"Skin Deep" Article: Uh-Oh, Now What Do I Use for Baby Skin Care Products?

It seems like what I'm seeing is, and correct me if I'm wrong, that the less ingredients a product has, the safer it is statistically (within reason/depending on that ingredient). This might be because most ingredients, regardless, have some level of risk.

Wow. I feel like with food and now skin care, "whole food products" are the way I'm being steered to go. I'll just eat avocados and then smear what's left on my legs before I shave.

Yes Organic Olive oil on your babes skin is great! We use Weleda calendula cream it's great and has no junk..Personally we AVOID CA Baby products as they have parabens! Parabens have been linked to causing cancer etc...So we avoid them! Jason's/Earth Best has a new baby line w/no parabens or junk and it's organic and very reasonable priced at webvitamins.com

I'm not sure how old your babe is but if you are ex. nursing I'd suggest taking some EFA's for you..This will help with dry skin etc...

Also check your laundry soap,baby soap, baby shampoo, baby lotions, chlorine in your drinking/bathing water??

Good luck!

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Uhmm, so that's what I do.

DS, who I have to say is adorably cute, had a horrible, really horrible rash on his scalp, forehead, cheeks, arms, legs, torso, abdomen, back, and neck.
So that left clear his nose and diaper area.

We tried all kinds of lotions, potions, avoiding all kinds of food, avoiding all kinds of allergens>>>>>>NADA! Same rash.

I remembered that leaky milk cured my chapped nipples, and can sometimes help mastitis, so I began bathing DS in leftover EBM and water, then rubbing him down iwth organic olive oil (bionatura brand). Well, the rash has cleared. It begins to come back when (know we know) DS encounters perfume, like on the babysitter or MIL.
And now I get to eat whatever I want.
Also, when I nurse DS, I collect the leaking milk from the other breast and rub the "fresh stuff" all over his head, face, belly, back, extremities. He used to have this "can I nurse in peace?" look, but now he's used to it.

We use olive oil and also like Natural Family Boutique's line of baby care stuff. It's all natural with no fragrance added. I was really upset to find that Burt's Bees adds fragrances We stopped using it immediatly.

Wow Mamas! I went away on vacation and come back to all this fantastic information! Thank you times a million! And yes, I will go with my instincts and use olive oil and breastmilk more often, like you said!

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Well.... yeah actually. Baby's skin doesn't need moisturizer if they're hydrated. I use EBM on dry skin, including my own- it's amazing! For the occasional diaper rash, I use olive oil as a barrier agent.

For bathtime, it's water with lavendar and a washcloth.

Cheers!

Beth

Ya' know, my baby has really dry skin in the eyebrow area. I've tried everything and it won;t get moisturized for any length of time. I'm gonna' try breastmilk!

PS Hey, Boof, my name is Beth, too!