The baby cream parents keep buying — and keep complaining about the price.
We read 2,900+ buyer reviews of Tubby Todd's fragrance-free baby ointment: what it fixes, why the price stings, and who should skip it.
If your baby is stuck cycling through eczema, drool rash, baby acne, or cradle cap and the usual creams aren't cutting it, the reviews make a strong case that this is worth the splurge — plenty of parents call it the only thing that finally worked. Go in knowing two things: the price stings, and it isn't magic for every cause. Buy one jar, give it three days, and watch the skin.
A Modest Formula That Keeps Winning
Strip the 'miracle' language out of the reviews and the pattern holds: parents arrive at Tubby Todd after weeks of losing to eczema, drool rash, baby acne, or cradle cap, and most report the skin calming within one to three days. The active ingredient is nothing exotic — 1% colloidal oatmeal, the same soother in plenty of drugstore lotions. What seems to earn the loyalty is the blend around it: jojoba, camellia, and avocado, landing well on delicate skin. Fragrance-free and steroid-free, so parents use it daily on newborns without flinching.
The Price Never Stops Stinging
Cost is the drumbeat complaint. A single jar runs about $36 (as of Aug 2026), and multi-packs climb toward $58 — steep for a moisturizer, even a good one. It ships slowly, too, with no fast option for the night you're desperate. And the texture reads thinner than heavyweight ointments; one parent layers it under a richer cream for the stubborn patches.
Worth a Three-Day Trial When Cheaper Creams Failed
If the drugstore creams have quit on you and you want a clean, gentle formula for head to toe, the sheer consistency of the reviews makes it an easy thing to try. Give one jar three days. But if the real trigger is a soap or detergent, fix that first — no cream out-runs the thing causing the rash.