Baby Bath Oil- Make it Monday
November 9, 2009 by Karissa
Filed under Recipes: Home, Skin, Food
Babies, especially newborns are susceptible to cradle cap and extremely dry skin. I know a lot of mom’s want to bath their new babies every day, but that isn’t a good idea.
When you do bath your baby try this recipe for kicking the cycle of dry skin. And you can use it yourself, because what mom doesn’t need a little bit of moisture love?
Calendula is a gentle and natural healer
Ingredients:
- ½ cup avocado oil
- ½ cup virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon dry calendula flowers (if impossible to find you can use Calendula Oil, 2 tsps)
- 2 drops chamomile essential oil
Instructions:
Boil the calendula flowers in 2 cups of purified water for 1o minutes. Let it cool. Use a cheesecloth to separate the flowers from the water. (OR boil in a reusable loose leaf tea container.)
Combine all the ingredients in a a glass jar and use about 2 tablespoons per bath. If you can’t find Calendula flowers, they do sell Calendula oil. Just see what the ratio is, most manufactures add Calendula oil to a carrier oil. Use about 2 teaspoons of Pure Calendula Oil.
And don’t forget to add about 1 1/2 cups of warm filtered water if you use the calendula oil.
This would also make a great hair & scalp conditioner, cuticle treatment and whatever else might be drying up at this time of year!
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This sounds like a great idea. My toddler still has a bit of cradle cap and I haven’t been able to get rid of it. I’ll give it a go.
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I have a 9 month old, so this is useful. He hasn’t had dry skin lately, but I’ll be sure to try this out next time he does!
I need to try this on my infant. We can’t seem to get rid of his cradle cap. Thanks for sharing.
Thank-you so much for posting the recipe and I really need to try this for my nails.
My father-in-law was a barber and he used straight up olive oil to get rid of cradle cap. It works!
Like others who mentioned eczema, I would like to make it for my husband who suffers from it. Thanks!
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My daughter is four and still has a flaky scalp – I can’t call it cradle cap anymore! We call them “cornflakes” This might be helpful, if I can find the ingredients.
I love the idea of homemade baby bath oil! I’ve never made my own product like that before, except for a potpourri phase in jr. high. What a great gift idea, too…
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what a smart idea! I’m guessing maybe a gourmet store has the avocado oil. I want to try this one for sure.
I had NO IDEA I could do that with those flowers! I have grown so many of them and just about sniffed the color off their petals!
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What an awesome blossom!
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I’m bookmarking this one lol. Thanks so much for coming by yesterday. Yes, it is very easy to get wrapped up in the “latest items” lol. I do have the next post up if you care to read and join me in my pity party lol…and if not…thanks for coming by yesterday…I’ve got your page bookmarked now!!
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This sounds like a great recipe although I doubt I can find all the ingredients in my small town. I wonder how it will do with eczema?
Oh cool…my son at 11 months still has cradle cap….do you put the recipe on the dry skin or straight into the bath? Thanks for sharing!
Great recipe!
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How cool is that? I never knew you could make it from home!
Kas
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I have found avocado oil in whole foods.
This looks like a great recipe…I have to remember “make it mondays”:)
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This is a great recipe – thanks!! Our son has had severe Eczema and has been greatly helped by taking his Bellyboost probiotics – and this has really made us more aware of what products we use now and that is why we are living as naturally as possible. I love this recipe and we actually use pure olive oil in our son’s bath too and love it! BTW, I really like your blog and would love to have you come over and visit me sometime!! smilinggreenmom.com *I would be so honored as I have really been inspired by your writing
Lynn
some grocery stores carry Avocado oil, but it would definitely be at a health food store. probably my favorite oil for skin care. No clogging, and so moisturizing!
Oh this sounds great!
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Thank you for posting this recipe. I am always looking for natural products to use on my children’s skin. Especially my baby boy who suffers from Eczema. This sounds like something that will definitely hydrate his skin.
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Where do you get avocado oil
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This sounds like a great recipe. I haven’t noticed avocado oil in stores– is it hard to find?