Do you bathe your child daily?

[Anonymous]

Jus curious... we bathe my son every other day or so...

[Anonymous]

My 7 month old, yes, because he loves his bath and is something to keep him occupied on those tough hours in the late afternoon. My 2.5 year old, however, suddenly hates getting his hair washed, so it is a challenge with him. We probably bathe him 3 times a week.

[Anonymous]

Yep. It's part of the bedtime routine, and helps immensely with that. We only wash hair every other day, though.

[Anonymous]

Yes, DS gets a bath every night with dad. Dad actually gets in the bath tub with him and they play. DS loves it and it gives me some time to just sit.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Our year old son only gets a bath every other day (sometimes every 2 days) unless he's dirty or there is some other reason a bath is required. Our pediatrician said that is perfectly fine.

[zumbamama]

I only bathe them daily when it gets warmer, when they are sweating everyday. Otherwise in the winter and late fall, it's every other day, unless of course they happen to need one three days in a row. But generally, I don't want to wash away all the natural oils on their skin. I've been reading so much about how many chemicals we expose ourselves to just by bathing, I'm now searching for organic soap/shampoo/conditioner for all of us. When they were really young, the dr advised to only bathe them 2-3 times a week.

[Anonymous]

Yes-- Bedtime routine. It's a signal that it's time for bed- mostly for our younger child. Wash hair maybe 2X per week-- My kids are 3 and 18 months and aren't into the hair washing at all!

[Anonymous]

I already posted but I wanted to add now that DS is crawling I feel better washing him. His hands always feel grimey no matter how many times I wipe them off. Seems like DS knows this is the start of bedtime too.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely, I doubt she'd fall asleep without it...

[Anonymous]

yes, we bathe our son who is almost 3 daily. We have given him a bath at night pretty much since birth. I think it works well with his bedtime routine and I think it's nice to go to bed clean with the day washed off of you.

[Anonymous]

We didn't use to. But then summer hit and I wanted to get all the sunscreen off of him. Then he became obsessed with the bath and now he cries for the bath (he's 2). But I wouldn't if he wasn't so insistent, and I don't wash his hair every day. It really isn't necessary.

[Anonymous]

When my son was born, he was naturally "yeasty," as my pediatrician put it. I didn't take antibiotics when he was born or while he was nursing, but he just would have little areas where yeast would grow (under his arms, between his legs). So I bathed him every day and still do. He outgrew the yeasty stuff, thank goodness. Ew.

I've had to lie him down before without a bath. He likes the bedtime routine with a bath, but is fine if we skip it and go right to pajamas and books.

[Anonymous]

Daily- DD ( 8 mo) loves to play with her bath toys and she's always getting food in her hair and on her face. It's part of our bedtime ritual.

[Anonymous]

I bathe my 7-mo-old DS every other day, but that may change when he starts crawling regularly.

[Anonymous]

Every other day for a 2.5 yo, unless she is especially dirty (summertime), on the off days I use a wash cloth to do a quick wipe down.