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It's hard to know what products to use on the sensitive skin of your newborn, or in fact any age baby; many of our favourite lotions and potions contain ingredients that we can't even pronounce, let alone know what they are. 

So hurrah for the new JOHNSON’S^® Baby FIRST TOUCH^™range: wipes, moisturising lotion, oil, all-in-one wash, shampoo and barrier cream. All are specifically formulated to contain only essential ingredients (no fragrance, no colour). 

The products are just as lovely as their original ones but with the added knowledge and reassurance that they are designed and formulated especially for newborns. What I especially love is the way Johnson's have really thought about the packaging. The moisturising lotion has an easy-to-hold bottle with nice big chunky flip-top lid, yet has a tiny nozzle - perfect as little newborn babies only need a teeny squirt, not a big splodge. The barrier cream comes in a tube rather than a tub so it's great for your changing bag, and (hopefully) less chance of leaking by the lid coming off. The cream has a clay-like consistency but at the same time it's not too thick - just right for rubbing into the skin. 




The product that has me intrigued the most are the wipes. I am yet to get my hands on some but I will certainly be tracking down a pack in the next few days - they are described "As safe as cotton wool and water". When I was in hospital after just having my little girl, the midwife repeatedly told me to use just cotton wool and water. It worked fine at first, but after a few weeks, (and then months) my little one kept getting a red bum and preparing warm water and cotton wool in the night (with the dimmest lightbulb ever) wasn't the easiest thing. I didn't want to use any products but the cotton wool and water method just wasn't practical. Moving to wipes made my life SO much easier and she hasn't had a sore bum since - but it would be great to have the best of both worlds. Tomorrow I will be off to Tesco to hunt down some wipes...(exciting times!) 

Prices from £2.49
Currently on offer at Tesco, save £3 when you spend £12 or more on Johnsons Baby toiletries/wipes

CQ x

It's not often I'll post about a wipe. But I was tempted to try new ones from an Ocado flash sale.

NEW: Pampers Fresh Clean Baby Wipes
The claim is “Bath like clean for a fresh feeling”

Fresh...Fresh...Exciting, it’s so inviting to me...(ok, I'll stop singing now).

Could these NEW wipes really allow us to skip the morning bath (post play-dough porridge) for a quick and easy exit out of the house?

Baby Led Weaning (BLW) - the practice where your little lovely feeds themselves, rather than the traditional purée route (see http://www.rapleyweaning.com/ if you’re interested) can be a VERY messy business.

My 8 month old has been at it for about 8-10 weeks, and without the assistance of a good old baby wipe, he could be in and out of the bath like a violinists elbow and/or requiring a hose down in public after lunch.

Given we’ve been going through baby wipes like a dose of salts since we started BLW - we have had the pleasure of sampling a whole host of wipes. Water ones, natural ones, cocoa ones, old skool ones and cheap and cheerful ones...

Strictly a water wipe mumma for the first few months - we’ve branched out and found these:




New on the market and on introductory offer, we have given these fresh and exciting new wipes a go.

Let’s get the basics out of the way first; packaging - simple (easy re-seal wouldn’t go a miss though), pricing - comparative (competitive on offer or in bulk), usability - easy to get out of the pack, consistency - good (not to thin or thick) and quantity the norm at 64.

In comparison to other wipes out there - these new Pampers certainly pass the sniff test (mine and the other half) a really very pleasant fragrance on the nose in our opinion (I’m getting cotton fresh baby).

Handy when you want to leave your bubba smelling sweet after a salmon and spinach omelette for lunch or a particularly interesting nappy. From an absorbency perspective these wipes clear the mess quickly and easily. They are effective without being harsh on the skin.

Having suffered with the normal baby dry skin, these wipes leave his skin moist and “fresh” without being too wet and without drying his skin out.

All round in our opinion a good product and definitely a 'bath-like' freshness that would encourage us to buy again.

