I wish to make a milk bath concoction. I don't, as a rule, do this kind of thing how do you?

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Baby is going to have first bath today so I hit upon the idea of making her a bath mixture instead of using just water or a bubble bath which would have been my usual course of action.

So, I'm thinking Goat's Milk and honey - have those. But then I'm thinking, will I make her sticky, and if I don't rinse her off after (which I doubt she'd appreciate) will she smell of milk turning to yogurt by tonight?

Her first bath...and you want a recipe for it?

Yes, you probably would. And yes, she probably will. And (in true MN judgeypants fashion ) why on earth do you want to bath her in anything other than plain water?

to be honest if you want to do a mily bath that's good for skin then the best thing to do is put some porridge oats into the foot bit of fine denier tights and squeeze it under the running tap into the bath water. It will turn the water milky coloured.

milky bath, I meant

Are you bathing her in your yurt?

I just want her to smell nice. If I have to give up her new smell now (it is 8 days) then I'd rather she smelt of milk and honey than anything else really.

Just use water.

i'd feel minging if i just used water, are you sure?

Of course! A new born baby, a bit of water, soft towel, Bobs your uncle. She will smell good enough to eat. If you were to squirt in a bit of baby bath stuff, it wouldn't be the end of the world

newborn babies don't need soapy stuff. Water alone is the best thing for their skin.

i don't ewant to use soap but thought my idea might be nice and good for her slightly dry skin

the oats bath thing is good for sensitive, dry skin

Just use water, she will still smell beautiful, I promise.

Plain water is good for dry skin, honestly. DH's family all have terribly dry skin, and the DCs have inherited that but do fine on just water (as they get older and roll in the mud more you do need to use something else occasionally, but not for a baby). And then they smell of themselves and not of anything else.

Good point about water meaning she will smell of 'her'.

Givei t a go - just bath her in water and you will see what we mean. She will smell goreous.

Try that again:

Give it a go - just bath her in water and you will see what we mean. She will smell gorgeous.

I didn't use anything apart from water until DS was a good 3 months, and then we used Infacare. He had very dry skin for the first few weeks and I was worried about drying it out too, but the few baths in just water he had didn't dry him out more. I think we did baste him in olive oil a lot, though!

Enjoy the bath - god, I love bathing newborns.