baby's dry face

okaasan

2mo ds has dry flaky face. any home remedy or any suggested cream/ointment to use? or should i just leave it alone? skin all over the body's not dry but just the face. i see to it that our room humidifier is always on especially now it's winter time.

Pixelpants

All over dryness on my LO and the doctor said to leave it alone. Babies often loose their first layer of skin gradually after birth.

steph3486

My pedi told us Vaseline. It is gross but does seem to help!

rjeller32

Yeah, both of my LO's had it, especially bad on their brow. It's normal, and it sheds off with time, my pedi told me to leave it. As long as you are putting lotion on your baby, and you aren't seeing any cracking of the skin, I'd say give it a few weeks and it'll be gone, but you can always contact your pedi if you are worried.

Jacqui105

My pedi suggested Eucerin for the dryness.

maiatene

Eucerin or aquaphor

momofmanyinthemitten

We use Vaseline on DD when she gets chapped cheeks. I also just ordered coconut oil to try.

agatha1320

sounds gross but it has helped dd, and helped a lot with baby acne, breast milk just a little and rub it in.

Andie41

It's very normal for their skin to be flaky. It will go away in a couple of weeks. If you want to use some lotion or something in the meantime, go for it!

MrsBigTime

Coconut oil works fabulously for LO.

I've also tried Babyganics Eczema Cream which works great but smells yucky.

Kingston54

I agree with letting it go if you can.  If not, we use California Baby lotion.

erkie

MrsBigTime:

Coconut oil works fabulously for LO.

This. It doesn't clog their pores like lotion does.

lakreuz

I bathe every 3-4 days, use Cetaphil moisturizer also -it's great.

Heidi2004

I tried Vaseline but it didn't work near as well as aquarfor medicated.

Alexames

erkie:

MrsBigTime:

Coconut oil works fabulously for LO.

This. It doesn't clog their pores like lotion does.

The virgin coconut oil also worked on my LO's face, but strangely, not on her legs.