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How long does this last?
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My shower was today and I got a ton of lovely gifts. I did get quite a few multiples of things so returning and exhanging is in my future. I have a couple questions.
1) What is the difference between the different types of Desitin? I have the blue kind, the purple kind and the yellow kind. All I can tell is that the names are different but they seem to have the same ingredients and I have about 7 tubes of it. Anyone have any preference?
2) What is baby oil used for exactly? How is it different than regular baby lotion and aquafer? I have about 15 different bottles of these three items.
3) How often should I realistically expect these things to last? I am really strange about clutter and doubles and would almost rather just go buy things than have multiple backups for long peroids of time. How often do you use baby lotion? Every day? I would imagine even I were to use it every day on such a tiny person a 14oz bottle of lotion would last for quite awhile?
Sorry ladies. First timer here overanalyzing things and trying to get things organized. Thanks for any help!
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Re: How long does this last?
I honestly didn't use baby oil, but everyone is different. We also had no issues with diaper rash with B, so we never used Desitin. I've used it a few times with A.
As for lotion, I use it a little in the newborn stage, but like you said, they're so little that you don't use a ton of it. Once I started a solid bedtime routine, I used it every night, because lotion/massage was part of the routine right before PJs. If it makes you crazy to have too many bottles hanging around, you could always return all but two or so and go get more when you need it. Like PP said, everyone is different!
We've never used Desitin - only Buttpaste - and we love Buttpaste.
Also, we've never used baby oil. I had some and threw it out.
As far as lotion, I second what PP said the only thing that's worked for us is Aveeno Baby. I'd definitely return anything that's heavily scented. I use it almost every day but we're still on the first couple of bottles. No need to have a million of them laying around.
We only use Aquaphor for diaper rash and as a lotion. In the winter, we used lotion every night. Now that it is warmer though, we don't use it as often. We have a giant tub of Aquaphor that's lasted a few months now. I personally would return all the Desitin. We used a tiny bit of baby oil when DS was really little but that's it. I'd just keep one bottle.
We've used all the different Desitin's and unless DD had really bad diaper rash, it didn't matter which one. We did go through a lot though when she had problems. The strongest one (purple I think) worked best of all of them for when her diaper rash was pretty bad, it is the thickest and dried out the rash the best.
We never used baby oil and I can't stand the smell of it. I threw out all that we got. For lotion, we either use the Aveeno in the dark blue cap or Mustella. Aquaphor worked really well when her skin was super dry and she got a bit of eczema.
We used Aquaphor for diaper rash and it worked amazing. We used Desitin only a couple times.
We didn't go through more than 2 bottles of baby lotion in a year. The babies are so small and even if you use it every bath, it will last a long long time.
We got a bottle of baby oil. I have heard it is good for cradle cap but luckily, DD never had any. It is still unused.
Jennie
We never used Desitin - just aquaphor and resitol (otc from the pharmacy) for a bad rash. Audrey has really dry, sensitive skin. I used California Baby at first. Now, we use Cetaphil. Aveeno and Johnson's made her break out - even the unscented versions. We use California Baby, Burts Bees, or Say Yes to Carrots body washes and shampoo. We go through a bottle of lotion/wash every other month.
Each night, we slather her with lotion, so we use much more than most. If we don't, she gets dry, itchy bumps everywhere. I would be careful with Johnson and Johnson's products, which include Aveeno. They have a lot of harsh chemicals in them and scored poorly.