Hey all experienced BB's :)
I need your advice... what do you buy for bathing the baby and changing baby... as in the must have products.
What brands are the best?
When I finally start my leave I will need to stock up on all these things... so all your help would be greatly appreciated! :)
I just used water, unless thier was actualy a reason to use anything. The ingriedients of most babywipes scare me and i'm not comfortable with petroleum based based products, and I dont use SLS on me so no way i will in baby stuff.
For nappy changing i use washcloths and water, cornflour if i felt the need, and when she got rash around teething i liked the Burts Bees creme.
A few friends use the Gaia range and love it, my neice is sensitive to Lavender to my SIL uses one of the oat based ones from the pharmacy.
ETA: We fould Almond oil wonderful for massage and little dry patches.
Water is you need for bathing. Babies don't strip engines or work in the garden so they don't need harsh chemicals to clean them. Lots of washers will be handy.
We use Gaia for DD's bath (hair and body wash, massage oil and moisturiser) and wipes when out and about. I hear Moo Goo is lovely too.
For changing, warm washcloths and Sudocrem if needed. I also keep cotton balls, cotton buds, saline spray etc handy.
We pop a few things plus a handful of nappies in a little basket so we can change her wherever she is in the house.
The hospital I birthed at recommended just using tissues and sorbelene to clean a dirty bottom. So we use the natural Gaia wipes and then the sorbelene and tissue after.
For a bath, I find Adelaide water pretty harsh so I massage her after with sorbelene too to help with the dry skin.
I was given a jurlique baby pack when i finished up work and that has a nice bath oil to calm them, a nice moisturizer and shampoo as well. It's not necessary but it smells and feels so nice on her :) and they are natural.
I agree with the flannels too!! Nice soft ones are the best after to help dry them between the fat rolls :)
I found I needed more than just water - DS is a chucker and the smell of stale sour milk was a bit ewww with just water. I went for the Gaia range as well, but often also use an essential oil based wash made locally without any soaps etc. And only ever the tiniest amount in the bath water, just enough to clean off the spew smell
We used water & washcloths pretty much for the first 9 months. After that I started using basic soap. Once DD hair got longer we started using kids shampoo and conditioner. You really need to be careful what you use b/c if your child has excema for example, most of the products won't be able to be used. My gf son had excema and she could only use QV
We used water and washcloths for nappy changes, msm cream for sore bottoms by moogoo and we used the moogoo milk wash for bathing.
I used warm water and fabric wipes made from ploarfleecey type stuff. For the more stubborn poos I used Nature Babycare wipes.
I also had pawpaw cream for rashes and I think that was pretty much it.
Bathing I just used water. Moogoo for cradlecap and once the kids started going to the pool at 3months I used Gaia shampoo to wash their hair.
ETA - I would NOT recommend using J&J products at all!!
Thank you all... that's some really good advice... :) so much to think about.
warm water and soft face washers for baths - sometimes a few drops of olive oil if his skin is a bit dry or if he's extra grubby. We were given some Burt's Bees apricot baby oil which was nice and all natural but of ran out and I'm not really prepared to spend the $ to replace.
For nappy changes, warm damp washers do the trick and I've only needed to use Pure Papaya ointment (black tube from health food shop - it's petrochemical free, the Lucas's in the red tube isn't) if he's looking a bit red. He's 6.5mths old and I'm still using the same tube.
Happy preparing!!
I use Aromababy nappy change cream and balm, as well as their spray with microfleece wipes for bottom changes. Nothing in her bath at this point but I will eventually use either Moo Goo milk wash or Aromababy.
I used to use commercial bottom wipes, but will never use them again after seeing how well they cleaned gunk off my leather sofa!
There's a kazillion things marketed to mums. Use what you feel comfy with.
I've only ever used water and washers with my babes but I've not had huge chuckers.
Cloth wipes and water here too. Pawpaw ointment for nasty bums.
USing pawpaw cream this time around and sooo much more effective on a pink bottom :) Also using some jurlique baby bath products given to me by a friend, otherwise at this age I would be happy to only use water
Dont buy too much of one product in case it doesn't agree with bubs skin
I like to keep a hand sanitizer gel in the nappy bag too for nappy changes where there aren't handwashing facilities like parks etc
I used an eco store bath wash, but I think it's discontinued so i just use water. Coconut oil is awesome, you can put it in the bath, use it for cradle cap, baby massage, on nipples and even in bub's mouth to prevent thrush. I also use calendula ointment for nappy rash. When we were in hospital DS had nappy rash and the drs recommended different creams, but i used this and it cleared up within 48hrs. Calendula can also be used on nipples :)
Coconut oil! I have that at home and too scared to use it in cooking so that's fantastic. its organic and it was expensive so at least it won't go to waste... thank you!:
Thanks heaps for everyone's replies... its good to know there are alternatives out there that are natural... I would never use J&J by the way... but wasn't sure what I could use that would be good and has been tried and tested :)
any more advice, keep it coming :)
We used mustella on DD as a baby, we got given a gift pack and it was great stuff.
Now i use moo goo and gaia.... love moo goo especially for nappy rash!!!