Newborn dry skin - what should I use? A cream or oil?

[Kitt3n]

plain old olive oil hun

if you do want a cream, get one that is free of propylene glycol and parabens

[Lulu]

Baste the baby with olive oil! It works a treat. No crap in it either.

[Curly]

I'd use a nice organic baby cream. Ecostore and Miessence are lovely (Miessence is $$$ though). I don't like the baby looking oily and like it's about to be popped into the oven!

I only ever use olive oil for cooking so smelling it on the baby just seems wrong to me.

[CathyS]

Thanks ladies Anyone else?

[Lulu]

Extra Virgin Olive Oil doesn't smell, and it is full of the things babys skin needs. Its not gross or anything. DS looked like a wrinkled old man sometimes and it fixed things almost immediately!

[Curly]

Extra Virgin Olive Oil doesn't smell, and it is full of the things babys skin needs. Its not gross or anything.

I only ever use Extra Virgin, I'm half Italian and I know my oiive oil LOL. I can still smell it. I will admit that I do have a freakishly strong sense of smell though. I don't like an oily baby either but to each their own.

[Lulu]

Yeah, its a good excuse to LICK them too

[Olive]

DD2 was born with dry skin especially on her forhead/scalp i hightly recommend moogoo scalp care, fantastic for dry skin, and can be used all over

[~clover~]

I'll vouch for the olive oil too
I've used it on DD2 plenty to help with her eczema before it gets bad enough for her cortizone cream.
I've also used the QV bath oils & wash, but they were also to help with DD2's eczema.