What Does Everyone Think About Baby Wipes??

[Danni]

I never knew they were bad.

I use big w brand wipes which work well for us. And Ds has never had a rash. I use them for lots of all purpose stuff too!

[Arimeh]

I found the best disposable ones the coles brand.

But now I use cloth wipes and water.

[BellyBelly]

Course they are bad, full of chemicals I know people who can only use water and cloth on their babies because it does irritate their poor little bums. Especially if they already have nappy rash or broken skin, those chemicals have to sting too.

[Curly]

Well I've tried quite a few. J&J complete pain, pull out one wipe and you get four, so annoying. I liked Curash. Huggies very thick but seem to tear more easily. Amolin gave DS nappy rash.

However I'm getting into trying to cut back on chemicals where possible and I am now using Nature Babycare wipes which I quite like, no problems. Can't talk DH into cloth wipes yet which would be my preference. I've tried going for the $$ angle (ie how much disposable wipes cost over a year) and he said he didn't mind.

[sweetpea678]

I love huggies wipes and have used them on all 3 kids. The only time I have had to deal with nappy rash was with dd#1 when she was realy little in terry flat cloth nappies from a nappy service, I even tried re washing and rinsing them and she still got a rash so put her back in Huggies nappies and it cleared up in 2 days.

With bub at the moment if she has the slightest red bottom I put a cream on it, trying to think of what it is called, in a grey conatiner and gone again by next change.

[feeb]

sudocream!!!

huggies wipes here ALSO

[Curly]

You mean Sudocrem I think! In the grey pot. Lots of people swear by this.

My DS had very sensitive skin...the only thing that kept nappy rash away was Aromababy Barrier Balm...not Bepanthen, Sudocrem etc (but "natural" products didn't help his eczema, he was a tricky customer! I used disposable wipes and disposable nappies on him no problem (apart from Amolin wipes).

DD's skin is not as sensitive, I can use just about anything on her except Sudocrem...but I'm now phasing in more "gentle" products to use on her, I figure if she doesn't need the "hard stuff" why use it, IYKWIM.

The other thing to look at is laundry detergent...the only 3 brands that didn't give my DS eczema and just generally irritate his skin were Omo Sensitive, Bio-Zet and Ecostore.

[AJC]

The only baby wipes I use on Sam's bottom are 'Seventh Generation' brand, I get them from my local organic shop. Although the other brands say they are soap free, alcohol free, unscented etc I found them still to be too harsh. I suffer from allergies and when my hands broke out in a rash I knew they aren't as gentle as the packets claim so I stopped using those brands. The Seventh Gen ones are lovely and no probs with Sam's bottom or my hands.

[onthefly]

Aside from chemicals etc, I've always found that the disposable wipes are just pretty useless - by which I mean you seem to need half a dozen to get anywhere, whereas nice cloth wipes are much more effective.

[Kitt3n]

Course they are bad, full of chemicals I know people who can only use water and cloth on their babies because it does irritate their poor little bums.

check out the chemicals in most of them - i bet you wouldnt wipe your own butt with them once you know, let alone a babies!

cloth wipes and water here - too easy, and when we go out I use seventh generation wipes (none of the nasty chemicals )

miessence make grat baby products too - I LOVE the baby barrier balm

and you dont need baby shampoo etc for quite some time, keep it simple, water is all they really need for the first year or so, unless you want to screw with their natural oils

[sunshine_sieben]

Actually, now that you mentin it, I didn't use any babywash or shampoo for a long time. Every now and then I used colloidal oatmeal when she had a rash or such, but that wasn't really necessary either.

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[queenbee]

I buy Huggies ones on special and love them. Have tried others and found them quite thin so I used more.

Huggies are great and thick. I've NEVER had a problem with nappy rash at all with my DD! She has never had nappy rash!

Good luck with everything!

[childondaway]

Thanks Everyone for your responses, very much appreciated!

Kelly - Do the huggies wipes have those nasty chemical in them?

Are there wipes available from Aromababy Gaia baby or miessence?

[~clover~]

I've always used Huggies unscented ones. If they have nappy rash I rinse them with warm water first. I think a face washer is too rough, but I've never tried anything else.
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