CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Susan E. Goldy,  Andrew C. Forsell, and David W. Worrell, and
each of them, each with full power to act without the other, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign all reports pursuant to Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including all reports on Forms 3, 4
and 5 (each a "Report"), relating to securities of Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
(the "Company"), and to sign any and all amendments to said Reports, and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York
Stock Exchange, any other national securities exchange on which securities of
the Company may be from time to time listed, and/or the NASDAQ, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them may lawfully do or course to be done by virtue hereof and to

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of  the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4,or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to,in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 23rd day of January, 2006.


/s/ John F. Maypole
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John F. Maypole
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