Category: Baby Care

Most paediatricians clear cold-pressed plant oils for use from around two weeks old, once the umbilical area has healed. For premature infants and the first two weeks of a full-term newborn's life, ask your paediatrician before applying anything beyond water and gentle cleansing. The baby oil is plain plant oil - not medicinal - and the conservative caution applies to any topical product on very new skin.

Important question. The carrier is sweet almond, a tree nut. The cosmetic-grade refined oil has the allergenic proteins largely filtered out, and topical reactions in babies are rare, but if your family has any tree-nut allergy history (especially anaphylactic), ask your paediatrician or an allergist before using it. The argan-oil-only option is also a possibility - sweet almond and argan are not cross-reactive in most allergy panels.

No - it is cosmetic-grade plant oil, formulated for skin application, not for internal use. Babies put everything in their mouths so a small lick during a massage is unlikely to cause harm (the oils themselves are food-safe in their unprocessed form), but it is not a feeding oil. Store out of reach as you would any toiletry.

A massage once a day, typically after a bath, is the traditional Levantine cadence. The skin's barrier function is still developing in the first months of life - daily oil massage supports that development, calms the baby, and is a well-documented bonding ritual. Two to three drops per limb is enough.

Eighteen months. Keep it in a dark cabinet at room temperature; cold-pressed oils oxidise faster in heat and bright light. A faint sour or paint-like smell means the oil has gone rancid and should be discarded - we send a fresh bottle with the next order if this happens within the use-by date.