Ingrid’s hair smells like wool. When it’s wet, it smells a bit like a wet poodle. Clean, but faintly animal-like, and very very pleasant.

Initially we fell into the usual “must have lots of lotions and products” trap and bought a baby shampoo / bath lotion. It made her skin dry and red so we stopped, and had a lot of trouble getting her skin back to normal again. Now I wash her with just water, and use soap on hands and feet only when they are really dirty or greasy.

I wish I could do the same with my own hair. Apparently some people can get by with just conditioner, no shampoo. (Google for “conditioner only” if you’re interested.) I tried that for a while, but my hair never felt really clean, so now I’m back to using shampoo again, but the mildest one I could find.