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MamaBabyBliss offers an award winning range of 100% natural, pampering skincare products for pregnancy, new mums and babies. All our products are free from synthetic chemicals, artificial colours and fragrances and are made only from natural ingredients and essential oils. This page features all our blog posts filed under the 'Products' category.
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Recently, a piece of research was issued by the University of Manchester stating that natural oils such as olive oil and sunflower oil are not safe to use on baby’s skin. Vegetable oils have been used for centuries for massaging babies across the world, so what should you use?
As a company, we believe that natural is best. The research suggests that it’s better to use products that are petroleum-based. During baby massage, we massage every part of our babies body including their tiny little fingers and toes. As we know, babies are fond of nibbling on both! So, ask yourself, would you put something that is petroleum-based in your mouth and eat it?
Digging a little deeper into the research, the article highlights that many skincare products for babies have only been tested for cosmetic purposes. This is true. Many products haven’t been tested on babies and we do believe that is essential. As a concerned mum, I know that I would want that added reassurance, which is why the ‘Hugs’ Baby Massage Oil and the entire MamaBabyBliss baby range has been clinically tested and paediatrician approved as completely safe for babies. We’ve also won awards for our ‘Hugs’ oil and many of our other natural products – most recently by Jayney Lee Grace who only advocates the best of the best in the world of natural products. Thousands of mums have used the oil and love it and interestingly enough, because of the ingredients (jojoba which mimics the skin’s sebum and camomile which is calming), they’ve actually reported a reduction in eczema. Eczema can be caused by many environmental factors including pollution and nutrition.
Ultimately, it should always be a matter of choice as to what parents prefer, but it would be a shame to start abandoning what is natural and has been used for many centuries and is still widely used used in other cultures, in favour of chemical and synthetic.
As per midwives and health visitors’ recommendation, skincare products should be avoided on newborn skin up to the age of 4 weeks as their skin is still so delicate and sensitive.
Labour Tips
1. Create a sanctuary suitable for your baby’s entrance into the world, choose your favourite music, have a relaxing bath, choose your favourite relaxing smells, light a candle… this is your baby’s birthday… get excited! You are now going to meet your baby who you have been waiting for for 9 months and see their little face, fingers, toes, eyes, nosefor the first time!
Having a bath in labour is a great way of staying relaxed and the lavender and geranium in our bath soak will help promote feelings of calm, whilst the aloe vera and calendula is soothing to the skin .
2. Breathe deeply and slowly to keep your body relaxed and open . When you practise deep breathing a magical cocktail of calming and pain relieving endorphins are released into the blood stream, including oxytocin, the love hormone which keeps contractions going.
Our Tummy Love oil can be used for massage during labour which also helps to release oxytocin into the bloodstream which in turn can keep contractions going and has pain relieving qualities. Massage also keeps the muscles relaxed and helps with pain relief .
3. See each contraction as a wave that your are riding and each one is bringing you one step closer to meeting your baby. Use the exhalation to help see you through any intense sensations.
Try using our Pregnancy Bliss Relaxation cd tohelp keep your mind focussed during labour and birth. It is audio only, this will allow the mind to stay relaxed aswell as the body.
4. Keep upright and moving as much as possible as gravity helps to bring babies faster into the world and to keep contractions going. Use a yoga ball or positions on all fours to conserve energy whilst still using gravity to help the process along.
Using a Yoga Ball can enable you to be comfortable and upright during the labour. This also enables gravity to help keep contractions going. The ball can help manage pain in labour and is great for turning back to back babies by opening up the pelvis keeping it supported and symmetrical. You can purchase a Yoga Ball here.
Tummy Love Massage and Stretchmark Oil
Pregnancy is a special time where it is important for a woman to nurture and pamper both herself and her bump. As the pregnancy progresses, the skin naturally stretches and along with hormonal changes, the skin can also become drier, which is why it is important to keep the skin moisturised. We have developed a uniqiue and enriching Tummy Love Stretchmark Oil that is is packed full of omega oils and is rich in vitamins A, C and E.
Containing all-natural ingredients including calendula oil, starflower oil, and rosehip oil which has been clinically proven to prevent and heal scarring, this super-enriching but easily absorbed oil will help combat and heal stretchmarks. This really is the perfect ‘mummy’ must-have before and after birth and we are very proud to have won the Loved By Parents Award for best maternity product. To go to our products shop please click here
Eczema – A Mum’s Tale
When my eldest first broke out in a red rash all over his face I was mortified. My beautiful little boy had become a mass of sores overnight. At first, I panicked – was it something serious or just teething rash? Then after doing my research I found out it was likely to be childhood eczema, which a trip to the GP confirmed.
This was my first experience of eczema. I was lucky enough to escape its infliction in life, despite having asthma and being susceptible to hayfever. It transpired later though, that my husband suffered from eczema as a boy, so I guess in was almost inevitable our children would experience it too.
Now, I am lucky as my sister is a paediatric nurse, so help was at hand for me. Despite living a couple of hours drive away, I could pick up the phone and she could help me find ways to treat it. A bath with Epaderm really did the trick, and whilst it didn’t cure it, it really helped him. His eczema was aggravated during the winter months and when he was dribbling, so we knew to get armed early over the years.
Then along came number 2 – a bundle of fun and my little monkey. He was fine for a couple of years, as eczema didn’t grace us with its ugly presence. However with the toddler tantrums came the double insult of more red sores. Now he is a different child, and everything he did threw – he rolled earlier, crawled and walked early, so of course the eczema outbreak threw something new at us too!
With Jacob, the daylight and warmer summer weather helped and he would go through the summer with barely a mark. But with Archie, oh no! His was in fact diagnosed as light induced eczema, which meant it was aggravated by sunlight! So back to the drawing board and finding ways to help.
By this time, I had discovered MamaBabyBliss and their fab MummyBabyBalm – this was back then my savior and still is today when he has the slightest sign of an onset. We call it the magic cream in our house!
At 8 and 5, we have very rare outbreaks now, but we are lucky. We know for many parents and children eczema causes a lot of tears and is really upsetting. As a child it hurts, and as a parent, you feel helpless.
I think my words of wisdom (for what they are worth!) would be – try different things – no cream, lotion, potion or diet is going to be perfect for every child with eczema, as they are all so different. I know its heartbreaking seeing your little one with sores and blotches all over their body, but take heart in that for many, they do grow out of it, and if they don’t grow out of it, they live with it. We are lucky there are so many things out there to help us, and we are not alone
Useful links:
https://nationaleczema.org/eczema/child-eczema/infants-toddlers/