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Sweet Dreams Baby Body Butter Recipe

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You're going to love the feel and smell of this baby body butter recipe! Certain to give your little one sweet dreams. 

It’s no secret that babies have very delicate skin. It’s important to keep baby’s skin moisturized and protected, but we don’t want to slather baby down in toxic laden ingredients found in many commercially produced baby lotions.

Using just a few, simple and natural ingredients, we can create a natural baby cream that will soothe baby’s delicate skin, leave baby smelling sweet and fresh, and protect baby’s skin.

This Sweet Dreams Baby Body Butter is the perfect homemade baby butter to moisturize your baby's skin. If they have a bit of dry skin, this can really help! Plus, it's made using natural and safe ingredients as well. #bodybutter #naturalbodybutter #lotionforbabies

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Why Make Your Own Homemade Body Butter?

Sweet Dreams Baby Body Butter Recipe

First, let’s talk about commercially produced baby products. Most baby lotions widely available on the market are chock full of ingredients that aren’t the safest for baby.

Ingredients such as synthetic fragrances, parabens, phthalates, and sulfates are common ingredients in commercially produced creams and each is known to have potentially damaging effects such as skin irritation and disruption of important bodily systems.

Long-term use of the ingredients we just talked about can lead to a whole host of health issues. Synthetic fragrances can cause major skin irritations while also potentially causing respiratory problems such as asthma and allergies. (source)

Many of the ingredients can disrupt the body’s endocrine system, which is responsible for hormone production and regulation.

Hormones are involved with most functions in the body so having hormonal imbalances can lead to menstrual problems, thyroid problems, and even blood sugar irregularities.

What is Baby Body Butter?

Sweet Dreams Baby Body Butter Recipe

Body butter tends to be a little thicker than a baby lotion, but also more nourishing to the skin.

The thicker consistency lends itself well to adding extra moisturizing and protectant qualities to the product. You’ll find that you generally need to use less body butter than you do a thinner lotion.

The recipe below is a great, nourishing natural baby cream that is safe for the entire family to use. It’s very easy to make, uses simple ingredients, and has a wonderful aroma to it. This natural baby cream is wonderful to apply after a bath, before bed, or anytime baby’s skin needs a little extra care – this is also a wonderful cream to use throughout the dry, winter months.

Natural Baby Body Butter Ingredients

  • 4 oz shea or mango or cocoa butter
  • 2 oz Sweet Almond or Hemp Seed oil
  • 1 oz Coconut oil
  • 2 drops Sweet Orange essential oil 
  • 2 drops Lavender essential oil

How to make this homemade baby butter:

  • Add butters and carrier oils to a Pyrex measuring cup and set into a pan of water and heat over medium-low heat until just melted.
adding body butter ingredients into pan and sitting on stove
  • Remove from heat.
  • Set Pyrex in the fridge for about 20-30 minutes or until the mixture is beginning to look opaque and has a little “floating island” on top
removing body butter from the fridge
  • Beat with a cake beater/immersion stick blender for about 5 – 10 minutes (stop before it gets stiff)
beating together ingredients to make homemade body butter
  • Add essential oils and beat for 30 seconds more.
  • Spoon or pipe into containers and let cool completely before use.
adding the whipped body butter into jars

Related: Best Baby Massage Oil Recipe: Infused with Lavender, Rose & Calendula!

Sweet Dreams Baby Body Butter Recipe

Sweet Dreams Baby Body Butter

Yield: 6-7 oz
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 10 minutes
Additional Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Difficulty: Medium

You're going to love the feel and smell of this baby body butter recipe! Certain to give your little one sweet dreams.

Materials

Tools

  • Double Boiler: Heat safe container placed in pan with several inches of water.

Instructions

  1. Add butters and carrier oils to a Pyrex measuring cup and set into a pan of water and heat over medium-low heat until just melted.
  2. Remove from heat.
  3. Set Pyrex in fridge for about 20-30 minutes or until the mixture is beginning to look opaque and has a little floating island” on top.
  4. Beat with a cake beater/immersion stick blender for about 5 - 10 minutes (stop before it gets stiff)
  5. Add essential oils and beat for 30 seconds more.
  6. Spoon or pipe into containers and let cool completely before use.

Notes

Make this recipe even more amazing by infusing your carrier oils with herbs. Detailed instructions here.

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Why did we choose these body butter ingredients?

Each ingredient chosen for this natural baby cream was chosen for its gentleness and safety on baby’s skin, as well as it’s benefits to the skin. Keep reading to find out the benefits of each ingredient in this recipe.

Shea Butter for baby – very nourishing to baby’s delicate skin and also helps promote the growth of new skin cells. Helps keep skin hydrated while also preventing inflammation and irritation.

Cocoa Butter for baby – Cocoa butter is very moisturizing, nourishing, and soothing to the skin and is gentle in action. 

Mango Butter for baby – Very nourishing to the skin and also acts as a protectant helping to prevent diaper rash and cradle cap. 

Sweet Almond Oil – Helps skin stay soft and smooth while also providing antioxidant protection and keeping skin cells healthy.

Hemp Seed Oil – Moisturizes the skin without clogging pores – clogged pores can lead to skin irritations and rashes.

Coconut oil – Coconut oil helps the skin to retain its own moisture and helps deliver extra moisture to the skin. Coconut oil is also highly effective at helping treat skin rashes and cradle cap in babies.

Sweet Orange Oil – Bright and fresh smelling while also being gentle enough to use on a baby’s delicate skin. Sweet orange oil can help relax baby and leave baby smelling fresh.

Lavender Essential Oil – Nourishing to the skin and very gentle in action. Lavender oil can help the baby to relax and soothe any potential skin irritations baby may be experiencing.

Related: Soothing Baby Diaper Rash Cream with Calendula and Lavender

Now that you know it's possible to create a natural body butter for your baby, will you be making up this simple recipe?

This homemade body butter recipe is simple and safe for babies. It's a great way to moisturize the skin while knowing that you're doing so using a safe and natural option that isn't full of chemicals. This baby body butter is a great DIY body butter lotion for all. #bodybutter #DIYbodybutterlotion #naturalbodybutter #homemadebodybutter

Viki Sotiriadou

Tuesday 5th of January 2021

Hello, I made this cream, but it's not soft, I mean fluffy....

Mindy Benkert

Tuesday 5th of January 2021

If you aren't happy with the consistency, try reducing the amount of butters and increasing the almond oil.

Nancy

Wednesday 27th of May 2020

Hi can you use fractioned coconut oil for this recipe?

Mindy Benkert

Monday 15th of June 2020

I would stick with a virgin coconut oil for this recipe. :)

LeeLee

Wednesday 13th of May 2020

Hi what age can kids start using this body butter

Mindy Benkert

Monday 15th of June 2020

2 yrs old and up, but feel free to leave out the essential oils if you have a younger child. :)

Brooke

Wednesday 22nd of April 2020

How long will this last, without spoiling?

Adedayo Adeniyi

Monday 4th of November 2019

Hi Mindy, I came over here to wish you a speedy recovery. I pray that the healing shall not be interrupted this time, and you shall come out victorious in Jesus name, Amen. Stay blessed! PS: I can testify that a baby body butter similar to this helped me when my son was a kid - really playful guy. Reading this is making me want to make another batch. Thank you!

Mindy Benkert

Thursday 7th of November 2019

Thank you so much for the well wishes! I will take all of the prayers I can get! :)

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