Baby Skin Care - What do you use?

[Hummingbird]

Hi Everyone,

Just wondering what everyone uses to look after their babies skin?

DH and I both have quite sensitive skin so I am going to assume that our bub will too and want to do the right thing from the start.

Alot of books I have read have conflicting advice when it comes to bathing...some say water only, others baby wash, others sorbolene only....and then I have also read plain water isn't good enough, baby wash is drying and causes a moisturiser dependency and sorbolene is evil as it's petro based.

1. So if your bub has sensitive skin, what have you used from the start?
2. What products do you use and how often? (ie in the bath, massage, nappy changing)
3. Why is sorboline so bad? (I used it as a kid for years)

Thanks Heaps!

[Fleur]

DD2 doesn't have sensitive skin as such, but thought I'd let you know what we use - we use Gaia products (from the supermarket) and MooGoo.

Usually I add the Gaia bathwash stuff to her bath but she sometimes has a shower too which is just a rinse in water, or I might use MooGoo.
Massage - Gaia lotion - I think Gaia have a baby massage oil too - or you could use olive oil or another oil.
Nappy changes - nothing really, she doesn't poo much, I just make sure she gets washed on the days she does, fresh air is great and she gets loads of nappy free time. In teh past I have used Bepanthen when needed. We do have the Gaia lotion but I don't really use it, no need to.

HTH - as I said she doesn't have sensitive skin but you might find it a bit of trial & error.. good luck

[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?

xxxx

[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.