I was wondering what your recommendations are for baby products?

Some cloth wipes - I prefer flannelette.
Lavender, Tea Tree essential oils
Warm water
Tnderbox Calendula Ointment.

Honestly, you do not need anything else (unless bubs gets extreme and very persistent nappy rash, but we never had that issue)

So what do use on bubs? Wash, bum cream, scalp care etc?

Essential oils, warm water and a cloth.
No need to use bum cream until any nappy rash appears, and the calendula will clear it up the same day. Make sure you wash your nappies every so often in Tea Tree oil to kill any fungal problems - often a cause of recurrent nappy rash is a fungal infection, easily killed by lavender or tea tree oil.

Scalp care? Same as everywhere else lol You only need to bathe a newborn every few days, we just spot washed her bits every nappy change.

Also what do you recommend for wipes? we were given some johnsons wipes but i'm apprehensive. Do you use cotton squares to wipe bubs bum? and then chuck them in the wash? If so do you add a cleanser or just water to clean bubs bum?

Flannel squares - you can sew them yourself or buy them lots of the MPMs sell them.
We have everything from old terry flats and flannel flats cut up in squares to old tea towels - work fabulously - cut up as well lol. You can really use anything. Lots use cotton wool buds. I jut found flannel easiest, and best (most effective for poos!).
You can get wipes solutions from most WAHM stores online, I personally used a few, but warm water works just as well - a little spray bttle you fill daily and keep at teh change table.

Also we are using cloth so i'd like a product that will prevent nappy rash without interfering with the bamboo absorbency.

There is a Paw Paw ointment - YELLOW tube - you can use without liners I think, but the calendula mentioned above is all we used for the most part. And always use a liner with any creams etc anyway.

Also for cloth nappy users, do you have a little squirt? do you use liners? how do you dispose of poo?

Never had a Little Squirt but WILL be getting one this time around. I used to take the pooey ones outside and hose them off into the garden bed But will be getting one this time around.
We used liners for a while, but they are fairly useless on BF newborn poos. Later on they become much more useful.
Get some microfleece from Spotlight and cut it into nappy width strips yourself. Also raw silk liners are great for bubs who want natural products next to their bits. Raw Silk were by far my favourite.
Newborn poos - nothing you can do. Put them all in the wash and give an extra rinse. DH is poo-ranoid so he will doa rinse first, wash then extra final rinse lol
Once they get more solid, scrape of into toilet and then wash (we had a designated metal spoon for this rather pleasant task lol Was kept with the toilet brush)


Feel free to rample off a list of what you use and why because I don't really know what I need and what I don't

DO NOT NEED EVER:
Powders of ANY sort.
Any products, save maybe Sudocream, you get in any Bounty Bag.
Alomost anything you buy in a baby isle at the supermarket.
Basic rule of thumb: If it contains things you wouldn't use yourself, things you can't pronounce, or need google to find out what they are, and where they come from, you don't need it.



HTH