Wipes or cotton wool and water straight from birth
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Is this to clean baby when newly born? If so cotton wool and water definitely more gentle for their skin in my experience. I still switch back for my son when he has sore bum for any reason
I will just use wipes this time. We changed to wipes after about 2 weeks because stressing about getting the water the right temperature each time was not worth it and wipes are more convenient. Sometimes you gotta pick your battles !
I did cotton wool first time just as its general advice and much preferred wipes and it just kept sticking to the skin.
My baby had four poos the day was born and it was a nightmare trying to clean it with cotton wool I wish I just used wipes at the start
Cotton wool and water for the first few weeks.
I used the thick cotton pads, definitely not just pure cotton wool, and I made sure to pat dry rather than wiping dry with them to avoid friction.
I used cotton wool until 6 months 😅 with breast milk in the water
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Wipes or cotton wool and water straight from birth
What’s the consensus?
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