I discover that my baby have a dry skin since when her old baby skin did not scale off sooner than I expected and when it finally happened it didn't stop and I thought it was okey. I ask her pediatrician about it and she said it’s normal just don't apply any baby oil or baby lotion. Will I follow her advise, my baby’s skin shows no sign of it until one month later. She developed a dry skin and it get thicker by the day and its not comfortable. My pediatrician prescribe a hydrocortisone a skin and lotion that gentle enough for babies skin and helps their dry skin that you can buy over the counter. Its work alright for a while then it got worst again so she prescribe me another skin steroid this time its Rx only called Mometasone Furoate Ointment USP 0.1%. Apply once to twice a day and it really works. Every time I use it her dry skin just disappear in less than 3 days. I use it only when her dry skin occur again then I finally stop because I’m thinking it might not good for her skin on long term use.
Will It happened again and I refuse to use it and we went to see our pediatrician for routine check up but my old pediatrician is apparently having a baby and on leave indefinitely and she may not come back so they referred me to their new pediatrician. She’s nice and of course I ask her the same question about the skin condition of my baby. You know what she said? She may have a mild baby eczema and may not go away and she’ll have it for the rest of her life. I was disappointed hearing all that. She advise me to try use a shortening on my baby’s skin. “You know the oil used to cooked or fried food!” Ridiculous and I follow the pediatricians anyway advise cause there are the doctor. I have to apply it on her body soon after she gets of shower everyday. The everyday shower and very greasy oil it made everything worst, it didn’t help at all. I can’t believe I fall for that type of treatment.
I discover that everyday shower is the number cause of it. So I went back to my old routine, no soaking on the tub, shower my baby every other day or twice a week just used cetaphil gentle skin cleanser to clean her body twice a day then apply lotion. I use Eucerin Dry Skin Therapy Calming Crème. I use it everyday even for my skin specially during the winter. My baby’s dry skin is now healed 3 years later. This condition will eventually babies will out grown this so be patient and follow your motherly instinct.
Make sure that dry skin is not a rush due to allergy reaction on the environment, perhaps your baby might allergy to you baby sitter, daycare or your husband or yourself if smoker. Some baby formula can cause it too or baby food or if breast feeding you might gave it to you baby.
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