How often do you bath and/or change your newborn's clothes?

I'm just wondering if I'm weird after some comments made by a group of women a few days ago. I change DD3's clothes each morning - she has particular all in one's that are her pj's, and then in the morning I take her out of her sleeping bag and pj's and dress her for the day in fresh clothes. She is generally bathed/showered daily but we will occasionally skip a day, but the clothes still get changed. I know how I feel if I wear the same clothes so I figure while babies don't get dirty as such, they still have little chucks, dribbles etc. Most of these women were saying they bath their bubs every second or third day, and that they stay in the same clothes between baths unless they have a pooplosion.

Am I normal or are they? I'm happy to be the weird one - just curious :think:

I was bathing every 2nd day but the HCN said that it was ok to bathe every day cos it would help with settling them in the evening. So no, you're not weird at all! Do whatever works for you :)

Your not weird at all.
Even as tiny babies the girls would be changed first thing in the morning and before bed.
They also never wore the same 'bed' suit 2 nights in a row as they were both kind of spewy.

As it is now the girls have PJ's they wear a couple of nights in a row then they go in the wash, they get dressed in 'proper' clothes every morning unless we have a PJ day... BUT if we have a PJ day they don't wear the same PJ's to bed.

Baths / Showers were every 2nd day as it irritated the girls skin, now it's daily or every second day.

No, I always changed their clothes every day too :)

i bath her every 2nd to 3rd day, but would rather do it more often cause she does love her bath but depends how she is if we do it. im also lazy...i wear same clothes more than once, and unless she has thrown up etc will keep her in the same clothes more than a day...i do sometimes feel guilty and change her sooner.

Not weird, I also put fresh clothes on DS3 every morning. I have been giving him a bath every night too up until about a week ago as he had a bit of a cold and I didn't want to get him cold then warm then cold again! On the days I don't give him a proper bath I give him a top and tail wash - he loves having his face washed!

Not weird. We did bath every night before bed and changed bub out of her pjs and into clothes for the day every morning. It helped our DD distinguish when it was bedtime doing a nighttime bath and it calmed her too.

Changed DD clothes every day. We had designated jumpsuits that served as PJ's so I changed her from those every morning into fresh clothes. We started out bathing every day, but then her skin dried right out, so we pulled it back to every second. That went on until she was 7 weeks old and her hip brace went on and we couldn't give her a proper bath, but we still gave her a sponge down every second day.

I always bathed DD daily - it settled her at night and was part of the bed time routine. Clothes wise - she also had a set of onesies that were her "pj's" and I changed her each and every morning into proper clothes. The only time she ever wore onesies in the day was when she was ill.

I do recall having people tell me I was weird at the time and thought, as others have said, I don't like being in the same clothes all day and night so why should she?

With Buster he had/has a bath with Moo which is every second day. If he has had a big spew then he'll get an extra bath right there and then. He is a very chucky baby so his clothes get changed very frequently anyway, it's not uncommon to go through half a dozen changes in a day. Having said that, if by some miracle the suit he slept in is still clean, I will leave it on him. Any chance to save on washing :D

Yeah, you're weird ;)
I don't think it matters, really, I just couldn't see the point in doing it more often than absolutely necessary. DD was a spewer, so we did have to change her a fair bit. DS though, he'd got 2-3 days easily between clothing changes.

I do EXACTLY the same as you :)

I generally only change if needed and baths are every 2nd 3rd occasionally 4th day lol guilty of putting DS all in one on the heater to dry after he chucked on it when I only put it on him last night. He doesn't have a lot of cloths so have to make the most of what I've got.

I always dressed both my kids in morning and changed into pj's before bed.. Bath was usually everyday, but I was never pedantic about that, but I was with dressing them..

As required... as a newborn she probably bathed every 3-5 days and changed clothes only when they needed it or at that time. Now she is on solids it is a little more frequent but still not every day.

My babies have generally had a shower with me every second day. They might get an extra one though if they poop or vomit a lot. If they do a bit of a large vomit at a time inconvenient to shower them, then I'll just do a body wash.

Each morning they get changed into "day" clothes, and then into fresh pj's in the evening. It's not uncommon for them to be changed into fresh clothes a number of times each day though if they vomit. I'm not a fan of bibs so very rarely use them (only if they are in a particular outfit for going out that needs to stay clean) and I figure it's not much harder to just change them into a clean top than to change a bib.

I bathed my boys every 3 days or so as newborns but changed clothes daily :)

Our boys have a bath twice a week unless they get sweaty then its daily. Clean clothes every day, pjs changed once a week. They get out of their pjs when they wake and back into them just before bed. Sometimes dh doesn't change ds2's clothes in the morning, but the kinder teacher will pull him up on it.

