Dry skin
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Hi ladies,
DS is just over 4 weeks old and since birth has had dry skin, especcially on his arms, hands, legs, feet and on his head (I think being 13 days overdue contributed to it!) I use Olive Oil on him at least twice a day as advised by my HV and it is getting better. Rather than it being dry and cracked, it's dry and flaky if that makes sense? Anyhoo, when I bathe him I don't use any products but wondered if it might help his skin if I put a bit of baby oil in his bath water? Or if anyone else has any other ideas that would help his skin, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks
xxx
DS is just over 4 weeks old and since birth has had dry skin, especcially on his arms, hands, legs, feet and on his head (I think being 13 days overdue contributed to it!) I use Olive Oil on him at least twice a day as advised by my HV and it is getting better. Rather than it being dry and cracked, it's dry and flaky if that makes sense? Anyhoo, when I bathe him I don't use any products but wondered if it might help his skin if I put a bit of baby oil in his bath water? Or if anyone else has any other ideas that would help his skin, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks
xxx
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We also got a huge tub of Aqueous cream which i have to lather on him whenever neccessary and bath him in Oilatum, plus he had terrible Cradle Cap too, which i was using Dentinox for but 2 of the Dr's I saw hadn't even heard of it and advised me NOT to use it as it could be making Lo's skin on his body worse.
I stopped using it and have been using the creams for 2 weeks now, he's 16 weeks tmrw, and it's making a big improvement.
HTH x
Also, I would suggest you don't bathe your baby every day if they have dry skin. At 4 weeks old, they only need a bath 2 - 3 times a week. Over washing definitely contribute to dry skin.
I tend to bath him every 2/3 days anyway, and last night I put some olive oil in his bath like some of you suggested and that seems to have really helped so will do that as well as rubbing it on a few times a day.
xxx