Do you love to powder your baby and make him smell sweet like babies? I know many new moms love to do that. However, I have never once used baby powder on all my five babies. I dislike the thought of those talcum flying around, getting into their lungs and etc. Come to think of it, I was one lazy mom to bother with all these frills.

Eventhough there were lots of powders that I received in those baby hampers, the powder normally stands on the shelve till my boys are a few years old and I finally threw those unused powder away. Now, when I read this study results, I am glad that I was one lazy mom. The study says that chemicals phthalates  in the powder will cause “impairing male reproductive function”.

What ever that means….You don’t want to mess with your baby boys and got their system screwed up do you?

Parents who want to reduce their infants’ exposure to phthalates, chemicals suspected of impairing male reproductive function, should not apply baby lotions or powders — except for medical reasons. So concludes a study published in the journal Pediatrics.

Phthalates – man-made chemicals used in the manufacture of lubricants, cosmetics and plastic products including children’s toys — get into the air, liquids and the skin.

(full story on Washington Post)