How often do you (did you)...

give them a bath at 3 weeks?

P.S. This is my first post, I have been lurking a while and have found so much helpful advice!!

 

At about three weeks, we gave them a bath about 2 times a week. More if they spit up badly or got dirty.

 

:wavey: Congratulations on your babies and welcome to TS!

At three weeks I was giving them a bath every other day to every 3 days.

 

Hi! Glad to hear from you and Welcome! :sign0016:

At 3 weeks, they had just come home from the NICU and we only did 2-3 times a week. I did Monday, Wednesday and Friday (thats their bath schedule when they were in the NICU so I just followed it for a while).

 

Usually every other day to every third day for us too. We're still on the every other day schedule unless someone gets messy.

 

every 3 days here

 

We bathed the babies every 2-3 days at that age with the exception of diaper blowouts or really messy spit-ups which necessitated immediate baths.

 

Hi! Welcome!

We also bathed about every 2-3 days unless they were super crusty. Just make sure not to get the cord wet if it's still attached.

Congrats on your new bundles!

 

WELCOME!!

I would give mine baths every 2-3 days, like the PP.

 

Congrats on your twins and welcome to TS!!!

At 3 weeks we were bathing them everyday. I know that is extreme but my dh insisted that we needed to do it which I realize now that we didn't. We were very consistent to moisturize them after every bath so they didn't dry out. I think 2-3 times a week is more than sufficient at this age unless they are major spitter uppers then you may want to go by that. GL and again, congratulations.

 

Mine only needed one a couple times a week.

 

Every three days or so, and it petrified me so it was mostly my husband and mom doing the bathing. I was just supervising. At 7 weeks we started to do one every night as part of the bedtime routine we put in place to get them sleeping at night (which worked! yeah!).

 

Congratulations on your twins! At 3 weeks I was still doing sponge baths. Meara's cord fell off, but Ana's hadn't and I didn't want to bathe one without the other. We did sponge baths every other day and washed their faces, necks and hands every day (usually twice). Once they started real baths, we did what we do now... every other day (sometimes every third day if they aren't stinky and mommy is too tired to deal ardon: ).

-Leighann

 

It was about every other day here. The nurses at the hospital said that was good.

 

At 3 weeks, my twins were getting bathed probably every other day, but that's only because I was still trying to find a routine plus dealing with my toddler. After a month or so, I started giving them a bath every day. They would/still spit up so much (or formula would run out of their mouth) that they stink. Formula would run out of their mouth into their hair, they would suck on their hands and their necks would smell like soured milk. I can't stand not to bathe them every day!

 

Not that often - once or twice a week.

 

It was sponge baths every night until their stumps fell of and the circs healed, then infant tub baths or sink baths every other day or 3 days or so.

 

Congratulations on your twins and Welcome!

My twins were in the NICU and they were getting baths every other day. We tend to stick to that rule at our house still for the babies unless, like others have mentioned, there is a blow-out, spit up etc.

 

every other day or every 3 days.

 

Congrats on your babies. Welcome to TS. At that age maybe twice a week here.

 

When my babies were 3 wks, it was freezing cold here, so I gave them a bath as rarely as possible (every 3-4 nights). Now it's part of our daily bed time routine.

Welcome to TS!

 

They were that age when were able to bathe them at all. They were so small we could not bathe them till then and i started around that age and bathed them every 2-3 days... Once they were a little bigger, every other day! Before that i would bathe the bottom part then cover up and bathe top part.

Welcome and congrats on your twins.

 

We gave baths twice a week starting when their cords fell off, and pretty much still do (unless they get REALLY dirty).

Like a PP said, though, it was freezing when my babes were 3 weeks. I set up a space heater (far away from tub/sink) and prewarmed the bathroom for 10 minutes before trying it. They still hated it.

 

Congratulations on your twins and welcome to TS! We bathed everyday because my little ones were spitters!

 

We were about every other day at three weeks, but at four weeks we started a night routine which included a bath every night.

 

Thanks for all of the replies!

 

My boys have pretty sensitive skin so my doc said no more then 1-2 times a week, which I have stuck to. Now we are trying to ge into an every other day bathtime with sesitive skin wash, and will work our way up to every night....But now I feel awful, bc I'm about the only mom on here who washes them that infrequently!!!

Shannon

 

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Congratulations on your twins! At 3 weeks I was still doing sponge baths. Meara's cord fell off, but Ana's hadn't and I didn't want to bathe one without the other. We did sponge baths every other day and washed their faces, necks and hands every day (usually twice). Once they started real baths, we did what we do now... every other day (sometimes every third day if they aren't stinky and mommy is too tired to deal ardon: ).

-Leighann



same here

 

congrats and welcome!

we bathed them every 2-3 days. the boys always really really liked the water, though, so we maybe did it more frequently than necessary b/c they just seemed to like it. now, we do it just about every night (though some nights are more intense wash nights than others) b/c it calms them down so much and gets them ready for bed.