Million Dollar Butt Wipes

So if you've checked out my "Favorite Products & Accessories" list, you've figured out that I love a lot of Mustela Products. When I was "preggers" a few of my mommy friends warned me about Johnson & Johnson products containing high amounts of potential cancer causing toxins. Although I was slathered in Johnson & Johnson as a kid myself, I preferred to NOT use these products for Ellie.

My sister and mother thinking I was being "snooty" wanting to register for expensive"posh" creams, pretty much made fun of me and told me I was being "silly." Knowing that I wouldn't be changing my mind, they finally supported my choice to avoid these Johnson & Johnson products.

On the day of my baby shower, my sister,  a frequent shopper of second-hand items at The Salvation Army, (which she refers to as "Salve Armani"), handed me a package of Mustela Cleansing Cloths and dubbed them the "Million dollar a** wipes!"

Let the truth be told about these wipes though...When Ellie was born I never used a single wipe on her toosh! I honestly thought that for $14 a "cleansing cloth" meant that this was a semi-fragrant cloth to wipe her body down, so I didn't have to bath her every two seconds! As much as I love Musetela, $14 for "a** wipes" is CRAZY-TOWN! haha!

Soooo, when things were a little hectic in the first few weeks/month (still), the cleansing cloths had a purpose...to bathe mommy! A little swipe under the armpits and another cloth around my neck and chest; and THAT my friends made those cloths worth every penny!!

Introduce "new" things SLOWLY.

Bath Time...

I remember the first bath we gave Ellie. I hated it, she hated it, everything about it was awful! She barely fit into her new tub and I wished I could have grown a 3rd hand, since I refused to take one hand off of her while the other hand, using the baby facecloth, attempted to "get into EVERY crevice" as the crazy bathing nurse at the hospital taught us; all the while my poor Ellie was in hysterics.  Believe it or not, this tub situation only lasted about 10 seconds! haha! That's all we both could handle. Not even quite sure if we could call that a bath...

I considered not bathing her...I mean, how dirty can a new baby REALLY get?! After that short lived idea, I took a step back from the situation and thought about it from a new baby's perspective: BRAND NEW THING HAPPENING HERE! My nervousness to make sure she was comfortable and not upset was probably alarming to her!  The way I RUSHED through the bath, not making ANY aspect of it calming and/or enjoyable.

At the next bath (which I also made sure was after she ate and not too close to bed time), I slowed things down, sang a peaceful lullaby, and calmly stroked her body with the soft washcloth. MUCH BETTER.
Now at 9 months old, bath time is an enjoyable experience! She LOVES playing in the water!