Bathing and Bum products for bub, creams, cloths, wipes etc what do you recommend?

[~Kim~]

ETA :yeahthat: snap Limey.

For in the bath when they're tiny I use only water. When they're bigger I use 3 drops of lavender in the bath and I like Ecostore products from woolies and there's another wash with mallow and something.....grrr can't remember the name.
I still don't use shampoo or moisturisers on either of my two, but have never needed too.
In times of desperate bum issues I eiether use teatree oil or a petrochemical free pawpaw ointment (either the orange or black tube from the chemist - not Lucas), but in all honesty for DD that was about twice and DS has had separate issues that required seriously heavy duty stuff. If I need to use anything I use microfleece liners and have never once had an issue.

My fave wipes are madoe of either bamboo velour or fleece and cotton jersey on the other side.

I've never had a little squirt and I've managed just fine. I have an old spoon in the laundry for any emergencies lol. I only use liners when using product and i just tip what comes off by itself into the loo and use my spoon for the rest. I rinse in the laundry tub with hot water if it's really yuck.

I truely only use the basics.

[LimeSlice]

I've never had a little squirt and I've managed just fine. I have an old spoon in the laundry for any emergencies lol. I only use liners when using product and i just tip what comes off by itself into the loo and use my spoon for the rest. I rinse in the laundry tub with hot water if it's really yuck.

Let's hear it for the Poo Spoon!

[~Kim~]

stupid I know....but I got the idea off ~Raven~ :P

[Babyluv]

Haha gotta get myself a poo spoon must remember this!

Thanks for the tips once again ladies, Limeslice I'll be sourcing that calendula cream!

Good to know all of this, it's very easy to be fooled by clever marketing into thinking you need a bunch of products when by the sounds of it you really don't!

Thanks again

[Mum2Romone]

What do you use for cradle cap?

DS is nearly two and still has this a little bit because I'm scared to pick at his head.... I remember when it was really soft ' his scalp that is and so I just left it. I hasn't gone away by itself though

Help? Something natural obviously

[HotI]

What do you use for cradle cap?

Almond oil (olive oil would work too)- rub it in and let the bits go soft. Wash out in the bath and wipe over head firmly with a face washer. A baby hair brush can also help get it off once it is softened.

My bub is almost 6 months and the main thing we have used so far is water and face washers. (Get a stack of face washers just for bub). I have Gaia bath and body wash that i occasionally add a drop or 2 to the bath.

I use cloth nappies and don't have a little squirt (yet?). I tried flushing or rinsing the nappy but the bubba poos don't really come off that way. Washing machine works best. Don't have a poo spoon yet but maybe as bub starts solids.

[Heda]

Wow..poo spoons! I have a poo toothbrush in the laundry tub but there's been some splash back issues there and I'm getting a little squirt!! Haha I also use some coconut oil on the scalp - leave it on for a few hours an I get her hair brush and sort of chip away at the cradle cap. Also conditions hair too.
I didn't wash DD when she was newborn everyday and I just used water.
I don't know where anyone has gotten cornstarch! I searched high and low everywhere to find it and couldn't!
I do like powder as here in qld it gets humid so I've had to use Little Innoscents and Gaia powder (all cornstarch). J & J had a cornstarch powder but I wouldn't trust that with a 10 foot pole!

[sasha]

Pretty much what others have said. Water for bathing, until they start moving about on their own and start to get dirty. I use a miessence body wash for hair and body a couple of times a week (although with T, it was ages until she actually GREW any hair to wash LOL). Bare bottom time helps with nappy rash, but if I have to use a cream, I use liners. We don't have a little squirt, and I've toyed with the idea of getting one this time, but I probably won't. I tend to hold onto the nappy, put the lid down as far as it goes without squashing my fingers and flush the nappy - haven't lost one yet!

[maz]

stupid I know....but I got the idea off ~Raven~ :P

you know I bought that woman a dame good scrubbing brush and she never used it

I cant remember the last time we used our little squirt either..pooh gets flickied and rinsed in the laundry sink...especially after I hear that it all goes down the same pipe anyway.

PMSL at you Limey.....I just went to woolies and walked down the supermarket baby isle and thought good do people really know what their buying into when they come down here.

Oh and if you HAVE to use powder...use cornflour in a shaker container...much much better

[LimeSlice]

I know Maz! It is a disgrace, but people honestly think you need all these bottles of crap!

M2R - use olive oil, massage it into his head and leave it on overnight, pop him in a shower cap and wash it off in a warm bath in the morning. You'll need to keep doing it unti it goes away... I still get cradle cap now sometimes lol

And don't use shampoos or soaps on his head as they will dry it out.

