, but only because she had reflux. 20+ projectile commits a day made quite the mess.

dori_dormer

Our fella had very dry skin so since newborn only got a bath once a week. The effort of giving a bath every night lol! My guy is high energy and goes mental in the bath. Loves water and spent hours in the summer playing in the paddling pool.

We do twice a week now at 20 mths. Mainly because he goes to nursery now, and his hair gets quite greasy, so needs the extra wash!

ChewChew

My girl is 5 months. I bath her maybe every second day. Most of the time it's in the sink for pure handiness sake. And I may or may not put her towel in the dryer, which is right beside the sink, and take it out when we're done just for the pure coziness of it

Angry bird

About 3 times a week. All 3 together ages 4-6. They have great fun and the odd squabble.

kandr10

I was never able to get into a routine of bath before bed. I bathed my daughter about every 3 days as a baby. As a 2 year old now, she gets a full bath once a week, sometimes more and a shower every other day with me. She loves a play in the bath so I wish I could do it more it's just hard to find the time after work and before bed.

IvyTheTerrible

pwurple wrote: »

How do you manage this? Strip him off completely or are you extra good with your shower aim?

I just take off his bottoms, and he holds up his t-shirt/jumper to stop it getting wet. It's fairly was because he goes the toilet in the morning before he gets dressed.

Makapakka

Once a week here too. Her hair takes 30 minutes to brush through (Afro!) so I can only face that once a week!

walshb

My 5 month old is bathed twice a week, and more if an emergency. I think every day is a bit excessive, but if the baby seems to enjoy it, or it is soothing or therapeutic for him then why not...

cbyrd

My eldest got bathed every day when she was little.. My 5th gets 1 bath a week with her 2 brothers ( 5, 4 )and they get a general wipe every other day unless they get dirty.
Hands face and teeth before bed and before leaving the house for school.