baby's dry face

okaasan · February 2013

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 · February 2013

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 · February 2013

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

rjeller32 · February 2013

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 · February 2013

My pedi suggested Eucerin for the dryness.

maiatene · February 2013

Eucerin or aquaphor

momofmanyinthemitten · February 2013

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

agatha1320 · February 2013

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

Andie41 · February 2013

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!