Baby Lotion Stuff
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Topic: Baby Lotion Stuff
Posted By: Tiff
Subject: Baby Lotion Stuff
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 12:43pm
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I've decided to post in this thread and take advantage of all you experienced mums!!
I want to get some baby cleansing stuff for when baby arrives, but I want to get some that is more anti-allergen, gentle, maybe a bit more natural and not too lavender (I love lavender but sometimes it's just over powering), etc. Mainly because when DH was a baby he had quite sensitve skin and also prone to exzema. Any advice/opions would be great!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 12:50pm
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I have sensitive skin so have always been very careful what I use on Gina. We use a brand called Mustela from the pharmacy - it's a bit pricey but we've never had any problems. And when you think how tiny babies are, that stuff really goes a long way. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 2:01pm
| We are in love with soothing naturals. It smells nice and works really well!! It's got rid of all traces of excema from Daniels skin - he use to have it above his eyes and on his legs but its all gone. He only has one tiny spot where all his dribble falls but its keeping it under control and stopping it from getting sore or really dry. |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 2:04pm
| Water! We still dont use anything to wash Isla with, and shes 15 months! Have ecostore shampoo which we use about once a week as her hair is longer now and gets lots of food in it! You can always put a drop of apricot or almond oil in the water to keep the skin soft too. |
Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 2:09pm
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I would say not to use anything for atleast the first few months. We would only use the tiniest bit of the Ecostore shampoo on Sam to begin with - no soap at all. You could always use a wee bit of olive or apricot oil to massage into the babies skin if it gets dry. Stay as natural as possible though.
Now Sam is a bit older we are using the J&J Soothing naturals range which is fantastic! It seems to be doing a great job keeping her excema under control. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 2:44pm
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I say nothing too. Babies don't get that dirty.We don't use anything yet as I think when we tried a couple of things she reacted a little.
We use almond oil for massage and cradle cap and also have some aqueous cream for when she gets a little dry skin. -------------  
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 3:10pm
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We have been using the ecostore baby sleepytime bath, but we dont use soap or body wash on him. We do use the ecostore baby moisturiser for his massage after his bath though, and he smells delicious!!
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Posted By: Tiff
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 3:13pm
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Thanks guys!
That's sort of the way I was thinking (nothing for first wee while), but i had heard good things about the J&J Soothing Naturals range. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 3:14pm
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I use nothing on Josh now. He has aqueous cream when his skin gets a bit dry but just water in the bath. Once he starts daycare I will have to do a bit of trial and error with him to see what works for his skin. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 22 January 2008 at 4:19pm
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Like alot of other parents we don't use anything on Jack either. I used to put Palmer's Baby Butter on Jack after a bath when I massaged him, it kept his skin lovely and soft and smelt like baby powder! ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: midnight_sakura
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 10:26am
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Hi Guys, Boy do i have the best answer on this one for everyone! Melaluca! it has changed my life... its a company that sells child/animal safe cleaning, laundry products, vitmans and make-up. My freinds baby had excema all over her body and is now using the lotion and pretty much has no excema, my husband has psorisis on his scalp and the same thing after using there shampoo.
All the laundry products are so soft and beautiful on your cloth diapers and clothes, Our house has never been so clean and eco freindly its such a great healthy safe environment! Not that i plan on my daughter drinking the dish powder or anything but if she did it would only make her vomit.. .talk about peace of mind and they have this great disinfectent spray you can spray on the toilet or toys etc and it smells like Thyme and is so safe if the baby sucks on the toys sprayed with it. |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 12:53pm
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AMericanBaby - where can you buy Melaluca products in NZ?
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 1:39pm
| melaluca is the australian tea tree but I just discovered greenbeans sells organic NZ tea tree oil from manuka and kanuka. It came with a page of suggestions on when to use it and WOW so many uses....washing hair, putting on cuts and grazes, bee stings, psoraisis etc. I bought it to go in the washing maching with the nappies but you could also stick it in the bath water too I guess. |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:02pm
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Im going to use the J & J Soothing range. I want to start stocking up on all that sort of stuff now, so that we are ready for when our lil Monkey is here. ------------- |
Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:18pm
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We used to use melaleuca http://www.melaleuca.com/ps/index.cfm?f=ps.mainPage&CountryIden=9&LangIden=1 - here
It is lovely and really gentle, I love the house hold stuff, we bought through a friend who was trying to set up a business, but you have to spend a certain amount each month, and it got expensive when we dropped to one wage. I am not a big fan of cleaniong so never really got through that much stuff, the washing detergent is fantastic and lasts forever ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: midnight_sakura
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:27pm
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It works like an online internet catalogue company. You can also turn it into an work from home business. Basically to get the wholesale/best prices you pay a joining fee of $49 and you get catalogues and such and they set you up to order online. Then you have to spend $100/35 pts a month which is really easy. We are on one income and have had no problems, as we get only food from the grocery store now. We get toothpaste, shampoo, make-up, vitamins and cleaning stuff from melaluca. Plus you have 90 days to finish/try everything when you order it to return it for your money back.
I have a couple freinds who are worried about $$ and aren't sure if they want to have it as a regular commitment so i order it for them and they just pay me back for it. If you want to know more or sign up let me no or email me at jessie@anthonypengelly.om |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 5:32pm
i buy the greenbeans ti tree oil too and use it in my washing and in the bath for the kids, once when we got the dreaded nit it was great for that too ... i got put off the australian ti tree when that fuss came out about it giving little boys breasts and they were investigating it. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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nzpiper wrote:Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 7:59pm
| I use huggies bath gel stuff with a wee dash of baby oil. I used to use nothing but I love the smell and it doesn't irritate my 2 at all. For dry skin we use lemnis fatty cream. |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:22pm
me too. thats why I was so excited to find NZ tea tree oil |
Posted By: midnight_sakura
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 11:54am
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Apparently the outcome of that report was that there is no proof that Tea Tree oil is responsible for affecting boys in this way. Also Melaleuca have never had any cases reported of this happening with their products.
I have some info on this if anyone is interested. |