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bellas_mum2509
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:02 pm 
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We use oilatum junior bath additive and cream which is great! :bigups:

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:09 pm 
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I'm shocked that they are still recommending silcocks base. There is detergent in it!
As a soap it's fine but it's just that, a SOAP, a detergent. You wouldn't use soap as a moisturiser on your face, why use it on a newborn?

I used to use it on my legs and it ripped the skin off me. My best friends kids attend crumlin where hey are now warnif against using silcocks base and aqueous cream as moisturisers. Only emulsifier can be left on the skin and even then, it is only a barrier cream.

I used specific stuff for DD, weleda do an amazing calendula oil and/or use an olive oil. Oilatum is great I've heard, as is bepanthen.

Absolutely agree with this, there is another mm on here ( barbie ) and her dd received burns from using silcocks/aqueous creams :(
Olive oil is brilliant

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I just used olive oil and gave him a little massage, dry skin cleared up really quickly.
Got my hands finally on a bottle of burts bees apricot oil and I use that now after the bath, but mostly cos I just love the time with him doing a wee massage.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:40 pm 
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Perfect,will get olive oil tomorrow so,thanks a mill :) Just as an aside,have dozens of bottles of johnsons and johnsons products here,got a big pile from dp's sis as a present and some in a gift basket too...would anyone recommend the johnsons baby bedtime lotion and if not why not?

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:51 pm 
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My dd has very dry skin and I ended up taking her to GP and was told to use olive oil and got told off for using using Johnson `s products as they dry the skin out more cos of all the perfume in them
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:18 pm 
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Phinky wrote:
Redb wrote:
I'm shocked that they are still recommending silcocks base. There is detergent in it!
As a soap it's fine but it's just that, a SOAP, a detergent. You wouldn't use soap as a moisturiser on your face, why use it on a newborn?

I used to use it on my legs and it ripped the skin off me. My best friends kids attend crumlin where hey are now warnif against using silcocks base and aqueous cream as moisturisers. Only emulsifier can be left on the skin and even then, it is only a barrier cream.

I used specific stuff for DD, weleda do an amazing calendula oil and/or use an olive oil. Oilatum is great I've heard, as is bepanthen.

Absolutely agree with this, there is another mm on here ( barbie ) and her dd received burns from using silcocks/aqueous creams :(
Olive oil is brilliant


Silcocks base and aqueous cream are two different things. Silocks is recommended as a moisturiser. Says so on the pack and asked in pharmacy too and they said people get the two mixed up. Aqueous cream is vicious on skin apparently.

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Liana
PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2012 4:36 pm 
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I remember being recommended silcocks base/emulsifying ointment/aqueous cream for DS. I spent a rediculous amount of time studying the labels, and from what I can remember they are all similar emulsifying preparations with varying amounts of paraffins and sodium laurel sulphate. Silcocks base being the thickest, aqueous cream the thinnest. SLS is a detergent and is thought to be responsible for skin thinning. I never use them as a moisuriser but found this where it is suggested as a cleanser http://beaut.ie/blog/2011/silcocks-base ... ng-secret/

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Went to weighing clinic today and asked phn and she said olive oil too :bigups:

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