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melg1973 wrote: »

Hi all wondered if I could ask a question about baby wipes. I am 37 weeks pregnant with my first and confused/have baby brain! Have bought quite a lot of sensitive baby wipes whilst they've been on offers throughout my pregnancy only to find no mention of using wipes at all in all the info about newborns? Are they something that comes in later on?

Also I have been reading up today about topping and tailing and some mention lukewarm water, some cooled boiled water. Some use 2 or 3 cotton wool balls, some loads more. Conflicting info is confusing!

Hi Melg. I use wipes for day time nappy changes and cotton balls for am an pm tops and tails too.

I think wipes can sometimes be a bit hard on a newborns skin so I did use cotton balls exclusively at first (but not for three months!) and I too find cotton balls cheaper.

I can do a not too nasty top and tail with four cotton balls (apprx 4p or cost of one wipe!) (one for each eye, one for the face and skin folds and one for hands then reuse for bottom. ) I use them slightly wet on the bottom as this washes the ammonia away - i then use a flannel to dry as I find that more effective than using another cotton ball.

Mazcabs

This latest discussion has really made me laugh.. we were told at AN classes that cotton wool and water was latest recommendation for first month and also to only top and tail for that time too. When I was in hospital I took both wipes and cotton wool... it was the midwives who kept asking me for the wipes when they changed DS's nappy after C Section.

I used cotton wool for first month or so unless we were out or at night when we used wipes for convinience. DS has had no problems with either and I dont stick to one particular brand either...just whats on offer and so far so good...
On another note, I can seriously see why women get PND... DS is beautiful and I love him to bits but he is a still a sod sleeping!!! He was better for a of couple weeks when we pu him in own cot/room but its going back to when he was first born... awake nearly every hour and still hardly sleeping during the day. I have been bad and had him sleeping with me sometimes just so I get some sleep.. I know its wrong but just need the sleep.... trouble is he gets so ratty when he hasnt slept and I keep thinking if you would only give in it would be so much easier.... sorry for moan but feel better now....

Snaggles

:rotfl: This has just made me giggle, because I too did the 'cotton wool when the midwives were watching, wipes when they weren't' thing!

AND, I panicked over a mid-nappy-change poo when Natasha was born, despite her being my second baby. :rolleyes:

DS got nappy rash despite me only using cotton wool and water, whereas DD has only had one tiny little red patch once, despite me using just about every type of wipe under the sun.

I like the Pampers Sensitive ones best, and Johnsons or Simple when I can't get them on special offer. The Huggies ones have a funny texture that makes me cringe (like a nails-on-a-blackboard type feeling ).

SeptemberBaby_2

*shhhhhhhhh* my baby is having her first ever daytime nap where she has settled herself.....and its been over half an hour! Yay! :cool:

Snaggles

*whispers* Well done Poppy!

Becles

*quietly celebrates Poppy sleeping* :j

All this talk of poo again!

Charlotte always has a roll around the floor in the nude for 10 minutes before she goes in the bath on an evening. She was rolling around last night, and she kept doing really loud pumps and then cracking up laughing at them. Sadly that game had to end when the last one wasn't just a pump....... :eek: :rotfl:

SusanCarter

The midwifes were never watching when we changed nappies. They even left me for two hours during the second stage and I have a friend who said her baby was delivered by a midwife who had just popped over from another ward for something. They weren't even busy when I was there as I had an individual room the whole time I was there and even got moved from one individual room to another because of the noise from workmen drilling. Fortunately I have convinced OH that a homebirth would be better so will be going for that next time.

Platinum_Horse

Becles wrote: »

I asked my community midwife about it and she said there is nothing wrong with using the pure/sensitive wipes on a newborn, but she wasn't allowed to tell me that and should be telling me to use cotton wool and water.
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It is daft, some of the things which midwives/healthvisitors are not allowed to tell you or suggest you do use, when there are many times it would be better for you (and your sanity) or the baby! Some of things we've been told about beggars belief and is just, stupid!

We used cotton wool at first, but given how sore Alfie's bottom got, we soon changed too pampers sensitive wipes (they were the only ones we found without alcohol in them, I think!)

[Deleted User]

Just interrupting the flow of conversation here, i'm using cotton wool/water and sometimes wipes on molly, just depends on if i'm on my own or what Jack is doing, where he is etc....safety really.

Michelle, Jack can't be left alone with Molly, he's not old enough to understand. He looks and points at her and with a pointed finger touches or presses her head/body, but we have to say gently if it looks like he's going in too hard.

I don't think he is feeling jealous yet, he's having a lot of attention from all the family, I think the telling time will be when reality kicks in and Ian is back at work, Mum is popping in less and i'm on my own more with the two of them. Panicking about that I can tell you.

I'm not really coping at the moment, lack of sleep and feeling very emotional. I just can't stop crying and feel very anxious all the time, this feels very much like when Jack was born and I feel out of control. I'm fed up with the lochia/night sweats etc and starting to lose weight as I can't eat much due to how I feel. I am supposed to be getting a call from the MW this afternoon and I'm going to discuss how I feel with the view of my PND kicking in big time. I don't want to let this continue as I've got to cope with two little ones.

Molly is still erractic in her feeding and sleeping. I love her to bits but i often wonder what the hell I have done and the light at the end of the tunnel is invisible. God I'm going to start crying again if im not careful.

I feel guilty that I can't spend as much time with Jack as I want, I was so reastricted for that last 5 weeks of my pregnancy as to what I could do with him and now i can do more I have molly to care for too. I love jack so much too that I want to just go out him and me, but I can't due to mollly, i haven't been out the house properly yet as one of them needs changing, feeding or is sleeping and of course there is basic house stuff to do like washing, dinner, bottles. Housework takes a back seat, i'm coping with the bare minimum.

Sorry to be so down, but i'm hoping things will imnprove soon.

Bay

purplepatch

Hi Bay, lovely to see you.

Even without the PND to worry about, your hormones are at that meltdown stage a few days after giving birth, no wonder you are tearful, worried etc. Make sure you tell the mw asap how you're feeling so that medication can be sorted out quickly. In the meantime, try to take a deep breath and a step back and sod the housework, like you say, do the absolute bare essentials to get by. In fact, don't even do that, that's what Ian's there for!!

Hope you feel better soon. Keep calm and remember we're all here if you need to bend a few ears.

xx