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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Wanted: Baby Arrival Checklist
Message-ID: <720@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 13:11:03 EDT
Article-I.D.: lsuc.720
Posted: Fri Jul 19 13:11:03 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 19-Jul-85 14:52:40 EDT
References: <572@hou2d.UUCP> <27100033@gypsy.UUCP>
Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman|Law Society of Upper Canada|Toronto)
Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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Summary: we prefer Vaseline to powders and ointments

In article <27100033@gypsy.UUCP> rws@gypsy.UUCP writes:
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||On ointments and powders:  our favorite ointment was zinc oxide, which
||doesn't smell like fish and seems to come out of the diaper a little more
||easily.  Our favorite powder was corn starch.  I think you can even buy
||"baby corn starch" now, but I don't know if it is any different from the
||laundry aid.  Don't use talcum powder!  It's bad for everyone's lungs.

We have always just used Vaseline whenever Ariela developed any
rash or redness. Works wonders. I always wonder whether the ointments
and powders can have something in them which does more harm than good.

Dave Sherman
Toronto

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