When Your Normal Baby Skin Care Routine Doesn't Work

By Sophia Andrew


Making sure your child's skin stays clean and healthy takes more than simply bathing and applying lotion once a day. You need to make sure that all of your baby's skin stays clean and healthy. This means that you need to take very good care of your son or daughter's laundry, limit exposure to the sun and treat any potential skin conditions as soon as they develop. Baby skin is not nearly as tough as a grown-up's skin. Your baby needs your watchful eyes and care to make sure that skin conditions are stopped before they start. The good news is that proper baby skin care does not have to be complicated. In fact, you can cobble together a great regimen in no time. Here are some hints and tricks to assist you.

A baby's skin is sensitive, so precautions must be made to protect against rashes and other skin conditions. There is no need to lose control when you see a rash develop, usually its something minor. You also need to learn the best ways to treat these bumps and skin rashes when they happen so that they do not get inflamed or get worse. You can give your baby beautiful, luminous skin just by diligently treating any condition that you see and you will notice that as your baby grows into a toddler and then into an adolescent, and older, that your efforts paid off.

Talcum powders are easy for the baby to inhale and corn based powders and starches are breeding grounds for yeast. Instead of using powders or corn starches simply wipe your baby clean with warm water, dry her off with a dry towel and then put on a new diaper. This will keep your baby's skin clean and healthy and help you avoid rashes and other issues.

Lukewarm is a good compromise in temperature because it will keep you from accidentally burning (or freezing) your baby.

Two extra precautions that you should take to protect your baby against sun damage are hats and using umbrellas for shade. If your son or daughter does develop a sunburn (even with all of the precautions you have taken) you can treat it with a damp cool cloth a few times a day.

Your baby's umbilical stump is fragile--be careful around it. Don't pull on it or rub on it. Until it falls off simply swab it with rubbing alcohol a few times a day. Other than that, leave it alone. In fact, you don't want to bathe your baby in a bath until after the umbilical cord stump falls off. To keep your baby's diaper from irritating the stump fold down the top of it. It is important to give the stump the best care because it is incredibly sensitive and prone to infection. Talk to your pediatrician about the best way to care for the stump and the spot it leaves behind after it falls off. When you first bring your new baby home from the hospital it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the task of keeping the baby's skin clean. You will probably be tempted to give the baby too many baths. Believe it or not, it is pretty easy to practice proper baby skin care. It won't take you long to learn that keeping your baby clean and caring for her skin (or his skin) is little more than keeping the baby out of dirt and practicing some common sense. Don't worry-you will get the hang of it quickly!




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