Itchy Baby
11:08:00 AM
Oh the dreaded sensitive baby skin! I don't know how many countless hours I spent tackling my now 4 year old daughters, then very dry baby skin. She had a moderate to severe strain of baby eczema (patches right on her cheeks) that I was told she would grow out of after her first year.........yeah, that wasn't the case. I really had to get creative and savvy with the combination of products I used on her skin to try and keep at bay at best to somewhat eradicating it. These quick little tips or rather mini recipes that I developed as my child was growing, really helped me out and hopefully brings some peace to you as a parent and comfort and ease for baby.
- Use regular grocery store or organic cornstarch mixed with either Aquaphor or whatever Organic "baby eczema" cream you find in stores, take about 1 to 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and a significant dolip of cream to get it in a pasty type consistency and apply to affected area on baby's body. This works effectively after bath time when baby's skin is porous and open and then apply the paste.
-Give baby bath with baking soda and Aveeno colloidal oatmeal that will help soften, cleanse, and sooth baby's skin. After bath, rub a good moisturizing cream like whipped Shea butter or any type of organic baby eczema cream or medicated cream if that's your choice. Just be mindful, medicated cream like 1% cortisone contains that percentage of steroids so if you are concerned about the long term use of steroids on baby's skin, http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Corticosteroid-preparations-%28topical%29/Pages/Side-effects.aspx try to limited the use or not use all together.
-Lastly, using some type of medicated soap either with traditional medicine that you might get from the doctor, or from pharmacy or the more holistic route with herbs. Personally I like African black soap or a Colloidal Oatmeal soap that we create from our own herbal wellness bath/body care line "Ian's Secret". Cetaphil is also an over the counter mildly medicated, gentle cleanser for sensitive skin that you can find in any local pharmacy or drug store.
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Thank you so much for the best information. It was really good to know about organic baby eczema cream. Keep up the good work.
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