Currently on offer at Superdrug at a bargainous -  98p

Pampers Fresh Clean Wipes Offer

SK (guest blogette)

Petroleum Jelly
99p for 100ml
Available from www.superdrug.com
This massive pot of petroleum jelly is great for baby's sore bottom, as well as your own chapped hands and lips! Great value at a fraction of the price of other brands.

I'm off on holiday to Cyprus in a few weeks, and am thinking about ways to fit everything into our 40kg Easyjet weight allowance. Normally this would be enough for two of us, but babies don't tend to travel light!

As far as beauty products go, I'll obviously be stocking up on minis (bizarrely one of my favourite things about travelling is buying minis), but I've also been thinking about which of Lucy's baby products I can use.

We all know that baby wipes are invaluable for all sorts of uses. I honestly don't know how I coped without them in those heady babyless days of yore. But one thing I've never tried using them for is a face wipe.

In theory, these wipes are super gentle as they are made for cleaning babies bums, so a face should pose no issues.  However, I've seen Huggies wipes get paint out of a carpet with relative ease, which doesn't entirely inspire confidence in those 'sensitive' claims!

Anyway there's only one way to know and that's to try them out. So I spent the better part of Lucy's afternoon nap yesterday putting on makeup and taking it off again with some of the more popular wipe brands.  I haven't done them all by any means so if any of you lovely readers want to give the ones you use a try and post your review in the comments, please do!

I really need to iron my sheets!!

Sainsburys 'Little Ones' baby wipes

On baby: These are ok once you get used to them but they were quite dry wipes and didn't feel that soft on baby's bottom.
On me: These felt a little rough on my face, however I removed my foundation and mascara easily with one sheet. The skin around my eyes felt a bit prickly afterwards.

Tesco Loves Baby wipes

On baby: These are quite wet and feel more like you're washing baby's bum, which means you need a towel or tissue to dry it but at the same time you feel like the end result is much cleaner.
On me: These felt quite soft on my skin and I removed my foundation and mascara with ease using one sheet. I think maybe because the wipes are wetter and possibly more astringent, once my skin started to dry it felt really prickly on my cheeks and eye area.

Superdrug 'My Little Star' baby wipes

On baby: These are fine for baby though they felt rough in my hand so not sure how it felt on baby's bum!
On me: Again, these easily removed the foundation and mascara. After use my skin felt fresh rather than prickly but the wipe did feel rough against my skin.

Pampers sensitive baby wipes

On baby: These felt better quality than the previous three and had medium wetness. Fine for use on baby's bum.
On me: They removed my foundation and mascara well and felt soft on my skin but again I felt a lot of prickly tingling on my skin afterwards.

Huggies baby wipes

On baby: These wipes feel the nicest, they are extremely soft in the hand although not very wet. Unfortunately this can make it difficult to get them out of the packet in one piece! Ok for wiping up poo but I needed to use quite a few to ensure a clean bum.
On me: These did remove the foundation and mascara well but this was the only brand where I needed more than one wipe to get my face clean, particularly the eye-makeup. There was no prickly feeling though and my skin felt less tight and dry afterwards.

Simple baby moisturising wipes

On baby: These did the job well, felt quite soft and are medium wetness.
On me: These were the best on make-up removal, perhaps unsurprisingly. The wipe felt reasonably soft on my skin and though my skin did feel really clean afterwards, it was still a bit prickly on my cheeks and eye area.

Johnsons sensitive baby wipes

On baby: These feel really soft in my hand and they have slight ridges which I suppose serve to capture the poo more effectively!
On me: They felt quite rough on my face and though my skin did feel really clean afterwards it also felt probably the most prickly. It did take of the make-up easily though, so maybe this one is good for a light exfoliation as well as cleansing!

The verdict

If I can find a good deal I think I'll take some Simple wipes on holiday with me. Probably not as a replacement for cleanser, but they'll be good in a bind and also on those nights when I'm too tired/drunk to do the full cleaning routine on my face.

RL xx