to want a unilateral ban on...

[mumteedum]

TALC!

I bluddy hate the stuff. Iabu cos basically I'm moaning about my mum and she is being a superstar helping me out with ds and coming to stay...but her talc habit drives me insane.

Leaving aside that I hear it is carcenogenic, it is like having my house bug bombed or something. There is a fine white film of the stuff over everything. I clean it like mad but then hapens again. The floors are lethal slippery too.

The whole house smells like a nappy sack.

Urgh!

yanbu
just bin what she's brought
the powder available isn't usully talcum anymore, just some starch with perfume.

Lol at your house smelling like a nappy sack!

my mum insisted on smothering dd in it when she was a newborn and it drove me mad. in the end after repeatedly asking her not to use it we ended up having a blazing row.

i haven't heard of it being a carcinogenic, bbut it can cause thrush and other such nasties. Nappy sack better than eucalyptus oil which is waht mine stinks of at the moment though

I thought it wasn't supposed to be used on newborns because they need their natural moisture? Plus nappies are so absorbent nowadays they hardly get any wee on their skin

Talc is invaluable for getting latex-type swimming hats onto small children's heads.

but that's it's only use.

It's great to get sand off feet at the beach too.

House of Eliot - I agree it's genius for getting rid of sand and for wetsuits!

Oh yes, wetsuits. And rubber gloves.

Anthing rubbery really

just bin what she's brought

It's really not normal to bin someone's toiletries simply because you don't like them

OP can you ask her to only use it in her room and give her a towel to stand on? Tell her you are worried about slipping on the hard floor in the bathroom.

Unilateral = on one side

Sorry. Pedantic.

I read that talc can cause breathing problems in babies, because they can inhale it, and if it gets into their lungs it's really not good for them. I didn't allow it in my house for that reason.

Can't you just gently ask her not to use it while she's there?

Yeah... What's with the talc obsession? My mum is obsessed with the stuff (though she didn't use it on DD just covers herself in it to the point of looking a bit like a snowman).

They still sell talc....havent seen any since 1980s when i was a child....

Nectarines.. I stand corrected. Wrote in hurry. Thought sounded good but actually now makes me sound bit thick

Yes did ask if she'd do it in bath /on towel...i think she did but it's still like the place has been dusted with the stuff. Her habit is around the level of scarface and coke at the end of the movie.

London... She has resorted to baby powder cos old talc not easy to find, hence the smell of nappy sack!

Katod... My mum's feet look mummified! Quite disturbing to the casual observer.

Sigh. Love her though. Talc just something got to take as an endearing irritating quirk.

It's not good for them (dc) to breath it in - have seen reports of links to asthma.

www.babycenter.com/404_is-it-safe-to-use-baby-powder-on-my-baby_1519559.bc

One of the comments mention a wipe which leaves a layer of talc so nothing in the air.

I bought liquid talc when we had ds. Realised it's just totally unnecessary. The older methods of tons of cream and talc probably were ok to stop nappy rash with terry nappies but actually caused it with my ds. Had too explain about modern nappies to mum. She was brandishing the talc with baby ds but that was vetoed

My DM is the same. Is it an age thing?

Talc is good for getting sand of your feet?!? How did I not know this.

I use talc in the summer and it stops me getting heat rash in my inner elbows (is there a better name for that area?) and when wearing a skirt to stop my thighs rubbing.

Talc for Quilpen's sort of reasons tops of thighs, under arms and boobs in hot weather, yes, but not on babies.

Ooh I love talc :) and use baby powder myself. I do a lot of sport so have showers in the day where I need to dry quickly - talc finishes the job once I've towelled off and it means (without being too gross) I avoid nasties that thrive in damp environments.

Is she mistaking it for Shake 'n' Vac and forgetting the Vac bit?

Because she must be doing something really weird with it to get it on every surface! Maybe a space cleansing ritual that involves puffing it up into the air?

I found a good use for talc when I inadvertently scratched the top off a spot and it bled. I blotted it with tissue, holding it there tightly for a couple of minutes but it still left a red, wet, spot with no head. A dab of talc gently smoothed over it, made it look almost normal so I was still able to go out looking decent without a bleeding spot on my face which would make me look as if a had a picking spots habit.