Tara Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 I know this can be used on babies but how young? I made a batch yesterday that was 90% Olive Oil 10% Castile (Eugenia's recipe I believe) and my sister had a baby a few weeks ago so when it's cured I was wondering if that would be too young or not? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel91805 Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 I know this can be used on babies but how young? I made a batch yesterday that was 90% Olive Oil 10% Castile (Eugenia's recipe I believe) and my sister had a baby a few weeks ago so when it's cured I was wondering if that would be too young or not? ThanksWell...did you discount the water at all? If not, it's gonna be 4-6 months for that sucker to cure anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 I discounted to 33% and it's very hard today. I was suprised by how hard it was after 24 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel91805 Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Me too! I made bastille (90 oo, 5 babassu, 5 castor) on 7/4 and it was cut and seemed hard the next day. I think I used 33%. I think you still want to give it at least 4-6 weeks to cure. I'm not sure how young of skin you can use it on, but I would say by the time your 6 weeks are up, the baby would be 2 months and that might be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Sudz Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Most people say not to use any soap on Babies...I would wait a few weeks....at least....a castile is still gonna be kinda slimy! Mine is finally perfect after 1 year.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 Oh I am most definately going to wait a few months for curing but just was curious as to what age it's okay to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 I would never hesitate to use an unscented castile soap or any hand made unscented soap on a baby. I cure my castile soap for as long possible but don't have a problem putting them out for sale at 2 months cure time. But, I will sometimes use them much sooner for myself. My other soaps get a month cure time at the least before being put out to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Babies don't need soap except MAYBE on the diaper area. The dr should have given instructions about what to use - I don't think we used any soap for the first couple of weeks but my youngest is 5 now and my memory dim on the subect.But anyway, the lengthy cure for castile is related to minimizing the slimy feel of the soap, not to mellowing it - that should be fine after a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieJeanette Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 We didn't use any soap on our son until he was about 3 months old. His first soap at 3 months was Aveeno Colloidal Oatmeal soap. That was 13 years ago - way before I knew anything about soap or soap making. Nowadays, I'd still hold off on using soap on babies younger than 3 months, but the first soap I'd choose to use would definitely be a Castile. They are awesome!MarieJeanette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 Thanks for all the replies. I will let it cure for a very long time then before I let my sister have it. Maybe 6 mos and it will be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 I don't think a 6 month cure time is necessary. I think you can use it before that and it will be O.K.I used nice unscented/undyed hand made soaps on my daughter when she was a baby and did so with my doctors knowledge. All my babies had eczema and the soaps I used on my daughter never aggravated it. I didn't have access to nice soaps with my son since we lived overseas at that time. His didn't clear up until I started to use nice soaps on him. Also, one of my girlfriend's baby had severe eczema that would not clear up with any medications or suggestion given by the doctors. She even quit using soap all together as her doctor suggested and yet the eczema persisted. I gave her a bar of my soap, and it cleared it. It's been three years now and she still uses it and swears by it. If she stops and uses other soaps, it comes back. I also have several customers that have babies with it and they use my soap and swear by it. Then, there is a natural doctor here in our town that sends all of his patients of all ages with skin problem to my shop for my soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 It's extremely gentle. The only issue I can think of is the eye "sting." That should be very easy to avoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 It's extremely gentle. The only issue I can think of is the eye "sting." That should be very easy to avoid.Yes it is and yes it is!! lolI personally can't think of anything better to use than a nice gentle bar of castile or any hand made soap. There is nothing like it IMO. (if made correctly I might add). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 I don't think a 6 month cure time is necessary. I think you can use it before that and it will be O.K.I used nice unscented/undyed hand made soaps on my daughter when she was a baby and did so with my doctors knowledge. All my babies had eczema and the soaps I used on my daughter never aggravated it. I didn't have access to nice soaps with my son since we lived overseas at that time. His didn't clear up until I started to use nice soaps on him. Also, one of my girlfriend's baby had severe eczema that would not clear up with any medications or suggestion given by the doctors. She even quit using soap all together as her doctor suggested and yet the eczema persisted. I gave her a bar of my soap, and it cleared it. It's been three years now and she still uses it and swears by it. If she stops and uses other soaps, it comes back. I also have several customers that have babies with it and they use my soap and swear by it. Then, there is a natural doctor here in our town that sends all of his patients of all ages with skin problem to my shop for my soap.That's good to know. Sounds like it's "safe" then for babies after a full cure. Thanks for all the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Same eczema story here. My kids were positively raw with it. Since I stopped using commercial soaps and started using the hand crafted - it's cleared up considerably. Not a cure, but I figure the detergents really aggravate it.(I still use laundry detergent - but ONLY the ones without enzymes and I do a double rinse - and that seems to be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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