REVIEW - Cussons Mum & Me Baby Bath to Comfort Snuffles

We have recently been incorporating Cussons Mum & Me into our bath and bedtime routine. Despite the lighter nights and the fact that Spring is finally on its way, it also appears to be that time of year where the nasty colds and flu bugs do the rounds. To be honest, I don’t know many people who have managed to escape it! According to statistics from NHS online, it is normal for babies aged 0-30 months to get around 8 colds a year! Colds, combined with teething, have recently made for a very unhappy girl in our household, so we were pleased to be given the opportunity to trial Cussons Mum & Me Baby Bath to Comfort Snuffles, to try and reduce the impact on our recently established routine!

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The Product

Cussons have been taking care of all kinds of skin and hair for over 100 years, and so know a thing or two about it.

They didn’t want Cussons Mum & Me to be just another mum and baby brand, so to get under the skin of what women really need, they created a mums panel of over 1,200 real mums to help them make the most out of their products. Their range really is “Designed by Mums, Developed by Experts”.

Their range of products have been specially created to help us through all the amazing ups and downs of becoming a mum, including products like Dry Shampoo and Stretch Mark Fader for Mums and Mums to Be, as well as Sleep Easy Baby Bath and Ultra Mild Emollient creams for baby.

The Cussons Mum & Me Baby Bath to Comfort Snuffles product contains a subtle menthol fragrance to help comfort little noses, helping to soothe baby and relieve the symptoms and affects of colds and snuffles.

The product comes in a 300ml bottle. It is paediatrician approved and hypoallergenic, with mild bubbles that gently cleanse and added moisturiser making its soft and gentle on your child’s precious skin.

The product retails for around £2.15 but is often part of 3 for 2 or half price. particularly at supermarkets or high street chains like Boots.

Our Experience

With Neve full of a rather nasty cold, it has been really difficult to get her to bed as normal at night-time, largely because she had been struggling to breath out of her nose, and as such was finding it difficult to have her last night feed. When she woke in the morning, she looked so poorly it broke my heart, her eyes were virtually stuck together, her skin all dry and smeared with crusted snot (attractive!), and her breathing heavy and raspy, mouth open wide.

I tested the Cussons Baby Bath to Comfort Snuffles at various times of day, both first thing in the morning, and as part of her bedtime routine.

Having used a variety of decongestant products, room sprays and menthol based products, we weren’t expecting miracles, but we actually noticed an almost immediate response after a reasonable length warm bath using the product. It obviously doesn’t make the cold clear up any faster, but made a significant improvement to how easily Neve could breathe through her nose.

Only a small amount of product was required, and the bath bubbled up quickly and easily, without the need to encourage bubbles to form by hand. The smell is lovely – a gentle fresh and clean scent, that lingers on the baby’s skin afterwards to the point where you will find yourself leaning in for a sniff of their hair! The menthol element of the product is relatively subtle, and to be honest I cant say I particularly noticed the menthol scent, unlike other products where the medicinal smell can be a tad overpowering.

My daughter likes to sit and play in the bath with some of her toys, often putting them into her mouth, and as a result, tends to inevitably get some products in her mouth, or in her eyes (she is a splasher!). Unlike some products we have used, the Cussons Baby Bath to Comfort Snuffles did not irritate her skin and she did not cry when the product went on her face or near her eyes. The menthol whilst not noticeably strong smelling, soon got to work and helped clear her sinuses, with her soon being able to breathe at least a little through her congested nose.

The product was also soft on her skin, and did not cause any reactions or red patches from use. As she has eczema – I have to be particularly careful about which products I use on her delicate skin.

After having a bath using the product, I found that feeding became a lot more straightforward, and she settled to sleep a lot faster than she had on previous nights where she had not had the Cussons bath prior to bedtime.

Pros:

Low price – £1.59 and quite often Boots or larger supermarkets have deals on the Cussons range of products.
Little amount of product required to create a full bubbly bath, meaning that the bottle will last a reasonably long time.
Pleasant smell, not overpowering with the menthol element.
Soft and gentle on my childs’ delicate skin – with no irritation or red patches from use.
In our experience, the product does not irritate the eyes if gets on to your babies face.
Really did help clear up our daughters nasal congestion, enabling her to both feed and breathe more easily.

Cons:

I guess you could question whether a regular warm bath might have the same affect, but in our opinion, this product worked better at assisting congestion than other bathtime products we have used.

You can learn more about Cusson Baby Bath to Comfort Snuffles, and their full range of Mum and Baby products on the Cussons website here.