Huggies/Tesco Baby Beginnings Basket for £2.50

lab-dab

I think its really unfair in a way (although i do know its a freebie).. I only joined the tesco one last week and my son is only 8wks.. hey ho!

lab-dab

just wondering if it would work if hubbie joined, lol!

littleredheadedgirl'75

but of course...equal rights & all that LOLL

vickithomas

i have just signed up for this i did see an article in my m&b mag for this too so sounds like a great idea.

deanos

Loads of these vouchers in the baby isle in my local tescos attatched to the shelf , just take the basket and pack of huggies and you can get it straight away.

Dont use the baby powder included in the pack as it is very bad for baby and anybodys else health.

sovs

deanos wrote: »

Dont use the baby powder included in the pack as it is very bad for baby and anybodys else health.

Why is it bad for your health?

kha_2

sovs wrote: »

Why is it bad for your health?

not sure about adults but guessing that it has something to do with drying baby's skin and possible that as it is a fine powder that can be breathed in and get in baby's/adult's lungs??

just a thought - feel free to correct me if I'm worng - would hate to be giving wrong info/scaring people

deanos

http://www.preventcancer.com/consumers/cosmetics/talc.htm

. Why is talc harmful?

A. Talc is closely related to the potent carcinogen asbestos. Talc particles have been shown to cause tumors in the ovaries and lungs of cancer victims. For the last 30 years, scientists have closely scrutinized talc particles and found dangerous similarities to asbestos. Responding to this evidence in 1973, the FDA drafted a resolution that would limit the amount of asbestos-like fibers in cosmetic grade talc. However, no ruling has ever been made and today, cosmetic grade talc remains non-regulated by the federal government. This inaction ignores a 1993 National Toxicology Program report which found that cosmetic grade talc, without any asbestos-like fibers, caused tumors in animal subjects

kha_2

more information on the link between talc and cancer here
http://www.ovacome.org.uk/Ovariancancer/Screeningandprevention/Talcumpowderistherealink
and here
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=3075#talcum

information on previous post worried me when I first read about links to cancer so I have done a bit of research and found the info above - it has put the risks into more perspective for me - no offence meant - its up to individuals to make their own decision

Can't find anything on the risks to children/babies but will keep looking and if find anything will post it here.
Kirsty x

ps thought I should mention that at moment I have only searched for sites in UK as legislation, research etc in USA seems to be different to UK

Justie

http://parenting.ivillage.com/baby/bsafety/0,,3q5k,00.html has a good summary of the reasons why talc isn't in favour for babies - please be aware though that there are baby powders on the market that are talc free and so don't have the same problems (although they may still be inhaled if the particals are small). Putting the 'dangers' aside the fact that dermatologists don't see any benefit of using talc to ointments in preventing nappy rash etc means that it's probably less messy to use an ointment rather than a powder.