for your medicine cabinet i would HIGHLY recommend infants friend. its great for colic, teething, constipation and you can use it for newborns. its also been around since i was a bubby (so 20 odd years) so you know it must be good. it truely saved our sanity and you may not use it but its so worth while even if you need it once for a screaming bubby. oh and get lots of droppers, the writing always comes off on them and then when you need it you can't read the measurement.
I would definatly recommend Droppers for the medicine cabinet! And Infants friend - although it didnt help Bianca - i definatly think its worth a go! also it will be a little while before u can use it and we havent had to yet but also get some infant panadol - just so ur prepared and not making a mad dash to the chemist - which DH found him self doing a few times!
I also HIGHLY recommend u stay away from the Johnson and Johnson products! yes they smell pretty (which is why i brought heaps of them and was given heaps of it) but bubs have such sensitive skin - i found out the hard way! We use QV wash now!
Great thread!! I was wondering about all this stuff too.
And I have a question. When you change baby's nappy do you need to use a cream every time?? Or is it only if they have nappy rash? I'm confused. Hope that's not a silly question lol, I really don't know!
Oliver has eczema and all of the supermarket stuff is unsuitable, I have a huge basket of stuff I was given which he can't use. J&J Bedtime stuff is the worst, made his eczema flare up badly (plus I dislike the smell).
This is what we use:
a) the bathroom for baby
QV oil in the bath most nights. A little J&J Baby Wash (the traditional yellow one) on his hair once a week. We follow with an eczema cream and this stuff called emulsifying ointment which is a thick, greasy goo - I'd go with something from the QV range for a general moisturiser. Sorbolene made Oliver dryer and isn't recommended by his dermatologist.
b) the medicine cabinet for baby
Baby panadol (get the squirter not the dropper dosage device), and baby neurofen. Neurofen is better IMO but panadol can be used earlier. We rarely use either but they are good to have on hand just in case, and the expiry is long. Bonjela we have, though we haven't needed to use it yet (trying to avoid it as it has alcohol in it). We used Brauer's Colic Relief when Oliver was small to help him move wind and currently use the Brauer's Teething Relief. I like these as they are nice and gentle (and no alcohol).
A small syringe is useful to have on hand too (no needle) - Oliver had to have this disgusting pink antibiotic once which came with no way of getting it into him and I was so thankful we had a clean syringe here so I could squirt it into his mouth.
c) the nappy bag for baby
I use sudecream or bepanthan, depending on what for. Bepanthan is soothing, sudocream is protecting. If Oliver's bottom is really red or raw I'll layer both. He sometimes gets a little red on the base of his penis, I use bepanthan for that.
I've never bought sudocream - I got two sample pots in the Bounty bag and they are both still half full. If you are going to buy it you will only need one pot and it will probably last you forever. I did buy Bepanthan but we are still on the first tube. Oliver's not that rashy though, I don't use it every change or even every day.
Just a warning - for the first few months any fever in your baby should be checked and no medication given without medical consultation. They are often considered *safe* but the reason for needing them should be checked to make sure nothing sinister is happening underneath. Panadol / nurofen is great for the older infant though.
We also had skin irritation from J&J products and the sorbelene for baby by them was the worst. Aromababy barrier balm is fabulous.
We use the Aromababy barrier balm here too. It's great for lots of things. Both my bubs used to dry skin on their cheeks and a little Aromababy Barrier Balm rubbed in at bed time worked really well. The Brauers Calm and Teething tonics are great too.
I didnt use anything in DS bath until he was a few months old, despite my mother insisting I needed to.
When I did start putting things in to his bath it was QV bath oil.
I was good for me too becuase all the hand washing you do with a newborn left me with dermatitis galore.
I also found I couldnt wear the perfume and normal skincare products that I used to as they upset DS when he was very little.
SaraJane - it depends on a few things, theres barrier balms and then there are nappy rash creams. Depending if you are using cloth or disposable will affect what you use as well. I only teneded to use something when DS had nappy rash, which was noramlly pawpaw ointment, or sudocream on the occasion it was bad.
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lol, I really don't know!
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