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As a little baby DS was bathed every second day and because he was a spewy baby he had a change of clothes a couple of times a day. Now that he is 15 months old he has a bath/shower pretty much every day. He gets a fresh pair of clothes daily and wears his PJ's to bed for 2 nights (unless they get food/dirt/spewed on) before they go in the wash. His sheets get washed every 3 or 4 days now.

I do exactly the same as you hun. I think they are the weird ones ;)

DD usually kept her jim jams on under her day clothes when she was little - too cold in our house at the time! we'd change her into clean jim jams if she got grotty during the day, or at night before bed. bath was whenever it was needed - sometimes every second day, sometimes daily, sometimes more than once in the day. she preferred showers with us until she was about 18 months old though...

thanks everyone. The major reason they had against changing clothes so frequently was the extra washing. Little do they know that my evil plan is to wash as many loads daily as I can of clothes, nappies, towels etc so that my horrid washing machine dies an unnaturally early death so I HAVE to get a new one!!

ah! clever!

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thanks everyone. The major reason they had against changing clothes so frequently was the extra washing. Little do they know that my evil plan is to wash as many loads daily as I can of clothes, nappies, towels etc so that my horrid washing machine dies an unnaturally early death so I HAVE to get a new one!!

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But babies clothes are so tiny! It's not like you have to do 5 loads if you change them twice a day! I'm a little suprised at older children only bathing several times a week - don't they get filthy? The 5 year olds I know certainly do!

Yeah. I'm not sure how you can avoid bathing a 5 year old at least once a day. My 4 and 5 year old certainly need it.

I've lost track of how many loads of washing I've done today, but DD3's portion of that is pretty insignificant.

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I've lost track of how many loads of washing I've done today, but DD3's portion of that is pretty insignificant.

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I'm completely surprised at how much more washing I have to now! I could easily do 3-4 loads a day... I don't. But I could ;)

When C was little he was quite chucky, so I just changed him as needed. Now I dress him every morning and into his pj's at night.

I bathe him usually every second day now.

Don't think it matters as long as the baby isn't sitting in heavily soiled clothing and is clean and happy :)

Bathed and changed as needed. Not often bathed but clothes everyday unless...not sure what but I know they sometimes wore the same close for 24hrs max as tiny babies.

Then all of a sudden it seems you change and bath them 2-3tines a day. NONE of them wear the same pjs twice. I reckon I don't wear the same undies two days running why pj pants????

I love washing ;) not

It's 'Anything Goes' at our place. Change their clothes daily, but bathtime/s for bubs and the older kids depends on how dirty they are, if we've just got in the door and they need to get to bed asap, how tired we all are...

I was lucky enough to receive 3 lots of hand me downs for DD, so I'm trying my best to get her in the new and second hand stuff before she outgrows it. DS1 wasn't so lucky and he was the spewiest of the 3 kids.
Having read all of the replies, I'm now wondering if I'm weird. I don't have designated p.j's or 'day clothes'. DD wears the onesies during the day b/c they're easier to do up and I don't have to bother with socks etc.

I work at a primary school and it seems more common for kids to bathe a couple times a week than it is for them to bathe daily. I find this odd because they're usually all muddy, covered in paint, texta etc.

Forgot to add my kids never make it 24hrz without needing a clothes change anyway lol. DD has pajamas and day clothes DS stays in his night clothes till I get a chance to put him in day clothes. Dd has shower twice a day because only way o can keep her contained while I shower.

Dd1 and ds were always changed about three times a day as they chucked and were always washed without fail daily, dd2 had reflux and tummy pains but no chucking so she hated being changed so usually only once a day occasionally she would stay in the same ones for 24 hours. I couldn't imagine keeping them in the same clothes longer as others have said we feel yucky so kids are probably the same? Dunno but it seems wrong to keep them in the same ones for a couple of days just to save on washing!

My boys rarely lasted a whole day in a newborn outfit - they always seemed to get covered in dribble/spew/poo. I also bathed them every night before bed, as part of their bedtime routine (still do!). But I do have other friends who only bathe newborns (and change clothes) every few days.

We've has a BIG changing day - enormous pooplosioons and a big chucky session so the count so far is outfit no. 5, 1 bath for her and a shower for both of us. Oh, and second lot of clothes for me except for shirt and bra which is up to the third of each. Hmmmm. Not the best day!!

Always bathed DS at night to calm before bed, but only used soap every 2nd day. We changed him at least once a day. Now he had pjs at night, and change to day clothes in morning. Pjs get used until they are dirty or every 3 days.

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My girls always got a daily bath as they were poo-ers and spewers hence they also had multiple costume changes during the day. Combined with cloth nappies the washing was pretty full on.

These days they can wipe themselves pretty well and don't get too filthy (apart from hands and face) so they only have a bath every second night.

I think what we have learnt from all these comments is that there is no 'weird' or 'normal'. Everyone just does what works for them, and as long as the child is happy, healthy and not overly stink ;), then you're doing fine!