Motherlove Herbal Company makes fantastic products for pregnant and breastfeeding moms, as well as for baby. They have everything from
pregnant belly salve to
sitz bath spray. I seriously wish I had known about the belly salve when I was pregnant! I was up half the night trying to claw my skin off to stop the itchiness during my pregnancies!
Motherlove sent me a jar of their
diaper rash and thrush salve to try.
It is cloth safe, and is rated zero (zero toxins) on
EWG's Skin Deep Database.
The simple ingredients are 96% certified organic.
The salve is fairly solid in the jar (I'd expect it to become softer in warmer weather, as a similar product I have does.) The 1 oz. jar seems fairly small, but a little goes a very, very long way.
Lightly rub your fingers on the surface, and the salve melts onto your skin. It doesn't really have a smell. I practically stuck my nose in it, and it just smells very lightly of the ingredients.
I get terrible eczema in the winter, where my knuckles, the joints of my fingers and the backs of my hands crack and bleed. It's not bad yet, since winter weather is really just beginning here. For giggles, I thought I'd try the Motherlove salve on one such spot.
It did not sting or burn, so I wouldn't hesitate to apply it to a sore baby bottom.
The next day, there was a noticeable difference!
We're lucky that we don't deal much with rashes since switching to cloth. However, my son does get a bit red sometimes after he dirties a diaper. The other day he pulled what I call "the stealth poop maneuver." He hates having his diaper changed, and sometimes he manages to hide all evidence that he needs to be changed. I didn't see, hear or smell anything that made me think he needed a change, and I was surprised with a stealth poop the next time I changed him. I do change diapers about every two hours, but he might have been sitting in it for a while. I applied a thin layer of Motherlove salve, and by the next change, the redness was gone. You could also apply it at every change as a preventative barrier.
The 1 ounce jar Diaper Rash and Thrush salve retails for $9.50.
Motherlove also sent me a sample packet of
nipple cream. Breastfeeding my first child was
anything but sunshine and roses for sure. Fortunately, nursing my son was far easier (maybe because only one of us was a noob!) but I still had some soreness for a few days. Luckily, he's a champion nurser now at 18 months old!
Motherlove nipple cream is made with 100% certified organic ingredients, contains no lanolin, and does not need to be washed off prior to nursing. Like the diaper salve, it's also rated zero (zero toxins) in the EWG database.
Yep, you're getting nipple cream action shots, tee hee! It has a nice texture, that melts easily into skin, and very little is needed.
Don't worry, this is my wrist, LOL! A 1 ounce jar retails for $9.95, and would probably last a long time!
Be sure to check out the
Motherlove Blog for great articles on herbs, breastfeeding and more.
Giveaway: Motherlove is offering a full size, 1 ounce jar of Diaper Rash & Thrush salve to two winners! I'm offering bonus entries, so in the unlikely event that I choose the same winner twice, I'll choose again.
Here's how to enter: All entries go in the form below. I love comments, but comments don't count as entries. Mandatory entries are name, email address and what other Motherlove product interests you. You may receive a bonus entry if you "like" Motherlove Herbal on Facebook. Receive another bonus entry if you follow Motherlove on Twitter.
I will accept entries until
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 at 9:00 P.M. Eastern. I will select a winner using random.org's true random number generator and notify him/her by email. Winner has 48 hours to respond before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is chosen. View my
giveaway rules page for complete details. This giveaway is open to
residents of the U.S.
# of entries received as of December 21st at giveaway close: 107
FTC compliance: The pictured products were received at no charge for review purposes. I was not compensated for this post and all opinions are my own.
