baby wipes bad for baby???

grey_lady

The current advice here isnt don't bath them, they advise just to top and tail with water and cotton wool for the first few days until the cord drops off and then bath them normally.

starjumper

I understand that there are some trials going on in Manchester testing wipes v water and cotton wool and they are apparently coming out about even.

I had my boy in November and I'd looked into a bit so took sensitive wipes in with me, we were in for a week after he was born, some midwives told me off for using them, some used them themselves (I find this a lot with midwives, they all do things differently and have different opinions so one minute you're being praised by one and then the next told off by another).

He's 3 months old now and doesn't seem to have suffered any ill effects from using wipes. We do "air" his bum and bits for about half an hour each night (stick him naked on a blanket and he loves it) and he's fine.

Wipes v Water - it's a personal choice I think really.

AbFab

I have a four-month old baby - he didn't get a bath until he was a week old - they are born with this glorious gunk on them, which is full of amazing properties that are good for them (vernix and amniotic fluid). I read that holding off bathing them helps reduce the chance of skin problems like eczema. He got a rub down with a towel, and looked clean enough to me!

As for packet wipes, I would not touch them with a bargepole. Clean your own face with one - how does it feel - dry and tight - horrid. Maybe it's luck, but DS hasn't had any nappy rash whatsoever. We use these on his perfect precious little bottom: https://www.cheekywipes.com/. They just go in the wash with his reusable nappies, so are cheaper in the long run as I never have to replenish stocks of cotton wool - plus doesn't cotton wool come apart? These wipes scoop up any mess really easily, I don't get any poo on my hands, easy. You could just make your own too, using a towel, I suppose.

onlyroz

Plans_all_plans wrote: »

I think most people throw baby wipes in the bin with the nappy bag, don't they?

yes please don't flush them. I made that mistake once and had to call out Dynorod, with sewage flooding across my patio.

horse76

I used cotton wool and water in the hospital, mainly because I was so unprepared, as my son arrived nearly 3 weeks early. I then used baby wipes at home (midwife said this was fine), tried various brands and I'm now using Morissons value baby wipes at 18p a pk - my son has never had nappy rash and he's nearly 6 months now.

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when I had my DS 3 1/2yrs ago the midwife at the hospital and the health visitor told us to only use cotton wool and water for at least the first 3 months, they said don't use wipes or any sort of bath product/lotions either except for shampoo......as a first time mum then I stuck religiously to what they told me and didn't use anything but cotton wool and water for probably 4 or 5 months then one day I gave in and it was baby wipes all the way, my second DS is due in March, to be honest I think I will probably try stick at the cotton wool and water for the first few weeks this time but I have already got a huge stash of baby wipes ready.lol......once you've started with the baby wipes there is no going back to cleaning slimey sticky poo with cotton wool.lol.....I do only use sensitive or fragrance free wipes though...:).......oh and my son never really suffered from Nappy Rash at all.

Jakesmummy

I heard a midwife tell a young mum off for using wipes..really bugged me! when i was in with my 2nd she came over and said they dont like wipes and could i call my OH and ask him to bring some cotton wool when he comes in?? I said no thanks im happy with the wipes..she didnt look best pleased, but i was only gonna use them as soon as i got home anyway!! some of them are really sensitive now and i've never had a problem with them. And I do use them to clean my face as well, I am not a fan of cleaning poo with cotton wool, yuk lol!!

delain

grey_lady wrote: »

The current advice here isnt don't bath them, they advise just to top and tail with water and cotton wool for the first few days until the cord drops off and then bath them normally.

A HCA bathed Squeak (now 5 months) in the hospital for me as I ws unable to. The same happened with my twins (now 6)

Mind you I think Squeaks bath was more about a hairwash, she had a huge mop and still has :rotfl:

zaksmum

I'll get my daughter to check with the visiting midwife again about not bathing baby till the cord comes off. It does seem mad not to - especially as my daughter's breastfeeding and getting runny poos from baby!

digitalphase

I am planning on trying both with my little one. I have already got some cotton wool balls, and am planning to get some Pampers Sensitive wipes as well. We use Johnson's at the moment for ourselves, so will try those on him too. TBH it will be whatever is on offer really, as long as he doesn't have sensitive skin, in which case it would have to be a 'sensitive' wipe. I often find own brand wipes are not wet enough, whereas Johnson's are nice and wet.

I don't see me rushing to boil a kettle every time he has a poo though :eek: If anything, it's not very MSE to be boiling kettles all the time, though I suppose I could coinside it with a cuppa tea for me :cool: I don't see what's wrong with tap water really. Afterall, that's what he will be bathed in.

I'd just let your daughter do what she wants. If she finds cotton wool doesn't work as well, she'll give wipes a go. It's up to her.

Any midwife who tried to tell me off for using wipes would certainly get a mouthful back though :rotfl: