Why can't you use baby powder on babies anymore?

I think I read something a long time ago that you couldn't use it on babies anymore ... especially baby girls .... but I have a baby boy, and in this heat I think it would help keep his nether regions dry if i could use some powder on him.Why can't you use baby powder on babies anymore?
Powder can cause breathing problems and serious lung damage when inhaled, and it's not always easy to keep the powder out of the air where your baby might breathe it. Talc-based powders have small, easily inhaled particles. Cornstarch, which has larger, coarser particles, is not as easily inhaled as talc.If you wish to use powder, choose the safer cornstarch-based product. Shake the powder into your hand, away from your baby, never directly on or near him.Why can't you use baby powder on babies anymore?
They say it because they breathe it in. And also because TALC can cause infertility for girls...but baby powder w/o talc does not carry this risk.
It's proven to irritate the baby's sensitive skin. Ask it's doctor before you do!
I hear baby girls can get utis from regular baby powder as well as everything else people are responding with.
Try some regular cornstarch the kind you get out the super market. Works just as well with no risk or irritation or inhaling toxic talc.
the whole thing is talc powder is bad for the lungs, as long as you get the cornstarch based kind [most brands sell the cornstarch based] then its totally safe and fine. i use it on brody all the time. diaper rash creams tend to make his rashes worse so i always use powder.
They were worried about the babies inhaling it when its poured on. If you pour it into your hand and then onto your baby its fine. Babies need it sometimes.
If you do, Make sure to ask your doctor first because it can cause rashes or irritate the skin and it can make the skin too dry and there are many other things that can be caused by baby powder. make sure to ask your doctor first. I hope this helps,





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Baby powder can irritate sensitive baby skin. But, more importantly, that puff of powder that you send into the air when you shake the bottle can be inhaled by your baby and the powder can really irritate the baby's sensitive lungs...which could potentially lead to pneumonia.
I don't use it. I don't like those particles getting in my baby's nose and lungs.
You can use baby powder. However, don't shake it around the baby's head because inhaling powder can be harmful for lungs, particularly an infant with respiratory problems already. Shake it into your hand and then smooth on baby. Don't shake directly on baby.





Doesn't matter which one you use. Your preference. Cornstarch can make a yeast infection worse. In either case, keep powder out of baby's reach or don't get it.
i don't think it is recommended for really young babies. My son is 6 mths and he has been getting a little chaffed down there in this hot humid weather, so I use baby powder at every bum change. We use cloth diapers too, and I can't use greasy creams, so baby powder works for us!
i used it a couple of times on logan. i put it in my hand and then put it on him. I used the Corn Starch kinds though


They says that babies inhale it and it is harmful for the lungs.