I am allowed to say this four times. It’s maybe a bit overwhelming to hear, though, if you have your new born baby in your arms. The baby smell… And if I talk to friends (correction girlfriends) about this, 9 out of 10 of them immediately start talking about the smell of a newly washed and [...]
Posts in Skincare for children
‘Kids need to get dirty’
Wednesday 12 January 2011by Dr. Jetske Ultee | 0 Comments
Filed under: Skincare for children | Tags: allergies, bacteria, immune system, irritating baby products, strongly perfumed
Filed under: Skincare for children | Tags: allergies, bacteria, immune system, irritating baby products, strongly perfumed
Perfume in (too many) baby products
Previously I wrote that perfume is not meant to go on skin. Worse still, it is the number 1 allergen in skincare products. Above all it can cause premature skin ageing. In 2007 the Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA) in the Netherlands carried out an investigation into skincare products for children (you can read the [...]
My little boy in the sun
Friday 3 July 2009by Dr. Jetske Ultee | 0 Comments
Filed under: Jetskes adventures, Skincare for children, Sun
Filed under: Jetskes adventures, Skincare for children, Sun
Recently I was outside in the garden with my youngest son Bo, aged one year. After almost an hour of trying to set up two parasols (you can never be too careful), hunt for a cap, a tough battle getting the SPF 30 on and finally sliding him into his baby walker, I could at [...]
Babycare
I received a mail concerning baby skincare products after my story was read in a national newspaper. It was someone who had noticed that the products she used for her children contained irritants. Because I have four young children I am always scrutinizing ingredient lists on baby products. To my amazement it appears that there [...]