# How often should you bath your child?

> Source: https://furleybio.com/blog/often-bath-child/
> Published: 2018-03-26 | Updated: 2025-09-26
> Author: Furley Bioextracts
> Language: en-US

### **Hygiene for babies**

New parents always assume babies have to be given a bath every day since they couldn’t imagine not bathing themselves. However, in a document prepared by the [Canadian Public Health Association](http://you-and-your-baby.cpha.ca/healthy-baby/) intended for parents, they came out with the conclusion that there is no need to shower your baby every day since bathing too many times might dry his/her skin because the chemical ingredient in the soap removes the natural protection of his/her skin.

If you have a newborn or baby younger than 1, a bath **two times or three times a week**is enough to keep him clean. It’s recommended that you clean the umbilical cord three times a day using cotton swabs soaked in water. Dry the area with cotton swabs. You don’t need to wash baby’s hair more than once or twice a week.

 

Over bathing will dry out baby’s skin. Too little cleaning will cause baby’s skin problem such as milk rash and diaper rash.