That's interesting: my LO had dry skin at her 2 week check up and I was told to use sorbelene / mild moisturizer to soothe. I wasn't told it's a no no at all. It's helped hugely. I just use Cetaphil baby lotion. No soap in the bath though.
Using lotion can actually cause dry skin issues, permanently. All babies have dry skin. For 9 months their skin was in fluid. It didn't have to produce oil. Once a baby is born, the skin has to learn to adapt to the outside, non fluid world. It learns how much oil to produce to keep the skin moist and supple. This is the cause of both dry skin and baby acne. When you use lotion/moisturizer you mess with the skin's biofeedback. It doesn't learn how much to produce and continues to produce the same amount. So if it wasn't producing enough, causing dry skin, it thinks it was and you'll be fighting with dry skin all the time.
While this makes sense...I'm wondering if clinically this actually plays out like this... I don't know I don't know the research. But so many things that appear to make sense medically, or are statistically significant in research, don't end up being clinically significant.
I imagine if lotion were as big of a deal as one thinks, we'd get more straight forward answers from clinicians or have better guidance.
for anyone using adult products on babies like cetaphil. The one I have has 4-5 chemicals in it that are all parabens. It's a chemical preservative that has been shown to mimic estrogen in male animals. It's still labeled safe for use in the U.S. And Europe but I wouldn't chance it w an infant.
There is a baby version with no parabens. I'm not sure how bad they really are anyway, considering the levels are said to be fine, but this product has none. Not trying to be argumentative but if the baby has a bad enough dryness problem that something needs to be done to help her through it, I'm not concerned to use this occasionally.
LO has a few spots of acne on her face, but doc said not to touch it. She did get a yeast diaper rash week 1 and I was convinced it was thrush, but doc didn't find any spots in her mouth. She prescribed an antifungal cream and it cleared up in 2 days. She also recommended aquafore for everything. I put it all over LO everyday (unless it's super hot out) including in her hair. She loves the massages and her skin glows. Doc also says it's totally safe, even if she gets it in her mouth! I also use it on myself, so when LO roots around she's not getting toxic stuff in her mouth. The generic brand at CVS does the trick too!
We were given no skin care instruction at all besides 'sponge bath until stump falls off'. I feel so bad and hope the lotion hasn't caused too much damage.
This! Omg I've never heard the no lotion (or no soap) rules!! We always used them on DS who is now 2, and have so far with baby J! The hospital nurse even used mild soap in J's first bath... Albeit no lotion, but they never advised not to... Oh dear!!
Cradle cap - we have it. Looks like a really light case. I've bought the shampoo and a bristle brush - my question is, for those that had it, how easy was it to go away and did it stay away?
Cradle cap - we have it. Looks like a really light case. I've bought the shampoo and a bristle brush - my question is, for those that had it, how easy was it to go away and did it stay away?
I don't know about the shampoo, but we always just used a brush and regular baby wash (the kind that's both body wash and shampoo). It's kind of a bitch. Takes a week or so to go away, and it does recur. Not like the next day or anything, but from time to time. But take heart in the fact that most of our kids have/get it.
Cradle cap - we have it. Looks like a really light case. I've bought the shampoo and a bristle brush - my question is, for those that had it, how easy was it to go away and did it stay away?
We have it bad. It regrows in her eyebrows every damn night. I put apercot oil on it and after a few minutes will scrub right out. I do the same to her head 2-3x per week.
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