Johnsons Baby Oil

[Heaven]

Is it really bad like their other products with all the bad stuff in them?
I have some here, want to give DD a massage but have no Olive Oil atm. Have lots of Johnsons stuff I got as gifts which I'm not using. The ingredients just say mineral oil and fragrance.
Should I use some or just wait and get some olive oil?

[Pretty Butterfly]

I dont use anything like that on my kids, and would wait....

But I dont think it would hurt babe...

[jackrose]

It is not very nice really, mineral oil is a by product of the petroleum industry from what I understand so not something I am comfortable putting on my DD.

You could use any vegetable oil, (Not peanut oil if you have that in the cupboard due to the peanut/allergy link!!) or just a basic basic sorbelene....

ETA: just a nice massage without oil might do the trick?

[Heaven]

Righto, chucking that one in the bin too. Thanks girls!

[hj1981]

Good idea!!! i used it on B and she came out in a rash everywhere! dont recommend it at all!!!

[BellyBelly]

I'd steer way clear of ANY J&J products. Also, their caps aren't childproof (well when I saw it in the media not long ago). A baby had inhaled some of it and its fatal if they do. See if I can find the story online for you.

[BellyBelly]

The Dangers of Baby Oil

Toxicologist Dr Naren Gunja from NSW Poisons Information Centre at Westmead Hospital says most parents don't realise the danger.

"Once the child has ingested it depending on how much they ingest then it could be too late. Over a period of time, the child can die," says Dr Gunja.

"It is a gradual process that can take several days, two weeks to die."

And as well as that, petroleum based products are SOOOO bad for newborn, let alone any, skin. Yuk.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

i was told not to use vegetable oil by a pharmacist once, cant remember why. they said to use olive oil. i would just use sorbolene.