baby skin care products?

[Tracey]

My sister is going to put together a little skin care hamper for me for Nanuq. So I am just trying to work out what I want, its my chance to try new things, only ever used bepantheen for Igloo. What would you want or recommend?

I so far have:
cammomile tea bags
calendula cream (some brands links would be helpful)
olive oil (for the bath)

What else do you use on bubs bum or skin?

I think she would prefer to buy IRL or at least get it all from one online store (although tea bags and olive oil I am sure she can pick up at the supermarket). Links and brands would be really helpful, thanks

[milasmum]

I really likes bio-oil for myself (from the chemist)

I'd love to try moo-goo

and what about paw paw salve. Love this. I always have a tube in my bag to use on dry lips and sore bottoms

[Tracey]

oh yeah moo-goo have to make her get me some of that to try

[MelZ]

A couple of people recommended Gaia baby stuff to me. My dd was very sensitive and I put a little bit of the moisturiser on her and she didnt react. Though she isnt as sensitive as she used to be, I still have to be careful with bath stuff. eta she had a violent reaction to aromababy though when she was about 8 weeks old. It was terrible I had to smother her in bepanthen, she looked like a lobster but the bepanthen cleared it up again.

We LOVE QV bath oil for little bubs.

Im going to try the Natures Child bottom balm for nappy rash, apparently its ok on cloth nappies (please correct me if Im wrong though). With dd I always just used flushable liners when I needed cream and just used bepanthen.

I always used proffessional kids shampoos on Rhania, because she had so much hair nothing else cleaned it properly, her hair was always oily. Untill I used Paul Mitchell baby dont cry, De Lorenzo Tricho Series Sensitive shampoo, and Tigi Eco Kid sensitive shampoo. Never had any problem with any of those ones. They are all sold at hairhouse warehouse. And they last ages. If you have a baldy baby you might not need to use something proffesional though, they just were the only things that worked for us, she also reacted to every other baby shampoo I got at the chemist.

[Tracey]

thanks Mel.

I was a baldy baby but DH was a hairy baby so its just pot luck for us . Igloo was baldy baby, he still doesnt need a hair cut yet.

[MadMel]

ok I love Gaia stuff which you can buy from Coles. Also I love Bottom Balm and have heard great things about moogoo
My boys are soooooooo sensitive and they don't react to the Gaia stuff. We use the bath soap, shampoo and the moisturiser. The bottom balm has always cleared up any sign on nappy rash on Ashton with one use. I have only just ran out and I brought it about 5 months ago so it goes a long way

[lindys]

ditto to mels's recommendations! i have used gaia products for years and love them- for newborns up to adults! bottom balm is fab, and so is moogoo.

[MelZ]

Oh and if it helps I saw Natures Child bottom balm at baby bunting the other week I had only seen it at mcn stores untill then. But I had never looked for it before so it may be found elsewhere too.

[Tracey]

thanks guys. Made my list now.

Just wondering what brand of calendula cream people use?

[*Tracee*]

We use Jurlique calendula cream Tracey, not cheap but man it works well! We've had the same tube for ages now as a little goes a long way.

Little innoscents is just so yummy smelling, Twinkle Lily stock it and so do some chemists, I really need to buy me some (yes, me, not the kids, lol)

Moogoo is lovely. The milk wash, soap bars and the udder cream are all in our fave list and I like their lipbalm too