[starangelk]

Hi Babyluv - you have already received such awesome responses but thought I'd let you know what we do with our DD:

We use Gaia bath wash and baby wipes as we were given these by my sister at my baby shower. We tried the Huggies wipes once and never again. DD squealed so obviously she wasn't impressed with something there. In the future we plan to use cloth wipes but we just aren't there yet. I bought some from ittibitti and they are really lovely but I use them for baby drool which I realise is the wrong end to use them on LOL

We use water (not even warm) and these biodegradable wipes that we buy online for nappies and we have the yellow paw paw ointment which is great. She got what I thought was a spot of nappy rash once (but later found out that's not what nappy rash looks like - LOL) and I used the sudocream we got in the bounty bag and it cleared overnight. We used a liner but it moved and our cloth nappy was fine.

We use liners - the flushable ones but we cut them into 2 or 3 because we find them waaaay too big. Despite the fact that DD's poo is still liquidy, we like them as we only wash every 2 days and it seems to catch alot of the poo for us. We don't use a little squirt - we just rinse in the sink for really bad poos but this is not usual.

Washing wise - if there are several poo nappies we might do a prewash but mostly we just do a long cycle and sunbleach and they come out great.

Enjoy the last couple of months of your pregnancy.

[Hollybolly]

A POO spoon you girls say?!?!?!

I've finally just ordered my Little Squirt.. pretty excited about using it I have to say Might give the poo spoon a go until it arrives although don't know how effective it is with breastfeeding poop?

So, Lime & Kim have really summed everything up I would've said!

I get the foamy wipes wash online from Bubblebubs... its been perfect for DS & I love all of the yummy smells. At home I just use water a lot, but the foamy wipes wash comes in handy for the napppy bag.
I've got a range of different types of cloth wipes, I do like the bamboo or the flannelette ones too... flannel is great for poo!

I use a fleece liner - one because it makes it easier to contain the breastfed poo in the one place, and less mess in the nappy (I've found this anyway)... and I find it easier to clean off the liner rather than the nappy itself.
I like the idea of the fleece against bubs bottom... and I also want to keep the nappies lovely as long as I can so the liners definately help with that too

I either bathe him in just water, or the Moogoo Milk wash.... I know its not necessary to wash in anything, but I do like the moogoo

[CrazyLady]

Let's hear it for the Poo Spoon!

I was rinsing pre little squirt but I can't reach my laundry trough and felt it was unhygenic rinsing it in the bath. Plus DD's poos took a good 10 mins to rinse, i have no idea what that kid eats!!

I just bought cheap facewashers because i found they helped collect poo but the cheaper ones aren't so plush so wash well without bits staying stuck in (ewwwwwwwww)!

I use the black tube of paw paw that's petrochemical free for overnight as she sleeps 12 hours and is a champion piddler and also for times when she's a tad red/spotty. Clears it right up!

Ecostore bath products! Sorry that's all I can think of right now as DD STINKS so off to change her bum!

[mummydreamer]

ETA :yeahthat: snap Limey.

For in the bath when they're tiny I use only water. When they're bigger I use 3 drops of lavender in the bath and I like Ecostore products from woolies and there's another wash with mallow and something.....grrr can't remember the name.

the brand is called Method, i have used them a few times and they're nice.

are you serious moogoo has palm oil in it??? i'm so shocked, i really thought they wouldn't.how disappointing :-\

in terms of what to use, i think everyone has listed some good things. plain water while they're really young, essential oils. paw paw ointment. this one is natural:

Simmons - Petroleum-free Paw Paw salve 25g tube

the aldi fragrance free nappy wipes are really good, if you needed to buy wipes at some point. and i really love Gaia's products, they're really good for bub too.

[CrazyLady]

the brand is called Method, i have used them a few times and they're nice.

That's the one that makes DD's skin break out. It's the mallow one in the little animal shaped bottle and looks the colour/consistancy of honey.

I can't for the life of me find my natural paw paw ointment right now. I will have to buy about 5 tubes while visiting melb I think because it's FANTASTIC stuff!

[allycat06]

For the first few months I didn't use anything on DS. For nappy changes just some cotton balls and warm water did the trick.
After that we've just used the Gaia products. Only need a few drops so they last for ages and I like that I can just buy them from the supermarket. I also like the Burt's Bees range, Baby Bee.

We use a combination of cloth and disposable wipes, flannel squares (Big Softies brand, I'm too lazy to make my own, I think it's about $5 for 12 or something like that) and Gaia bamboo wipes.

[luna moth]

Flannelette squares and face washers at the ready here! My flanno squares are old pillowcases cut up and edged. I hate disposable wipes, but they are great to have on hand for cleaning stove spills, skirting boards, DH's bikes etc.
Scalp care - since you're asking now - use a face washer, just wet with water and run it firmly over baby's head, backwards from the forehead, just to sort of scrub off any issues before they start. Do it daily from birth. I second the olive oil treatment if you do run into any issues.
I have ecostore and Gaia (x3!) and aromababy bath wash, don't know which I like. Probably won't use them in the bath, but I might make a pump pack with a little bit of baby wash and some water to use as a wipes solution.
And we've got microfleece liners that I made, it's just cut up microfleece. It was on special at Lincraft last week, being end of winter, or you can always buy it off ebay in a wider variety of colours.