J&J must have something to hide....

[kimmi]

it's pretty scary huh...

[Floweryfields]

So tell me then, for future reference, what are the baby products that you girls use?

[Pandora]

we use pear shampoo ( i think the brand is MOP), and GAIA products, qv baby balm and qv bath oil

I think any company that didnt say to wash their product out of a babies eyes, regardless of the ingredients, would be negligent.

[Miss H]

QV is also made with non natural ingredients. I use MooGoo products mainly.

[Gigi]

So tell me then, for future reference, what are the baby products that you girls use?

look in the supermarket aisles for:
GAIA (wipes, hair care, moisturiser, bath stuff)
Ecostore (washing powder, skin care, moisturiser)
Avado (also in PriceLine) - organic sunscreen, skincare, nipple balm
Nature Babycare (wipes, shampoo)

look in health food shops for:
Moo Goo - hair care, skin care
SUKIN (also some chemists) - hair care, skin care

I used J & J baby wipes for first six weeks of bilby's life. Hospital supplied them, so i naively assumed they must be safe. WRONG. She had constant nappy rash.

The day i threw the JJ wipes OUT, adn started using the simplest thing - e.g wet flannel only - her nappy rash disappeared.

It took that to happen, before i discovered an ingredient in jj wipes called PROPYLENE GLYCOL. i then actively avoided that ingredient in EVERYTHING i put on her body (skincare, haircare, what i washed her clothing and bedding in).

my criteria became to buy products WITHOUT
- perfume (amazing how many non-perfumed products, list parfum in the ingredients list!!)
- parabens (cheap preservative that causes skin irritations in some people)
- colour
- propylene glycol
- sodium laureth sulphate (cheap stuff that makes bubbles in shampoo, toothpaste)
and CHUCK OUT anything in bathroom cabinet that did have these things.
I threw out SO MUCH stuff.
But the three of us stopped itching.

my midwife said to ONLY bathe bilby in WATER and nothing else, for first 12 months of life. so that's what i did.
but from after one, i used the organic baby products, as in my supermarket/health food shop list.

back then, moogoo was ONLY available online.

i have noticed a trend in last few years, more products are becoming available that say "sls free, paraben free". and i'm starting to see bamboo products too e.g bamboo hair brushes at kmart, bamboo makeup brushes at PriceLine. glad to see more natural options, even in chain shops.

THis is the FOURTH TIME i have added formatting (lots of returns, to make paragraphs, i hope it doesn't revert back to one big para again, makes it so hard to read, can't work out why this is happening to my posts all of a sudden - apologies to anyone reading).

[kimmi]

I love natural products all the way. I won't say here (because I'm not trying to advertise) but I make my own natural skin care products, all by hand using only natural ingredients. Just launched my website actually YAY

[Nelle]

Mmm, I'm wary of J&J too. I've used Gaia on my little guys from birth. Well, only water for baths, but I like Gaia's skin soothing lotion, works well on my lads. I remember one of them had a dry face and was not impressed at the smell of the moisturising lotion right under his nose (and fair enough) so I got some Aromababy stuff too. The moisturiser smells faintly of oats (which he much preferred), and I love the smell of the bath lotion...it's so nice but not full on.

There seem to be varying degrees of natural and organic products out there, but most of those options seem a heck of a lot better to me than J&J.