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Little Miss E (13 mths) is getting more hair now, and combined with the beginnings of self feeding that means a lot more food plastered into it. A rinse through with the bath water just isn't cutting it anymore!
Wondering what age you started using shampoo on your little one and what brand do you recommend? From recollection with DD1, I think we used J&J no tears stuff, but I never really liked the smell. I'm thinking something lavender-y would be nice...
I used J&J aswel, I usual just buy what I see. ATM we are using a Dora Shampoo it smells really nice, like a coconut smell.
We usually use the Coles brand baby wash, smells nice too :)
I used J&J for when they're babies & DD now uses the dora shampoo because she gets to choose it herself & we cant go past dora!
I cant help but always smell DS's head after I've washed his hair LOL I could just eat him up!!!
I use natural instincts brand (from the chemist) its great! And all natural too :)
I have had to use shampoo basically from birth for N, and I have been using Gaia one - it smells nice and is more natural than some others.
From memory there is a gorgeous organic one from MOP - pear smell i think (they make adult hair products mainly but i think i saw a kiddies one too) - i will try that once the gaia is finished
I wash my bubbas hair and bodies in The Body Shop bath/shower gel - OMG they smell sooooo good. They like choosing what 'flavour' they will be (mmmm mango) - DELICIOUS, and a little bit goes a long way.
DS has sensitive skin so I use Aromababy or Baby Sebamed.
I use Gaia too MD. DD's mass of baby hair never fell out so i have washed it pretty much forever!
Smells lovely, and all natural. It is expensive, but i am still on the $10 bottle, 13 months later.
ditto!!!!!!:
i also just bought their detangling condtioner (spray) at the expo!
J&J gave DD cradle cap!
Ohhh i would never use J&J or any supermarket brands. For my girls i buy mine from health food store - Alchemy...... $11.00 for 225mls - you need the size of a 5c piece. No nasties or sulphates....doesnt create a grime ring around your bath either......
Aromababy bath wash here. I wouldn't touch any supermarket stuff either.. full of nasty chemicals.
Where do you get the aromababy/gaia? Health food shop, pharmacy, online?
I got Gaia in a pharmacy MD, but boutique baby shops often have those ranges. Also can get online. Is it wierd we are conversing in two places?! lol
I get it at the pharmacy. Pretty sure you could get it online too. I've tried Gaia - I found it dried out DS's skin. Haven't tried it on DD, we were given aromababy as a present, and I've kept using it.
Gaia is pretty easy to find, most pharmacies have it and so do some of the large supermarkets now, I see.
For Aromababy, the best thing is to go to their website...they have a comprehensive list of stockists so you can pick one close to you. I don't know if it's just me but I just don't see it as often as I used to...that's why I've gone with Baby Sebamed for the moment (but I do use the Gaia detangler which is lovely, I've never used the Gaia shampoo).
MD we use Gaia here too and love it. Woolworths up here stocks it now but I normally get it at the chemist.
I used baby shampoo on DD1 til she was about 4. She didn't have much hair, so I didn't worry too much.
I think DD2 would've been about 18 months, but she had alot more hair.
They use the J&J kids shampoo now. Strawberry tangle free one.
Yep Ange, either I'm stalking you or you're stalking me! LOL
OK, I'll have to keep my eyes open, it will all be subject to a sniff test! :)
hehe - aromababy actually doesn't have a fragrance.. so not sure why its called aromababy!
LOL I know...but it's just Aromababy's newborn range which is fragrance free. Their "regular" stuff has a lovely light, fresh fragrance.:
Gaia has a much stronger smell, much more typically "essential oil-ish" IYKWIM.
I haven't really checked out their entire range.. might go have a look. I've just kept getting the baby wash coz the ingredients are similar to what we would make ourselves, same with their creams. Just we're too lazy to do it hehe. So we're really happy with Aromababy.
I second the Natural Instincts - it has a lavender smell and you don't need much so it goes a long way. You can get it at most chemists these days.
I don't use shampoo! I previously washed him in Body Shop coco body wash and his hair too, but now I use Moogoo soap. Will get the moogoo shampoo/conditioner when DH runs out next.
sukin, natural instincts and alchemy are the faves in our house.
I started using Gaia organic shampoo from when they had enough hair, usually just once a week. I love the Gaia products.
my midwife advised only to wash baby's hair with water, up to age of one - so we did that.
since she turned one, we have used Gaia baby shampoo and MooGoo Hair Conditioning Cream, twice a week.
the JJ products make me nervous, even the ones marked "sensitive" have ingredients in them that i don't want on her skin. Since having bilbs, i'm reading the ingreditnets lists much more carefully (the JJ "sensitive" wipes gave her nappy rash) trying to avoid
- parabens (preservative that causes skin irritations)
- SLS (i discovered that the supermarket toothpastes - most of them use this, and virtually all the supermarket shampoos use it)
Coles and woolworths stock organic baby hair products, Gaia and another one, a word like AVACADO??
health food shops are worth a try, but even there, you need to read the ingredients list, i still find products IN HEALTH FOOD SHOPS that have parabens and SLS.
Gaia, gaia, gaia.
I've used it on Daniel since he was newborn. It smells fantastic and they used it at the hospital.
I could only get it as the pharmacy but now Coles sell it. I've also used Avado - that's mega nice too. They don't have Sodium Laureth Sulphate in them. Your baby will get sick of you smelling them all the time though. I've had my face pushed away several times with a firm (but cute) "no".
DD had masses of hair but we didn't use anything except water on her until she was 12 months. We used the Jurlique stuff on her after that (it was a present - too expensive to buy!) and that lasted about 12 months. Since then I have been using Organic Care on her hair (same as on mine) as her hair is now down to her waist when wet!! I also use the Eco.kid leave in tonic (as her hair is curly) which also apparently repels hair lice.