How often do you bathe your toddler?

[Jalapeñomel]

We could get away with once or twice a week in the winter, but it is shaping up to be every night now that we go to the park every day. How do I prevent his already dry skin from becoming worse?

[mandapanda18]

In the winter we got away with 2-3 x a week, now with the sunscreen, dirt and pool it's pretty much daily.

I have been washing on the dirty areas with cetaphil cleanser and slathering him up with cerave or cetaphil cream in the tub before putting on his pjs

[ssmjlm]

Usually every other day. We use the cerave cream in the tub for her eczema. It's really helped.

[caramia17]

We do every other day. Caramini has bad excema.

I try to wipe her down and we only use physical sunblock. Sometimes she's pretty gross, though.

[Deleted]

We have always bathed everyday for all 3 aftwr the first few weems of life. Its part of our bedtime routine. We only use soap every few days. We use Dove sensitive/unscented bar for their bodies and mustela 3 in 1 shampoo for their hair. I then use Neosporin eczema care lotion on their skin every night.

Eta: I do use soap more often in the summer because we only use physical sunblock and they get pretty gross every day at the park.

[chickens987]

2-3 times a week. It's probably gross, but we're too short on time/lazy.

[turtlegirl]

Only 2-3 times a week in the winter. In the summer we still only do 3-4 times a week. We are just too busy most evenings it seems to get good bath time in. We definitely wipe down hands and feet and faces with a wet washcloth in between.

[undecidedowl]

Twice a week in the winter, as needed in the summer. Cetaphil cleanser and Cerave cream work wonders.

[AlpineSlide]

We just bumped it up to every night, maybe skipping 1 night per week. He loves it and i think he sleeps better after a bath. During the winter he was bathed twice per week.

I used burt's bees original lotion all over and Eucerin ecxema cream on his bad spots like behind his knees.

[dancingirl21]

Every other day unless he's sweaty or dirty. Then as needed.

ETA: J also gets dry skin. We use Burt's Bees in the bath and Aveeno Baby lotion.

[noodleskooze]

2-3 times a week in the winter; lately he's been going outside a lot, so between sunblock, bug spray, and sweat, we do it 5 times a week probably.

[greencrayon]

We had been only doing 2x a week, but I realize I'm going to have to bump it up to at least 4 or 5x a week now that she gets sun screen and dirt on her all the time. Her first summer she wasn't crawling so she stayed relatively clean.

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May 24, 2015 17:17:23 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

We could get away with once or twice a week in the winter, but it is shaping up to be every night now that we go to the park every day. How do I prevent his already dry skin from becoming worse?

pretty much every night now it's summer. 

I use gentle soap and some nights no soap at all. Plain Ivory when I do use soap. Sometimes the Aveeno oatmeal bath. Baking soda sometimes.
I also taught DD to shower with me quick pretty early on. Saves time I get her washed really well and she's only in about 2 minutes so way easier on her skin.

I will also ditto the Burt's Bees Lotion.

[dcn]

3-4 times a week, sometimes we skip soap. I lather him up with cocnut oil before pjs.

[MadamePresident]

once or twice a week. I'm lazy.

I haven't washed hair in a couple months. I do comb it out with a little water every couple days.

[Willis Jackson]

Every night. Always and forever.

[greencrayon]

May 24, 2015 17:43:22 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

May 24, 2015 17:17:23 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

We could get away with once or twice a week in the winter, but it is shaping up to be every night now that we go to the park every day. How do I prevent his already dry skin from becoming worse?

pretty much every night now it's summer. 

I use gentle soap and some nights no soap at all. Plain Ivory when I do use soap. Sometimes the Aveeno oatmeal bath. Baking soda sometimes.
I also taught DD to shower with me quick pretty early on. Saves time I get her washed really well and she's only in about 2 minutes so way easier on her skin.

I will also ditto the Burt's Bees Lotion.

Is showering with toddlers feasible with only one parent?

[bananapancakes]

Every night. It's always been part of our bed time routine and he loves it. In the winter we only use soap like 2x per week but now with the nasty sunscreen and playing outside everyday, it seems like I'm using soap most days. We use Aveeno soap and lotion and his skin isn't dry.

[gibbinator]

Usually every other day, we often end up skipping a day on the weekend.
If I have to wash him consecutive days, I just don't use soap.

[spk926]

Every other night. Probably not needed that often, especially in the winter but oh well.

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May 24, 2015 18:29:36 GMT -5 greencrayon said:

May 24, 2015 17:43:22 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

pretty much every night now it's summer. 

I use gentle soap and some nights no soap at all. Plain Ivory when I do use soap. Sometimes the Aveeno oatmeal bath. Baking soda sometimes.
I also taught DD to shower with me quick pretty early on. Saves time I get her washed really well and she's only in about 2 minutes so way easier on her skin.

I will also ditto the Burt's Bees Lotion.

Is showering with toddlers feasible with only one parent?

I do it all the time. H is rarely rarely around at bathtime. She's almost 4 but we've been doing it since 1.5ish or so. I turn the water on. We both get in. When she was younger I would keep her in until I was almost done. Then just set her out real quick and wrap her in a towel while I rinsed my hair or whatever. It was not relaxing but did the job. She's now almost 4 so she gets herself in and out pretty well. She gets out, dries herself off, runs and gets her pjs while I finish. 


I've tried with DS who is a bit over 1. He does fine but not he greatest. I do have to make it fast with him but sometimes he crawls out and then sits on the floor while I finish, wet and naked...lol. He doesn't seem to care. My bathroom is pretty warm though and I keep all the doors shut so neither is getting in trouble.

[Velar Fricative]

Every other night and more often if needed.

[kdubs923]

Ideally, every other night, but some days he's just too gross. He's a messy eater, who sweats and plays in the dirt (while wearing sunblock). It's a disgusting combination.

[magpie]

every other night, sometimes more often if she gets dirty.

[MadamePresident]

May 24, 2015 18:32:00 GMT -5 mofongo said:

May 24, 2015 18:06:36 GMT -5 MadamePresident said:

once or twice a week. I'm lazy.

I haven't washed hair in a couple months. I do comb it out with a little water every couple days.

WUT?

Her hair isn't oily or stinky and she hates it. I don't see a reason to forcibly wash her hair. As for bathing, I wash my kids when they are dirty, but they generally aren't playing in the mud.

[glitzy07]

Usually every other day or every third day at the longest between. He's a dirty, dirty toddler.

[cece]

Usually every day, especially in the summer.

[rex]

usually 2x/week. if she gets dirty on another day we do bathe her though, so I am sure in the summer it will be more, even if it's just a quick rinse off.

[chickens987]

May 24, 2015 19:15:20 GMT -5 @natariru said:

May 24, 2015 19:07:22 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Months just seems like a really long time to go between hair washings. Kids have to do a lot of things they hate doing. 

I'm with mofongo on this one... S cries every time I wash his hair (every 3 days) but he has a ton of it and his head is the sweatiest part of his body. Too bad, so sad kid. It's over in less than 2 minutes!

Yeah...somehow DD's head never gets nasty/smelly, but I still force myself to deal with the screaming at least once/week.

[SKP82]

DD gets a bath daily and we wash her hair every other day, sometimes daily if we've been to the pool or it's greasy from sunscreen.

She doesn't like to have her hair washed, but we do it anyway.