Comfort Zone Q Shea Butter

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By niche on Thu, 09-13-07, 16:25

Hi,

Any non-FA parents, would you be comfortable using a lotion containing Shea butter on yourself? I am considering using a product that has shea butter listed as an ingredient. It is pretty far down in the list - so I am supposing there is very little of it in there. For myself only not DS and only when I won't be around him for several hours - ie bedtime and while at work.

What do you think?

Nichele
DS 5 PA, TNA
DD 1 ???

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Nichele

DS 6 PA, TNA
DD 2 Fpies to Rice and Oat

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By ijkchen on Thu, 09-13-07, 17:05

I had actually been using shea butter products my son's before and after his initial reaction mainly because we had a week's space before diagnosis. He's never had a reaction in the slightest to shea butter either through direct use or if I use a product.

However... my comfort zone has been cinching its belt in lately and I added shea as a thing to avoid at least until he's about 5 and we can take another look at what's affecting him and what's not. Most shea butter products that I use also use aloe and I was told by our allergist that aloe is a sensitizer and if I wanted to go that far I could voluntarily stop using aloe products.

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By chanda4 on Thu, 09-13-07, 17:58

As many allergies as we deal with(even in the nut and seed catagories) shea has caused us NO problems and we actually use the Sheabutter baby wash and baby lotion from J&J on all the kids. We've used it for almost 3yrs now, so I see no need to change. JMHO

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Chanda(mother of 4)
Sidney-8 1/2(beef and chocolate, grasses, molds, weeds, guinea pig, hamster & asthma)
Jake-6 1/2(peanut, all tree nuts, all seeds(sesame, sunflower, poppy, pine nut) beef, chicken, eggs, coconut, green beans/all beans, trees, grasses, weeds, molds, cats, dogs, guinea pig & eczema & asthma)
Carson-4 (peanut, tree nuts, milk, soy, egg, beef and pork, cats, dog, guinea pig, hamster, grass, mold, dust mite and EE)
Savannah-1 1/2 (milk, beef and egg, dog(avoiding peanuts, tree nuts, strawberries, seeds, legumes and corn)

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Chanda(mother of 4)
Sidney-8 1/2(beef and chocolate, grasses, molds, weeds, guinea pig, hamster & asthma)
Jake-6 1/2(peanut, all tree nuts, all seeds(sesame, sunflower, poppy, pine nut) beef, chicken, eggs, coconut, green beans/all beans, trees, grasses,

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