Shazzy-babee

my DD is 10 days now just wondering how often should i bath her???

elainegee

The midwifes advise that you bath a newborn once a week and top and tail every morning etc. I bath my wee one every night with the odd night i don't, the reason for this is it has got him into a good routine of knowing that he gets a bath and fed and then bed for the night and he often last from 11pm till 5/6 the next morning. I have read mums on here who don't bath every night and only once or twice a week but their children still have a good bedtime routine. It is your choice totally i dont think there is a right or wrong, just look out for dry skin etc if you do choose to bath him every night, i have used nothing in his bath water as advised till 6 weeks and my wee ones skin has no problems x

Foogirl

We were told every night is a good idea to get them into a routine. If you use a mild bubble bath (or none at all) it should avoid the skin drying out but you can always lotion them up if you need to!

KJunkie

The hospital told me every other day when my son was born, so that is what I have been doing.

Vickie

when Hannah was a newborn we gave her a bath every third night with a sponge bath on the nights she didn't get a full bath

lexy604

Im doing Carter about every two days if you think about it they dont really get dirty if you keep up on diapers and such.

mari72

I top and tailed Ellis every day when she was little and bathed her once/twice a week. I didn't use anything in the bath soapwise, occasionally i'd use olive oil if her skin was dry. I didn't start daily baths until she was older and that was for fun/bedtime routine (about 4/5 months.)
Incidentally i had no problems with her bedtime prior to introducing a daily bath.

moomin_troll

at this age i gave zane mostly top and tails each night then when i started to bath him it was every 3 nights. u dont really need to use soaps at this age but i found simple products great also asda own brand then after a wash or bath id say use olive oil instead of baby oil as some babies can react to it and olive oil keeps the skin softer

then from 5 months we started bathing him everynight as part of a routine.

tinkabells

I bathed hollie from day one in just warm water, only started lastnight with bathing her in johnsons bedtime bath and lotion xxx