Organic Baby Skin Products

Choosing Organic for Baby

Organic products are good for everyone, of course, because they use none of the harsh chemicals found in conventionally-produced items. They're better for the environment for the same reason.

Organic skin products use natural and often traditional ingredients to cleanse and soothe the skin. Using organic baby skin products might be an even better choice than using them on yourself. Bombarding your baby with chemicals may encourage the development of environmental sensitivities, asthma, allergies and other health problems. The ingredients in non-organic skin care products can also irritate the skin, causing breakouts and clogged pores.

Finding Organic Baby Skin Products

Luckily, it is getting easier to find organic skin care products designed especially for babies. Most organic food stores have a personal care section, which should include some organic products for baby.

If you can't find what you're looking for in your local stores, however, there are even more options when you search online. Here are just a few of the companies that provide organic baby skin products:

• Terressentials offers organic baby wash, massage oil, lotion, tush treatment, and a sampler pack that would make a great gift for a mom-to-be.
• Aubrey Organics has a great selection of personal care products for babies and older people as well. For babies, choose from bath soap, body lotion, shampoo and natural sunscreen.
• Natural Baby product line includes bath and body wash, shampoo, moisturizer, massage oil, lotion and natural baby powder. Gift packages including stuffed animals, towels and other goodies are also available.
• Eco Beauty offers the Demeter Organic Baby Skin Care line, which includes bath oil, body oil, moisturizing crème and bottom balm.

Using Bath Products on Baby

The key thing to remember when thinking about skin care for baby is that young skin is incredibly sensitive and is rather slow to turn over. Many makers of natural skin care products for baby say that you shouldn't even start using these products until your child is at least a couple of months old.

All that is really needed to clean a newborn baby is a soft cotton or bamboo cloth and some warm water. A little bit of soap can be used when things are really messy, but just a tiny squirt that amounts to a quarter of a teaspoon or so is all that is needed to gently get baby clean. Keeping this in mind helps eliminate some of the concern over the expense of these products. It will take you a long time to use them up, even when they come in really small bottles.

When your child gets a little older, you can start introducing products like shampoo and lotion. Natural balms made to prevent diaper rash can be used for dry skin all over the body and are much less harsh than the conventionally produced products for diaper rash.

Organic and natural baby products are a wonderful way to smooth your child's transition into the world. Conventional products can be much too harsh for brand-new skin. Starting off using organic products also makes it more likely you will continue to use organic products throughout your child's life, which will only improve the health of your child and the planet itself.