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How to make breast milk soap

Grace Redmond by Grace Redmond
November 12, 2020
in Articles, Breastfeeding benefits, Self-care
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DIY breast milk soap

I discovered the wonders of breast milk soap after a horrible bout of mastitis. My baby was only a few months old when I fell ill and ended up in the hospital with a severe case of mastitis. Thankfully I had a stash of breast milk in the freezer so my husband was able to defrost it and give it to our little one whilst he was away from me. The only thing was, my husband ended up defrosting too much and so I had tons of breast milk in the fridge to use up…

What could I do to make use of the milk? No way did I want it to go to waste! In the end, I decided to start making soap out of my milk to help with my little one’s cradle cap. By rubbing the soap on his head, it would get rid of his dry skin in a really natural way. Aside from helping with cradle cap, breast milk also has many other amazing health and healing benefits (listed below!).

Making the soap was surprisingly straightforward to do. When I posted my DIY breast milk soap to my Instagram account it wasn’t long before I was getting requests for the recipe. Friends and family members were even suggesting I give the soap as a Christmas gift! So now I’m trying to keep up with the demands of a breastfeeding baby and make my soap! The good news is, if you’re a lactating mama, you can make your own! Read on for the recipe.

10 skin conditions which can benefit from breast milk

  1. Dry skin
  2. Eczema
  3. Cradle cap
  4. Sunburn
  5. Skin warts
  6. Cuts & scrapes
  7. Insect bites
  8. Skin allergies
  9. Nappy rash
  10. Stretch marks!
Sleeping newborn baby. Cute little girl one week old. Adorable lying on side covered with blanket.
Babies, children and adults can all benefit from breast milk soap

Breast milk is high in fats and therefore ideal for making a creamy soap. It naturally contains more sugars than other types of milk used in soap making this gives a finished bar of breast milk soap a silky lather.

diy breast milk soap

DIY breast milk soap

Serving Size:
Makes 6 small 1cm thick soaps
Time:
10 mins prep, 2 hours to set
Difficulty:
Easy

Ingredients for breast milk soap

  • 200ml of breast milk
  • 200g of soap base
  • silicon soap moulds

Step-by-step guide 

  1. Melt the soap base in a pan or microwave until it becomes liquid – be careful as this gets very hot.
  2. Allow the liquid soap to cool slightly and then add room temperature breast milk.
  3. Mix well and pour evenly into the moulds.
  4. Set aside for a couple of hours and allow to harden.
  5. Pop out the moulds and enjoy bath time!

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Hello I'm Grace, mumma to Freddie born July 2020. I live in Lancashire Rossendale. We set out wanting to breastfeed not really knowing much about it and a little bit naive about the challenges. We have had mastitis and werw hospitalised, we faced cluster feeding and bleeding nipples. Like many mums I was disappointed in the support I received so have set out to try and change that. I have completed my level 1 Breastfeeding Peer Support with Breastfeeding Together. I am a Breastfeeding Champion at ELHT. I work as an Operating Department Practitioner in the NHS, currently pumping since returning work in July 2021. See my 10 ten tips for breastfeeding and returning to work. I am a volunteer advocate for Rochdale and Oldham Maternal Voices Partnership. Love being part of the #boobingit community. Grateful for all the like minded friends I've made along the way.

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