Pregnancy and Baby Toiletries

When you are pregnant with your first child, you read as much as you can, either via internet or books. One thing you realise that's common in all information is a list of everything you and baby will need. You are inundated with advice! Well when it comes to baby toiletries there is an easy answer. Forget all the sets you can buy (I still have items from a Johnsons baby box used after 2 years), since most midwife's/health visitors do not recommend using products (and this includes baby wipes) on babies until at least 4 months old. The best things you can buy to help baby are: Cotton wool (used for washing and nappy changing). Olive ...  Read the complete review

From what I have noticed while browsing in my local Boots store , there are lots of different toiletry products on the market for babies and pregnant mums. I noticed a nice gift set called the mum to be pamper pack. It has all the lovely products in there , including body lotion. Unfortunately I noticed that it was quite expensive priced at £4.99. It only has miniature bottles in it , so if it is a gift it is nice, but you wouldn't want to pay that much to buy it for yourself. The amount of toiletries that are available to buy for your baby are vast. I think it would be easy to get carried away in buying them all , but from my experience the less complicated the better. ...  Read the complete review

When I had my first baby boy my mum gave me a huge wicker basket full of toiletries and things that she used on us when we were tiny. To be honest hardly any of it has been touched and I am on to my second child now. I really believe you can go through pregnancy and have a child without spending tonnes of money on powders and creams and all of that sort of stuff. My little Elijah is four months now and I haven't used any products on his skin apart from a bit of Sudocreme. Society kids you into thinking that you will need a huge box full of bits and bobs or you will be a bad mum. Well I say 'Don't believe that rubbish and look at the list below!'. It's what I used ...  Read the complete review

Here are a few of my favourite products for pregnancy and baby toiletries For Pregnancy Clinique Deep Comfort Body Butter Can you prevent stretch marks? Well I don't know but I didn't get any and I religiously used this heavy-duty body cream for the last 3 months after just using E45 body lotion. It's no surprise that this cream, loaded with shea butter, glycerin, vitamin E and other rich emollients, feels really deeply moisturizing. It's got a refreshing, almost odourless scent. It was bought by my mother in law as a present and I was really impressed. Available from any Clinique counter and costs £20 for 200ml. I would get someone ...  Read the complete review

These days it is recommended that you dont use anything other than water on your babies skin for at least the first 1-2 weeks of life. This means bathing in wter alone, no added soaps, bubble baths, baby washes etc. This would also mean no baby wipes ( contains added ingredients), you would use cotton wool and water. No shampoo, again just water, no talcs, bottom creams, body creams etc. They say baby doesnt need it, and that this way you can reduce the allergies baby has to this sort of stuff in later life. I tried hard with my last son to do this, and I will tell you it is not easy. Youw ant to get out that johnsons baby bath ...  Read the complete review