How to make oatmeal bath? - Page 2

[ASusan]

Originally Posted by katie012690

What's the difference in rolled oats and quick oats and is it important that you don't use quick oats? It's all I've got right now and my son has exzema so bad that he can't take a bath with soap at all.

I've used quick oats. They just don't grind up as finely.

[mamaGjr]

do i have to grind it ?

can i just throw the whole oats in a tea ball and throw it in the bath?

[MomtoRyan]

Originally Posted by Irisflame

I grind up my oats and add any combination of lavender, chammomile, calendula, or peppermint leaves to the mixture. Then we put a scoop in a small cloth bag and "soap up" directly with the bag...of course when taking a bath the water gets that yummy oat milk all in it, too This is all DS and I bathe with. Looove it!

Brightest Blessings and Happy Thanksgiving!
Heidi

Where do you find the leaves mentioned to grind up? I have oatmeal and powdered milk but would love to make some gifts as well as treat our dry skin too

[Denvergirlie]

Originally Posted by katie012690

What's the difference in rolled oats and quick oats and is it important that you don't use quick oats? It's all I've got right now and my son has exzema so bad that he can't take a bath with soap at all.

In this case, nothing. Quick Oats have already been "processed" somewhat, meaning they've gone thru the food processor already and are already "broken" into smaller pieces.

I take normal quaker oats and food processor them a bit to make quick oats that I can make in the microwave.

However, for this application, you can still blend them a bit more in the food processors to break up into even smaller bits. The more you process them the more water can get into them, thus the more benfit you can get from them in the bath. No need to take it to an oat flour consistancy thou.