baby skincare

[tina_k]

im just wondering what you all reccommend for baby products, ie baby bath, creams oils etc?

ive heard that Johnsons is not good for babys skin?

[Macca79]

I tried heaps of different ones but DS reacted to most so I ended up going with a few different products that were organic. I really helped with his skin.

[feeb]

there are huge amounts to chose from!

i have johnsons lavender wash love it and milk bath
ghai
aromababy

and a few other brands they r all nice and have had no problems with any.

i was given them all apart from lavender bath which i bought

some babies have sensitive skin and can only use qv or similar

[Laranna]

In the first few months I just used plain water with a teaspoon of olive oil. Now we use Miessence Sunflower Body Wash (miessence also now have a specific baby range).

[Snacks]

Natty's skin reacts to the fragrances in the major brands (johnsons, huggies etc). We use GAIA natural baby wash. We buy it with the groceries and it costs about $10 (exxy, but you don't need to use much so it lasts a good while.) It doesn't have sodium laureth sulphate in it (that frothing agent - Natty seems to be sensitive to that one).
Beware though - before you start buying up big, know that if you have friends and family who will give gifts (and even people you don't think will give you gifts - they WILL LOL!) you will likely get a truckload of toiletries! So don't go all out IYKWIM.

[Ginger]

have to second the gaia stuff. its beautiful.

[Kazbah]

try moogoo - the soap is gorgeous and edible, the udder cream great for nappy rash and lots of people swear by the scalp cream for cradle cap.