Tips to Help Parents Practice Proper Baby Skin Care

By Sebastian Livingston


Baby skin care is more difficult than most people think. Caring for your baby's skin means caring for all of a baby's skin. Newborns especially are susceptible to skin conditions as they get used to life outside of the protection of Mother's womb. Good baby skin care means making good decisions all day long.

Everything from the clothes you put onto your baby to the soap you use at bath time will affect your baby's skin. Don't fret--practicing good skin care for your baby can be easy--it does not have to be hard. It can be very easy if you know how to use your common sense. If you need some help figuring out just how to care for your baby's skin, keep reading!

Your baby's bath can be short; it does not have to be long. In fact, if your baby's bath is too long it can do more harm to your baby than good! Your baby's bath only needs to be a few minutes long--only enough time to get wet, get soapy and get rinsed. Once you have rinsed off your baby, rub some light (baby) lotion or moisturizer into his skin and then towel him dry. Take care to dry your baby completely or the left over moisture could lead to rashes or yeast infections. Remember, a newborn's skin has a bunch of folds and rolls in which moisture can hide. Make sure that the towel you use is soft!

Dry your baby's skin completely or skin rashes or yeast infections can develop. After all, a newborn baby's skin has a bunch of folds in which moisture droplets can hide for ages! Make sure you use a soft towel!

Washing these things helps smooth them out a little bit and keep your baby's skin protected. This is a skin care practice that most of us keep through adulthood. Think about it for a second: when was the last time you wore a new shirt without washing it first?

Your newborn baby's skin is incredibly sensitive to direct sunlight so you should take care to make sure that your baby is not exposed to direct sunlight until he or she is at least six months old. Once your baby is six months old you can take him or her into direct sunlight but make sure that he is completely covered in a strong (baby friendly) sunblock.

Put the soap drops onto a washcloth and work up a lather; use the lather to clean your baby (make sure to rinse him quickly). You might find it easier, especially in the beginning months to lather and wash one part of the body at a time. Handling a baby that is slicked with soap can be very intimidating!

You have a lot of options to choose from to help you protect your child's skin. Good skin care habits develop everything so make sure you develop a skin care routine early on in your child's life. Don't forget to care for your baby's whole body when you are putting together a baby skin care routine.




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