Baby Skin Care - What do you use?

[Calluna]

I rub olive oil into DS skin after his bath. and Use Paw Paw ointment for everything else - nappy rash, mozzie bites, etc it cures everything

ETA - no sensitive skin here either, sorry.

[sweetpea678]

I use alph keri oil from the chemist, I have problem skin, used this with all my kids and even though the eldest gets some ecsma it is not realy bad.

[Vixstar]

So if your bub has sensitive skin, what have you used from the start?

~ I used water....plain old water....my youngest had super dry skin when born and after his bath I rubbed in MooGooor Sorbelene Cream. DS#1 - every product under the sun as I thought I had too! Even today my kids just have plain water and once a week their heads get shampoo......although DS#2 loves rubbing foood through his hair so he gets shampoo more often! Little moneky.

2. What products do you use and how often? (ie in the bath, massage, nappy changing)

~ During humid days I will use Johnsons Baby Powder with Cornstartch. Nappy rash - Daktozin when really bad or a little bit of Aromababy Barrier Cream. When he was first teething (both kids in fact) I bought a store brand Zinc with castor oil cream and coated their bottoms in it, esp overnight!

3. Why is sorboline so bad? (I used it as a kid for years)

~ Is it?

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[BhoysGirl]

My DS has very dry skin, and gets mild excema, these days mostly on his wrists, elbows & feet, worse when he was younger.

We use QV bath oil every couple of days (in the bath of course), then rub him down with Dermaveen each night. This mostly keeps his skin dryness at bay, although his scalp is particularly stubborn..

If his excema is particularly "flarey" then I give him a couple of doses of Dermaid, cos although we've tried other things, they haven't really worked for him, and having had excema myself as a kid, I know how uncomfortably itchy it was for me, so would prefer to prevent that for him, even if it means using a cortisone cream every few weeks or so.

For us, Sorbolene did nuthin', I guess it's one of those things that you just have to go through a bit of trial and error to find what works for your bub best, as no 2 skins are the same.

[Fleur]

I think, Hummingbird, you got it right in your Op - sorbolene isn't so good because of the petrochemicals.

[Party-of-five]

hey hummingbird

DS had sensitive skin so i used hamiltons wash(from the chemist) and there bath oil when he was extra dry.
when he was newborn i just used to top and tail him everyday and give him a good tub every few days.
i used pawpaw ointment(from the health food store the one without preservitives) if he got nappy rash

[*Lisa*]

Moo Goo Milk Wash, love it love it love it!!! I use it myself as well. DS and me both have sensitive skin and get eczema and it works wonders, it's also natural which is great.
I put a few squirts in his bath and wash him with the water, I also use it as a shampoo for him and it leaves his hair beautifully soft.
I use the full-cream moisturising cream as a body lotion and nappy cream.

Yep sorbolene contains petrochemicals, it makes DS's eczema worse. But there are stacks of great natural options out there, visit your local health food store.