Toiletries....

Just thought I'd get some ideas on what toiletries bubs will need (and me too). And brand recommendations would go down well too!

For example:

Baby oil
Baby shampoo
Nappy cream
Nipple cream

What else?

where do you get nipple cream from?

I know that sounds like a dumb question but I have never seen it (maybe as i have never been looking)

Nipple cream - I swear by Purelan (similar to Lansinoh), it's brilliant, I went thru tubes of the stuff with the gremlins.

Baby toiletries - I wouldn't buy too much, you get lots of free samples and that will give you some idea of what works best for your bub. Maya could use and of the Johnsons products no worries, the gremlins on the other hand got shocking cradle cap from Huggies sensitive and any of the Johnsons stuff, the only stuff they could tolerate to start with was some horrendously expensive Bod for Bub stuff which we found purely by accident.

We've never used baby oil at all, still have the bottle I was given when I had the gremlins (well I did, they tipped half of it into their bath tonight lol!) and I never used baby shampoo, I just used the baby bath liquid to wash their hair.

Nappy cream - my fave is the Karicare ointment with the red lid, Starship put me onto it and it works wonders, and for nappy rash I use Bepanthen ointment, but you get heaps of free samples of that in Bounty bags etc.

I only used nappy cream on Rowan's skin. Everything else was way too harsh including the hypo allergenic stuff.

I found I didn't need nipple cream in the first few days, it was after about a week that I started getting sore.

I just took the basics for myself and purelan.

For bubs though you need not buy very much at all. The bounty pack you get given has some samples of nappy creams and I haven't even used these up yet! They don't need shampoo and everything like that yet.

they should just give it to you but most of them seem to be missing the black and white book at CWH if they dont have that you can get one free at the library when you join him up.

My bounty pack was waiting for me in my room

I hated nipple cream, but loved breast shells on tender nipples. They were miles better for me.

I haven't used baby shampoo yet, and my baby is 16 months old. I'm assuming you're thinking of baby oil for cradle cap. If so, there are better products out there. Baby oil is generally mineral based and can dry the skin. I have a friend who is a midwife and she says she can spot the baby oil babies straight away. I'd go to the health food store and get one that is not a mineral oil base, though I believe olive oil works just as well. Generally babies aren't born with cradle cap. It develops as they get a bit older.

I also agree with Purelan for nipple cream.
Bepanthan for nappy rash (or prevention of).
Weleda as a general product range - has a variety of every oil, cream and potion you could want.