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  • baby wipes To make inexpensive and gentle home-made baby wipes, just pour a bottle of baby oil over a roll of toilet tissue and let sit overnight until all of the oil is absorbed. The tissue is soft and absorbent and leaves a soothing coat of baby oil behind. One roll lasts and lasts. Submitted By: Sandra Peterson(Added: 7-Jul-2000 Hits: 0 Rating: 4.40 Votes: 5) Rate It
  • Baby Wipes To make homemade Baby wipes, Take Bounty paper towels and cut each sheet in half. Add 2 capfuls of baby wash and a cup and a half of water. Store in old wipe container. Refil as needed. Will need to check to make sure wipes are still moist. If not just add a little water. This makes inexpensive wipes, that you know won't irritate your babies skin. Submitted By: Michelle Young(Added: 16-Dec-2002 Hits: 0 Rating: 5.50 Votes: 2) Rate It
  • Bag Balm for Behinds Bag Balm (in the green tin) available at most pharmacies works better for diaper rash than anything else. It puts Butt Paste, A&D, Aquaphor and all the others to shame and it wasn't even made for sore behinds!! Submitted By: Amber Vinton(Added: 6-Oct-2006 Hits: 0 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
  • Bathing Baby When bathing baby (of course they must be able to sit up on their own) in the tub with other older siblings, set baby into a plastic laundry basket within the bathtub water. If the other toddlers get a little rambunctious this gives baby extra security and something to hold onto. Also you can put babys toys inside his/her bathing basket area without her toys escaping her reach. But please remember, never, never, leave small children unattended in the bathtub, not even for a second! Submitted By: Jaci Popielarcheck(Added: 11-Aug-2005 Hits: 0 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
  • Bathing towel Here is a tip that has worked wonderfully for a newborn. I needed an extra arm for my towel, so I made a large towel into an apron. I put a strap at one short end and sewed it on. On the other end I put a snap. This way when baby was done, I held her up to me and wrapped her up with the bottom of the towel. I could then unsnap my neck and we were good to go! Submitted By: Jill Barrows(Added: 29-Dec-2000 Hits: 0 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 5) Rate It
  • BATHING YOUR BABY Alot of moms are fearful of giving their baby a bath in the "big" bath tub for the first time. I've been using a yellow sponge mat that I bought at Target for $3. It is shaped for the baby's body and when he was little I laid him on it and filled the bath tub up with about 2 inches of water. Now that he can sit up, I sit him on it and he doesn't slide around. He loves to sit up and splash in the water. Submitted By: bozanna(Added: 13-Mar-2001 Hits: 0 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 3) Rate It
  • Beach Towel for Bath Instead of using a baby towel to dry baby, use a large beach towel. You can really wrap him up and keep him warm. Also prevents him from wiggling out of it before you can get him dressed and diapered. Submitted By: sarah(Added: 8-Apr-2001 Hits: 0 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
  • Beginner juice drinkers I found when my son was only drinking an ounce or two of juice at a time I was either opening a big jug of juice only for it to go to waist or waisting the better part of a juice box. Here is my solution. Buy a big jug of juice and freeze it into ice cubes. When you need it, just drop a cube or two into the cup or bottle and add water to dilute if desired. One 32 oz bottle of juice lasted me over a month. Submitted By: Nancy Pudlo(Added: 29-Aug-2000 Hits: 0 Rating: 9.41 Votes: 10) Rate It
  • Belly Button Ever get tired of that dirty belly button? Well look no further here's the best way to clean your babies belly button and even your own: Put a few drops of baby oil or liguid soap in belly button and swirl your finger aroun and watch how much dirt is actually trapped in there. You can also use a q-tip on older kids and adults. Submitted By: Michelle(Added: 17-Aug-2005 Hits: 0 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
  • best bib If you are like me and have one of those messy self feeders, think about getting one of those hard plastic bibs with the catch pocket at the bottom. As food falls into the pocket, I "recycle" it right back on to his tray. I know Baby Bjorn and Mam make them and you can also get them at IKEA. The pocket is also handy for feeding snacks on the go. I put his bib on him when he is in his stroller and put cheerios in the pocket. He loves discovering the surprise and it keeps him busy for a quite a while. This bib is also very easy to keep clean; simply spray with a spray cleaner and wipe dry. Submitted By: Nancy(Added: 19-Sep-2000 Hits: 0 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 2) Rate It
  • Best ever diaper rash creme For those super stubborn diaper rashes this is the best. You need: plain vaseline or petroleum jelly antacid tablets (i.e. Tums) Finely crush tablets and mix with vaseline. Place on affected area three times a day. It sounds srtange but really works. You can use liquid antacid, but it doesn't mix very well. Submitted By: Robyn Westfallen(Added: 15-Jul-2000 Hits: 0 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
  • Biting While Nursing Since I breastfed my son for the first 12 months, and since he got his first two teeth at around 5 months, obviously I got bitten a few times! I've found a good way to get him to let go when he's biting my nipple is to pinch his nose. Since he can't breathe through his mouth yet, he immediately opens his mouth and lets go! This saves on unnecessary pain! Submitted By: Kelly(Added: 11-Apr-2002 Hits: 0 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
  • BOTTLE ON THE GO When I need to go somewhere and I don't know if I'll be able to heat my 6 week old's bottle, I just warm it at home and drop the bottle (closed tightly, of course) inside an already warmed thermos...keeps it just the right temp!!! Submitted By: KATHY(Added: 18-Feb-2001 Hits: 0 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 2) Rate It
  • Bottles on the go When I go out somewhere and I know I won't have access to a bottle warmer or hot water to warm the baby's bottle, I bring spring water at room temp. and then add the baby powder as I need it to the baby bottle. Submitted By: karen(Added: 3-Feb-2001 Hits: 0 Rating: 9.60 Votes: 5) Rate It
  • Bottles To Go After the convenience of breastfeeding ended, I had to find a way to mix bottles while on the run. I found the following to work for us: Fill the bottle(s) with hot water in the amount needed for a feeding. Have the powdered formula pre-measured for your amount of water in a small container(s). Then all you have to do is add the formula to the bottle and shake to mix. Unless you need the bottle right away, the water will have cooled enough to feed baby without the risk of scalding, but may still be warm enough to be just like dinner at home! Submitted By: Erika(Added: 18-Feb-2001 Hits: 0 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 3) Rate It

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