Awkward Moment Over...Baby Powder

[Mom&Provider]

I believe Pedi's are now recommending NOT to use powder due to inhalation issues that can cause lung/breathing problems over time. Also, the powder has never been proven to actually do much of anything and is more of an irritant. Maybe try to Google it and see what you find!?

I guess as a parent who has never used powder, I'd be a bit surprised too, but not angry at you. I'd likely ask it not be used (just because of the things I have read), but would provide you with something else, like a medicated cream or something since that's always what I used when my own kids had a rash.

I always tended to err on the side of caution anyway when it came to that stuff. Everyone has a preference and it's always best to just ask first.

[Oneluckymom]

OK....can't believe I'm going to tell you this. Slightly off topic.

One day we went to Pigeon Forge. We had a foreign exchange student at the time who wanted to go to Dollywood. We left early in the morning. I like to put a little baby powder in my undies....just to feel a little fresh. LOL Anyway, we arrived in Gatlinburg and ate at a pancake place. We walked in and I plopped myself down on the chair.....then POOF! I big cloud of baby powder surrounded us! I don't "do" baby powder any more!

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[Oneluckymom]

Speaking of problems relating to inhaling baby powder.

My MIL has a lot of sinus related problems...for a long time now. Well, my FIL was using baby powder after bathing. My MIL had terrible sinus and breathing issues and she could not figure why she was having so much trouble...more so than usual for months on end. Long story short she finally made my FIL stop using the baby powder and within a few weeks she was doing a lot better and finally her issues cleared up. He's not allowed to use it anymore

Baby powder. I actually never used it with my own kids. Just desitin.

[choirlady76]

Interesting in regards to the inhalation issues, I use baby powder on occasion and I suffer from asthma, I wonder if it has any affects, I've never had an attack post use, but definitely something to think about!

[PolarCare]

I don't use it in the diaper area.

I particularly don't like the way powder reacts to the wet diaper with little girls, so I've never really used it. I've used powder in a pinch to put my shoes on (you know, like when your feet are sweaty and you are slipping on canvas shoes or something...I'll powder the pigs quick or even just powder the shoes) but I don't put it in the diaper area at all. It gets too rolled up and gross for me.

[Pineapple]

Some of the parents here have requested that we use baby powder, and so we do use it with those babies, but the majority don't like using it. It is just a preferences thing, I guess.

[SuperMommy]

Baby Butt Rashes

Normally, we have to get a signature from the parents if they want us to use a certain product because parents can be real picky on what products they want for their kids. At home with my kids, I use a "secret weapon" that not many people know about. It's called Anti Monkey butt and it works like a charm with baby butt rashes. It's Talc free and is completely safe for newborns and infants. Whether you use a baby butt paste or a baby butt cream, these products get work well with rashes and redness. I would definitely make sure you check with the parents before ever putting a product or chemical on them. People talk aren't the same like they used to be.

[LostMyMarbles]

There is a class action lawsuit going on for women who have ovarian cancer and have used baby powered for feminine hygiene.

HTTPS://www.schmidtlaw.com/johnsons-baby-powder-class-action-lawsuit/

I err on the side of caution and have the parents bring their choice of "butt cream".

I don't like powder due to the same reason as MissAnn...not that I have had that big powdery poof cloud, but a child came in with it in her diaper. I have hard wood floors. Powder on hard wood = scatting rink.

[Unregistered]

If talcum powder is made from talc, and zinc powder is made from zinc,
what is baby powder made from?

[LostMyMarbles]

If talcum powder is made from talc, and zinc powder is made from zinc,
what is baby powder made from?

I haven't got the faintest idea lmao

[Sunchimes]

Twenty years ago, I lost my mom to Ovarian cancer. Doctors at the Gikda Radner center determined it was from the time she spent working in a bomb factory during WW II. Apparently they used talcom powder on the line as they moved the bombs. I'm not sure if cornstarch powder has the same effect, but I'm afraid of it. I have one girl who comes in with a desitin/powder filled diaper after a weekend at the lake. First thing I do is change her and clean it all off.

[Unregistered]

powder in daycare

I don't know if your question was answered but baby powder and cornstarch aren't used by most daycares anymore because it irritates asthma in other children in the rooms.

[Play Care]

This is an old thread, and I replied back then that we didn't need forms for applying things to kids. This has changed.

I have to have a topical med form signed by all parents in order to put *anything* on kids - from chapstick to diaper cream to sunscreen. While it seems overkill, it is a nice CYA to prevent situations like in the OP.
I don't use powder on kids, even when supplied by parents anymore. Too much potential for harm and few documented benefits. If baby is red, they get an approved diaper cream. I also have had a couple of kids with yeast issues so I tend to be more cautious about applying anything - diaper creams and powders do nothing for yeast and can make them worse.

[Mom2Two]

NICU nurses told us to not use baby powder. They said lumps of it were found in the uteruses of baby girls who had passed away.

[Josiegirl]

I knew there were reasons why I never liked to use the stuff. Anything that can go poof into the air is bound to get into your lungs. Who really needs it? IMO nobody.