Baby Skin Care - What do you use?

[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.

[Bathsheba]

:yeahthat:

With our 3 babies we only ever used plain water or very safe products like MooGoo that have the same irritation factor as water. Never sorbalene, and NEVER Johnson & Johnson products *shudder*

I love MooGoo for myself too...even my teenage DD has been converted, she prefers it over Pantene now thankully! DH loves MooGoo shampoo too because it helps his psoriasis. The soaps a beautiful. MooGoo has an excellent website. Google Oh and it's Aussie owned and made.

[Hummingbird]

HI Everyone,

Thank yuo so so so much for your help! I think it will be a little trial and error but I will start off using very little and see how that goes.

I have already bought DH some MooGoo for his eczema to try out and plan to get bub some MooGoo products to use when we need to.

I'll be referring back to this thread when baby comes for inspiration.

Hopefully our DH and I are both carrying genes for perfect skin and our bub gets it! Not likely, but you never know....

[Olive]

we bath our girls in plain water, hair products are currently gaia but will get moogoo when it runs out, moisturiser is moogoo or simmons pawpaw salve for dry spots