Baby Powder

[Tigergirl1980]

Zinc oxide is natural and it occurs in nature as the mineral zincite. It's also known as zinc white and calamine. I guess that's where calamine lotion comes from

[totalbabe77]

oh my god!!i have never heard of this!!!am so glad that i read this thread!!my DH and i are in absolute shock at the damage such a common baby product can cause!!!we don't use it, but we have an unopened bottle which we probably would have used otherwise..we also have curash powder(which we also haven't used) but am not sure of the difference..
we use the curash cream..it is great and if owen's bottom is a bit red we just put the cream on and by the next nappy change he's fine again..will stick to that i think!!

[Tigergirl1980]

Well it doesn't say anything else but zinc oxide. And zinc oxide comes in a solid white form which I assume is then ground down into the powder.

[Tigergirl1980]

No worries

[Angel]

Also, if you are concerned about the inhalation risk but still want to use powder you can just sprinkle a small amount into a container beforehand and pat it on bub with a cotton ball. Less chance of it going everywhere that way.

[Tigergirl1980]

Yup you're right Kate. It doesn't say anything about having talc in it whereas J&J baby powder does.

[julesr]

I emailed Curash to ask if their anti-rash powder contained talc - here's the response:

Yes, the Curash Anti-Rash Baby Powder does contain Talc as well as Cornstarch.

Regards
Customer Service
Church & Dwight (Australia) Pty Ltd