Baby wash/shampoo/lotion

coolteacher79 · January 2010

What brand of baby wash/shampoo and lotion do you recommend? I was looking at Burts Bees, but it was quite expensive. Aveeno seemed like a good one, and Johnson + Johnson seems like the old standby. What products do you use and why? How about diaper creams and ointment? Thanks!

cmbrown · January 2010

I love J&J Bedtime Bath and Lotion. Love it. Smells so good.

Desitin is a good diaper cream.

CapeFall2006 · January 2010

Love Burts Bees! We received a bunch of products as a gift but it is worth the investment in my opinion!

Their baby bee diaper cream works miracles. The only two products I typically use are the shampoo and body wash (it's a two in one), and the diaper cream (which thankfully has been rarely needed.) HTH!

steve&heather · January 2010

I love the aveeno baby wash, it's affordable and smells good. I was using the weleda calendula baby wash/shampoo but it's kinda pricey (worked well though).

I prefer A+D ointment, but we're using desitin right now and it seems to banish any rash pretty quickly. It's a pain to wash off your hands though.

saverne · January 2010

We use Burt's Bee's shampoo but DH didn't like the way the lotion smelled, so we use Johnson and Johnson nighttime lotion. Thankfully, we have not had to use diaper cream yet!

shannonk03 · January 2010

I use Aveeno, it is affordable and the shampoo really helped get rid of LOs dandruff when he was first born.

Bleeding_Heart · January 2010

I use Target's Method brand - Its the Rice Milk and Mallow. I LOVE the way it smells

vera1127 · January 2010

I use all J+J stuff, but only because I got it as a gift (a friend of ours works for them and gave us this huge gift basket). I also have some Aveeno stuff that came in the basket as well but haven't used it yet!

wowway · January 2010

We use Aveeno for bath. We use desitin in the purple (40% zinc oxide) vs creamy (13%) for diaper rash. I love California baby's calendula cream and lotion for dd's sensitive skin, it is pricey but worth it, otherwise Aveeno baby lotion. DD's hair is fine so J&J baby shampoo works well, but noticed that Aveeno's baby shampoo seems to work better for those static frizzy days...she was born with a lot of hair.

Daisy22 · January 2010

We've always used J&J Bedtime wash and lotion plus J&J no tears shampoo (my boy has a ton of hair) at night. In the monrings I use the regular J&J lotion (in the pink bottle) before I get him dressed. And we use Aquarphora that's in hte baby aisle with Destin for diaper rash. The Aquaphora goes on first to help the redness then the Destin seals out the wetness.

Babs022 · January 2010

cmbrown:
I love J&J Bedtime Bath and Lotion. Love it. Smells so good.
Desitin is a good diaper cream.

exactly the same!

manders726 · January 2010

We started out using J&J all over body wash (the hospital used it on her for her first bath and the smell made me melt). She was born with lots of hair though, so around 4 months we started using the J&J shampoo for curly hair (has a detangler in it) and then around 9 months we added the J&J Little Buddies conditioner after noticed her hair was getting "crunchy" in the back. We're still using J&J Nightime body wash and lotion.

Diaper cream- we've tried Desitin, Target brand Desitin, Butt Paste, Triple Paste, A&D and Target brand A&D (she's 17 months old, so we've gone through a lot of tubes!). After all of them, I wish we'd started with A&D and never tried the others. Butt Paste- fail (and we hated the smell). Desitin- OK, but she always seemed to have a few red dots of diaper rash/irritation that never fully went away. Then she developed a really bad rash and we had to use a combo of Triple Paste and Lotrimin to treat it. Triple Paste is waaaay too expensive and incredibly thick and hard to smear on/wipe off. We've been using A&D for the last 3 months- not even a hint of diaper rash.

Don't forget to pick up a tube of 1% hydrocordisone cream- it's great for treating cradle cap behind the ears or drool rash under the chin.

Mrs*Lauren*and*Justin · January 2010

I love all the Aveeno products. DS has sensitive skin, and this seems to work best. We have also used Johnson and Johnson stuff because we got a bunch at our shower, I like it but it seems a little more drying.

Rachel&Joe · January 2010

We use all California Baby products. I researched all products on www.cosmeticsdatabase.com and they were the least chemical-filled & harmful. Surprisingly, I found the J&J stuff to be the most chemical-filled of all. I wouldn't be too concerned about cost. It takes FOREVER to make it through a bottle of shampoo/body wash, diaper cream, etc. We do not use lotion.

MissyOlivePants · January 2010

Rachel&Joe:
We use all California Baby products. I researched all products on www.cosmeticsdatabase.com and they were the least chemical-filled & harmful. Surprisingly, I found the J&J stuff to be the most chemical-filled of all. I wouldn't be too concerned about cost. It takes FOREVER to make it through a bottle of shampoo/body wash, diaper cream, etc. We do not use lotion.

Yes - please read over this database!! Try to avoid parabans & SLS and other chems. We switch up between California Baby & Dr. Bronner's Baby Mild. When they are really young, there isn't any need for a wash at all - just use water.

We also don't use lotion, but if DD ever seems a bit dry (only when we had the heat on in the house), I use a little olive oil (which is what I use on myself).

For butt cream, when we need it, I use either Weleda calendula cream or Burt's Bee's.

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