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Your baby’s skin is meant to be soft and smooth. Moisture can be robbed from your baby's skin by cold air, dry air, indoor heating, air conditioning, salt water, chlorine from swimming pools and over exposure to sunshine. Try these proven and effective methods of fighting the elements and keeping your baby’s skin healthy and hydrated.
- Do not let salt or chlorine dry on your baby's skin.
When at the beach or pool rinse your baby off in tap water immediately. Salt and chlorine suck moisture from skin.
If the air in your home is dry, run a humidifier in the room that your baby sleeps.
Always put his mittens on in cold weather and sunscreen on in the summer. Protecting your baby from the elements is the best way to keep his skin hydrated.
Spending too much time in water can actually dry out your baby’s skin and remove its natural oils. One way you can keep your baby's skin soft and moisturized is by cutting back on the amount of time he spends in the bath.
Apply organic, chemical free moisturizer to your baby's skin immediately after he exits the bath sealing in moisture. Thick moisturizing cream locks in more moisture than a light lotion.
- Use products that are free from fragrance, soap, and unnatural chemicals.
Be choosy when selecting lotions, cleansers and bubble baths for your baby as many contain unnecessary chemicals that dry out the skin and strip it of its nutrients. Bubble baths can be particularly harmful to baby's skin unless you use a particular organic, chemical free bubble bath.
During your baby’s bath save the suds for the end so that your baby does not sit in soapy water during his play time.
Do not rub your baby’s skin dry as this can dry out and chafe his delicate skin.
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