Short YouTube transcript in which a speaker advises new mothers to avoid marketed baby products and habits that may be unnecessary or potentially harmful (e.g., lactation cookies, scented baby bath products, lavender). The speaker emphasizes focusing on maternal self-care and registering for practical postpartum items (mesh underwear, ice pads).
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Name one common product or habit you believe every new mom should avoid to protect her health.
There's so many products full of junk that are marketed to new moms like you don't need to buy these lactation cookies that are sitting on the shelf in the diaper aisle of Target. No gross you don't need to buy you know bath products for your baby that are full of scents or even natural things like even lavender. You know there's, there's everyone thinks lavender is so benign. There is research around lavender impacting like hormones in young boys and so just you just don't have to, you just you don't need it. And really like if you're thinking about what to put on your registry, the baby doesn't need anything. The baby just needs a well cared for mom. Put on the registry that you need like you know mesh underwear and like I instant icicle pads and you know things that you need for you.