Make Your Own Natural Baby Products At Home
May 20, 2009
photo credit: jolien_vallins
If you’re concerned about the products and ingredients going on your baby’s skin, then the best solution is to create baby products right in your home. It’s fun to make natural baby stuff for your friends too. They make awesome baby shower gifts and are frugal and eco-friendly.
You can choose organic ingredients and herbs right from your own kitchen and/or garden. Choosing to create your own products also reduces the amount of unnecessary packaging that goes along with products you’ve purchased from the store.
Baby Bath Milk
1 cup milk
¼ cup corn starch
¼ cup finely ground oats
2-3 drops lavender, rose, or chamomile essential oils
Mix ingredients together and put in a shaker style bottle. To use, sprinkle a small amount in warm bath water. This makes a lovely baby shower gift. Find an attractive glass container (a glass baby bottle would be cute!) and decorate with ribbon.
Baby Massage Oil
One favorite baby skin care product you can make at home is a blend of both sweet almond oil and olive oil poured into a vial. The great thing about this blend is that you can use it for so many uses. It’s great as a massage oil for the baby. You pour a small amount into your palms then rub together and gently give him or her a massage. It helps reduce colic and promotes blood circulation. It relaxes baby and put him or her to sleep.
Another use for this oil sweet almond/olive oil blend is to use it in place of conventional baby oil that is made from petroleum. After a bath, instead of using petroleum baby oil or purchased lotion, you can, instead, keep in that moisture by applying the created blend of oils. It is better for baby’s skin and harmless as well.
If your baby has a dry and flaky scalp or cradle cap, you can apply a small amount of this oil to reduce or eliminate the dryness. Rub it gently into the scalp and brush through with a soft baby brush. The same can be done for mild cases of eczema and chapped or peeling lips. Breastfeeding mothers can also use it for chapped areolas.
Homemade Baby Powder (Talc-free) Recipe
½ cup corn starch
½ cup Arrowroot powder
1 tablespoon dried ground chamomile
1 tablespoon dried ground lavender
¼ cup finely ground oats
Blend well and put in a shaker style bottle. Now you can powder your baby’s little bottom in safety.
Dream Sachets
Another natural remedy you can easily create yourself is a “dream sachet”. What you’ll notice is that many baby lotions put the scent of lavender and chamomile in their lotions and washes. Many of the times the scent is synthetic and does not serve as aromatherapy. Instead, fill a sachet full of lavender, chamomile and rosemary. You can infuse a small amount in a warm bath (in a mesh bag) or you can wear the sachet around your neck as you cradle and breastfeed your baby to sleep. The aromas will lull him to sleep with the power of aromatherapy.
Teething
Teething is a tough time for baby and mom! It’s not a good idea to numb baby’s gums with something like Orajel. Gels like this typically do little to assuage the pain. Worse, they can actually numb baby’s gums to the point of them biting you and/or their mouth while feeding. Ouch!
There are natural remedies you can try instead. You can freeze a fruit such as mango slices or peach slices. Take a wet (and cold) washcloth and put it around the fruit. Let the baby gnaw on the washcloth to help relieve gum pain.
Another natural remedy many parents use is a diluted version of clove oil (1 drop to one teaspoon of almond oil). Test on your own mouth first to make sure it’s not too strong, then rub it on baby’s gums. Using your finger to massage the pain while applying the oil will be a relief for baby. Do not use the clove oil remedy in excess.
Before baby products came on the market, mothers all over the world utilized the ingredients in her home to create baby products that were safe for baby. Talk with the older generations in your family and see what kind of natural remedies they used with babies in the past. You might just discover a wonderful recipe.
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Lovely recipes. I love the baby bath milk, it makes baby’s skin all soft (and works for grown ups too).
For the massage oil, I was told to use sunflower & olive oil instead almond oil to avoid nut allergies.
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