How to Bathe Your Baby Be sure to read our article on safe bathing before you get started. Although some parents bathe their babies every day, until yours is crawling around and getting into messes, a bath isn't really necessary more than once or twice a week. When you do bathe him, you may find it a little scary to handle your wiggly little one when he's all soapy and slippery, so keep a good grip.
Most babies find the warm water very soothing.
Instead of using a standard bathtub, which requires you to kneel or lean awkwardly over your baby and gives you less control over his movements, it makes sense to use the kitchen sink or a small plastic baby tub. Add your comments to the bottom of this page. Here's how to do it and what you'll need to make baby-bathing easy. Assemble all necessary bath accessories. Bring your baby to the bath area and undress him completely.