baby bath

[Rozita]

Hi
I?m 35 week pregnancy for my new born, I will use almond or olive oil
For his bath I doesn?t not what soap I can use.
Please can you help me what do you use?
thanks

you don't need soap for a newborn
plain water is better

for a newborn would just use warm water, tend not to need anything else really.At least just while their skin is adjusting.

also, they don't need to be washed every day to start with. except their heads and bottoms.

you don't even have to bath them in the first few weeks or so - just "top and tail" them

yeah waters best.....other things take natural moisture and oils out of their skin

What about baby wipes when they have done the biz?

You also don't need to bathe them every day and it is probably better for their skin if you don't. What are you planning on use the oil for or am I being dense?!

mine didnt get on well with baby wipes, turned their bottoms red (so i assume sore). stick with cotton wool/water for a couple of weeks

I didnt bath my ds for about 2 weeks.
Good job really as he had really dry skin.

Agree plain water is best.

Don't mask that lovely newborn smell with baby bath

We still don;t use anything in the basth for DS1 who is 2.8 (but that's because he has eczema) and he still comes out clean. We just use a gentle shampoo on his hair, which is wuite thick and curly. DS1 just gets washed in plain water.

I don;pt tend tio use baby wuipes either, unless we are out. I got a cheapo towel and cut it into pieces, and use it wil plain water to wash thier arses (save a bloodty fortune too)

you should use cotton wool and warm water for their bots when they are tiny.NOT wipes.

Plain water - I personally used non-fragranced wipes (shop's own brand fine).

I bathed DS as part of his night time routine although you don't have to bath them every day, both me and DS found it relaxing.

Re: Baby wipes. I had read that cotton wool and water was best and when I was in hospital the first thing the midwife asked me was "where are your wipes", I had only taken in cotton wool.

I didn't bath mine for 2 weeks after birth and then after that, only every 1-2 weeks. It just isn't necessary at that stage. Just cotton wool pads (it can be easier if you use the cotton wool pads that are for makeup removal) and water for the nappy area.

Crokky - that is a good idea..about the make up pads.

We used plain water first time round with olive oil for DD's cradle cap, works a treat but she smelt quite strongly of it, (not that we cared what our new baby smelled of awwwww)

Also, as with crokky, we used cotton wool pads, DH actually got hooked on buying them so much that we have enough for a couple of months use this time too (DD is now 2 LOL)