No I haven't read the links and don't care to in all honesty. I didn't ask anybody to post the links. And sorry but it does sound like you're all on the attack. I use talcum powder on my child - shock horror!
Just because you don't use these products on your children does not mean to say I wish to have these articles rammed down my throat because I do. I do, you don't. It is my choice.
Maybe you think you're being helpful, bút in fact, it just seems like you're judging others because they don't do exactly what you do. Perhaps that makes me a really bad mother. Or perhaps it just means that each parent, parents differently - the shock!
My dd was fed formula from 6 weeks, is in disposable nappies, eats food out of a jar, crawls around all over the place and yes, I use certain products on her.
She is however, the happiest, healthiest, smiley little thing I've ever seen. She sleeps for 12 hours a night, eats well, plays well, has bags of energy, seems to be develping extremely well for her age and has NO health issues what so ever. I think it is safe to say, she's doing good.
I have no worries about using the products I use, if I was pumping powder into her mouth and making her swallow it, then yes, there would most likely be a problem. But I'm not. Using talcum powder around the area that her nappy fits to avoid wet skin chafing against her nappy, is hardly going to make my dd keel over.
It's a difference of opinion and it should be left at that.