when do you stop using baby products such as baby laundry detergent, baby safe household wipes, etc.? how old should your child be? (am i stuck paying more to buy the baby sutff for the rest of my life?)
How old is your child?
Mine is almost 2 1/2. I’ve NEVER used baby laundry detergent… Tide Free is what I’ve always used since I refused to buy "special" detergent. However, I still use baby bath soap, along with baby wipes and pull-ups (we’re working on potty training). Yesterday, I was thinking about switching his soap. It’s great soap, but it might be less expensive if we share.
I really don’t have an exact age since I still use plenty of baby items. But my personal opinion, you are the parent. No one can tell you how to raise your child. If you don’t want to use baby items, don’t. The only suggestion I would have is switch one item at a time. You never know what the child might be allergic to or have a sentimental issue with… i.e. baby shampoo equals bath and cuddletime. Switch an item, wait a week, if no "issues" make another switch.
Hope this helps.
February 5th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
i feel as long as your laundry powder is a good sensitive power you shouldn’t have to buy baby ones i don’t i use same for all my laundry and for all the other stuff if you use a good antibacterial spray around the home that should be fine. when your child reaches about 8 months you must build there immune system up and to do that they need to get used to germs. by this time i would be trying to get them used to notsterilizingg there bottles and stuff if youdon’tt build there immune system your child ends up picking up all kind of bugs as they grow older
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February 5th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Well I never did! I mean I used gentle laundrt detergent but not household wipes! You can make your own safe cleaners anyway…use bicarbonate of soda and lemon juice..thats a really good cleaner. There are loads of sites about it with recipies. google "Make your own eco cleaner"
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February 5th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
I’ve never used anything of the above lol, the first wash of my sons baby clothes were in fairy which is for sensitive skin and babies, but after that i just use anything and he’s lucky enough not to be allergic. As for wipes etc, i never bothered about anything like that, don’t get me wrong, when he was a newborn i’d make everyone use a spray of santinizing spray before touching him and i’d make sure all his toys/rattles were clean or sterilized, but now when he’s in his high chair etc i just give it a wipe with a baby wipe same with all his toys if they get dirty. I agree with the first user, you need to let their immune system build by letting them get into germs or they’ll end up worse off when they’re that bit older.
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February 5th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
With my first baby I used the baby laundry detergent but only until he was about 9 months old. Then I just used the same kind as I used on my clothes. I never used it for my second. Its not necessary at all to use the baby detergent. As long as you use the same detergent all the time and your baby doesnt get a rash from an allergic reaction to the switch, stop using the more expensive "specifically baby kind" any time. As far as the household wipes, I never used them either. When you are cleaning up and using any cleaning product, just make sure your baby isnt around to get into the chemicals. Follow the instructions on the cleaning product if you are cleaning surfaces that food will touch. Baby safe shampoo, soaps and lotions, I still use and my oldest is 7. I did stop using the Johnsons head to toe wash around 1 year but I changed to another tear free soap. Its just easier; it smells good and has colorful bottles the kids like. I myself even use the Johnsons lotion. I like its smell and its mild enough to put on the face.
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February 5th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
When ever you want
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February 5th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Being a new mother and wanting the very best for your baby, you are a marketer’s dream. Is it not true that every time there’s an advertisement for a baby product it catches your attention?
I have 8mo twins and I have never used baby specific products. I use sensitive laundry powder but that’s as far as it goes. There are plenty of non-chemical based cleaners on the market, so pick one of those instead if you really feel the need.
Honestly, don’t get sucked in to the hype. Make sensible decisions with your baby in mind but there is no need to pay a premium for every day products.
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February 5th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
well my twins are 15 months and ive stopped using alot of baby products.
i started phasing out and trying different products (other than baby things) after they turned 12 months.
i still use formula of course, i dont use baby soaps or bubble bath. i just look for ones for sensitive skin. i still use baby shampoo. normal shampoo seems to give them dranduff a fair bit.
they eat almost everything we eat so buying baby food isnt as much. we usually buy the jar/tin food if we are going to be out and about.
i use napisan laundry detergent on all our clothes and always have on their clothes. i still use baby wipes but i dont buy the expensive/name brands i buy the local supermarket brands. my girls dont have any allergies to any products (that ive found) which has saved us ALOT of money because we never had to buy the expensive brands.
it may be different with all children.
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February 5th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
You don’t have to use them to begin with. Babies are fine with laundry detergent such as All Free and Clear which can be used for everyone. Baby safe household wipes? Never heard of these. Bleach is the best cleaner there is. Even soaps. Babies are fine with Dove or the store brand equivelant.
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February 5th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
The only thing that I really did was buy baby detergent and once the baby was one or walking I stopped using that. What is a baby safe houldhold wipe? I have never even heard of such a thing. I do know that bleach cleans everything and is safe for children and adults of all ages (afterall that is the only cleaning product that is supposed to be used in childcare facilities). But hey maybe I am a bad mom. But on the positive side my kids turned out just fine.
Some one sent me this as an email today and I think that it is a very appropriate end to this answer.
Those Born 1930-1979
READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO. IF YOU DON’T READ ANYTHING ELSE—VERY WELL STATED
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren’t overweight because,
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound or CD’s, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms…….
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in a nd talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke th e law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innov ation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of them.CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it?!
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February 5th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
You can use free and clear detergents for the laundry. You can use regular detergents in the laundry and rinse twice if baby seems to be bothered by them. My baby isn’t, so I just wash her clothes in with everyone else’s.
I would continue to use gentle cleansers for baby’s baths, however. Their skin isn’t ready for the rough soaps that we use. Around 2 years old is when I have transitioned my kids from baby soaps to gentle liquid soaps. You can try a baby at any time on the gentle liquid soaps to see if he reacts to them or not. My kids have so I wait longer.
You can use wet paper towels or wash clothes instead of baby wipes, if you want. There are many ways to get around paying ransoms for baby products.
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February 5th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
How old is your child?
Mine is almost 2 1/2. I’ve NEVER used baby laundry detergent… Tide Free is what I’ve always used since I refused to buy "special" detergent. However, I still use baby bath soap, along with baby wipes and pull-ups (we’re working on potty training). Yesterday, I was thinking about switching his soap. It’s great soap, but it might be less expensive if we share.
I really don’t have an exact age since I still use plenty of baby items. But my personal opinion, you are the parent. No one can tell you how to raise your child. If you don’t want to use baby items, don’t. The only suggestion I would have is switch one item at a time. You never know what the child might be allergic to or have a sentimental issue with… i.e. baby shampoo equals bath and cuddletime. Switch an item, wait a week, if no "issues" make another switch.
Hope this helps.
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