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01-15-2013 at 11:41 AM
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How often do you bathe your LO?

I give DS a bath about 3 times a week.  I would do it more often since he enjoys it, but I don't want his skin to get too dry.
 
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01-15-2013 at 11:46 AM
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2-3 times a week. You could bathe more often, just don't use soap :) I believe that is what causes the drying. Not the water itself.
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01-15-2013 at 11:47 AM
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We give our DD a bath twice a week but "wash" her with a wet washcloth without soap every night before bed.
 
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01-15-2013 at 12:02 PM
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Every 3ish days. If you want to avoid dry skin, put some baby oil in the bath water.

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01-15-2013 at 12:02 PM
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2x a week. LO has dry skin though and HATES baths.
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01-15-2013 at 12:08 PM
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We do bath time every night -  both as a way to get LO "ready" for bedtime (even though he still wakes for nighttime feedings) and because he LOVES the water.  We just don't wash his hair every time, only leave him in for a few minutes and we make sure to lotion after.   He doesn't have any problem with dry skin so far.  I don't believe in schedules this young, but feel like it might help in a few months when I do want to start him on some kind of a schedule.
 
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01-15-2013 at 12:10 PM
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Every 2-3 days
 
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Every 3 days but I take a washcloth to her little neck creases more often because they seem to be the only spot on her that gets dirty.

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01-15-2013 at 12:37 PM
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We bathe both kids every other day.
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Every 2-3 days

This, but I will run a warm wet wash cloth over him every day...in his neck creases, face, arm pits, etc.  

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2-3 times a week.  The other days I give a quick sponge bath. She is starting to love bath time now, my LO hated it at first.
 
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MandJS:
Every 3ish days. If you want to avoid dry skin, put some baby oil in the bath water.

 

I agree. I also use Johnson Baby Lotion after bath to keep skin moisturized. 
 
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We do three times per week as well. He has pretty sensitive skin and isn't worth the breakouts / dryness to do so more often.
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Every 3 days, but I usually wash just her hair sometime in between. She has a ton of hair, and it gets really oily and starts to smell funny. I wipe her down everyday.

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MandJS:
Every 3ish days. If you want to avoid dry skin, put some baby oil in the bath water.


Wouldn't this make the baby super slick and hard to hang onto? 
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Every other night.

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Every 3-4 days. I mean to do it more often, but times slips away from me.
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1st baby got a bath every single night, mostly without soap, just warm water.  2nd baby every few nights or in the middle of the day, when ever I could manage it.  LoL
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Every other day..if not that then 2 days. My lo gets fussy when he isn't bathe.
 
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01-15-2013 at 9:32 PM
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BLPL101:
Every 3-4 days. I mean to do it more often, but times slips away from me.

yep, me too. Bath nights are usually Wednesday and Sunday, but sometimes we miss a day...or two. I do sponge bathe him frequently in the mornings though. We live in a very drying climate.  
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