Bathing a newborn

Lotion helps better than baby oil in my opinion. It also may have been the soap you used (if you used any) Aveeno has a great moisturing body wash for babies and I like their lotions as well. I bathed my daughter everyday. But it was more like a sponge bath. Some do every other day or every three days. Whatever you feel is best.

Use Vaseline, it locks in moisture. If you like, you can use a combination of lotion and Vaseline. Either works perfectly, however.

The class we had a few months ago they said don't use anything on newborn babys skin, babys can have dry skin when newborn especially if they were a bit late but the best thing is their natural oils, you only need to bath them once or twice a week and just clean their faces, behind ears and their hands daily, their bum etc gets washed everytime you change them anyways xx

When my daughter was first born I was told to only bath her up to two times a week and just a wipe over with some cotton wool and some warm water during the mean time, she was very dry at first so I didn’t use anything on her skin just to see if it would clear up itself and it did! See how he goes his skin will probably clear up naturally x

Baby skin is super sensitive. My baby was so dry when he was born. Midwives said not to use any kind of product in his skin and use only water to bathe him. They said I could use a little organic coconut oil once he was three weeks. I would be careful using any kind of product in such a little baby. Even the ‘baby’ products have chemical in them so I’d only use once baby a bit older. The coconut oil works a treat and he smells like a pina colada. His skin is lovely and soft now and we’ve not have to worry about any rashes or reactions to lotions etc

Baby Lotion or vaseline is what we used. We only bathed our son about once a week when he was a newborn and gradually did it more as he got older

Bathing in breast milk helps any skin conditions x

He's 2 weeks. It's at this point his skin will start to peel. Just keep moisturing don't use baby oil. It will dry it out more. It's perfectly normal for this to happen. He's shedding his skin that kept him warm in the belly.

We used coco butter smells amazing and works wonders. Our little has very sensitive skin so finding a soap and lotion was trial and error for a little.

My daughter started to have a bath since the day she was born , every single day, with a tiny small amount of shower gel .

Aveeno definitely and also aquafor for the dry parts on her body

My baby was super flaky then too. It’s a phase. I bathe every other day and put baby lotion or coconut oil at night

My baby had this issue too and i never had it with my other 3. I used breast milk on it let it air dry and the doctor also gave me some good cream from her office. I used the cream very little. The breast milk works amazingly good for diaper rash too on my babes anyways, every baby is uniquely different. As a rule of thumb when it came to my newbies, I used "dry baths" once a week and one bath per month until 2 months. At 3 months they have one bath per week. In between dry baths. The little toes and fingers and crevices need that soft cloth with warm water not necessarily a full on skinny dip in tubby too often for new skin. lol my son looooves his bath time takes a nap right after haha :) enjoy your little one they grow up so fast.

We bath our little girl every second day.(unless nappy explosion) and we use coconut oil on her skin/ no products in bath just warm water x

I would bathe every other day when my baby was a newborn. Maybe it can be the soap ? Mustella is a good one even the lotion if needed

Use baby lotion. Aveeno and Baby Dove are awesome.

The dryness of skin is totally normal around that age and it is not recommended to bath a baby every day. Except the genitals.
I personally used Lipikar soap by la Roche pose for my kids and cerave cream, they can be quite expensive but they last forever on a tiny baby. Regardless on the product you decide to use it helps to avoid products that contain perfumes.

Our antenatal classes told us not to bath more than once a week; do not use any products- soaps, oils moisturiser etc for at least 6 weeks and just use cotton wool and water.

Might be best to speak to HV or midwife

Also be very very careful using Aveeno. It is marketed for babies but I am yet to find a midwife who encourages the use- certainly before 6 weeks !

I have actually been told to avoid it like the plague

I used to bath once a week & put a little full fat milk into his tub

After bath do baby lotion, then Vaseline, then PJs. And have him wear the same PJs a few nights in a row without washing them so the Vaseline can really moisturize him.

We bathe only rarely, use a sugar soap from dr. bronners even less, and use olive oil as a moisturizer.

Oil him every day. I used avocado oil.

Bath like once or twice a week, or when there's a poo explosion.

My lb was the same after his first couple of baths. We only used water, so I was worried we hadn't dried him properly the first time, so the next time I was really careful to dry him and it still happened. We didn't use any products and it sorted itself out. He occasionally gets a bit of dry skin round his ankles but not to bad

Honestly, breast milk helped clear my baby’s newborn scaly skin. I just put it in the bath with her.

I was not sure about it actually working before I tried it and now I’m a huge believer! I put it in every bath. Her skin is so soft and clear.

Coconut oil

Bath once a week and maybe try some coconut oil. Worked a treat for us.
Congratulations to you. X

Use emulsifying ointments like Silcocks or Acqueous cream, layer it thick after the bath. You can mix some into the water also.

As far I know, baby oil is not helpful...

The honest company makes a balm called everything balm that helped my little one with dry skin during the newborn stage. It’s normal but it helped it go away quicker

My little one is 7 weeks old and I only bath her twice a week atm and used child’s farm baby moisturiser! It’s fab! I don’t used any soaps on her atm as eczema is a thing throughout my family! X

We bathed in QV oil in the water every 2-3 days and moisturised him afterwards. Once he was a few months old he started having showers with dad while I assisted from out of the shower doing the soaping and taking him to bf dressed. He still gets moisturiser (QV ) after every shower and has beautiful skin.

It might just be normal peeling of the skin. My baby’s skin was peeling a couple weeks postpartum and I ask her Dr what to do and he said to leave it alone, it’s normal. He said you can put lotion on her but it won’t really help. So maybe it’s just that! 🤷🏼‍♀️ we only bathed her every 5ish days

Oils work to lock in moisture. If the skin is dry, lotion/cream is better to ADD moisture to the skin. 💕 This goes for your skin too

When she (& siblings) starts to smell like tortillas 🙃

Try Childsfarm moisturiser.. works wonders

I do calendula baby oil on wet skin after bath once a a week. The dry skin is normal, my baby boy was v dry and scaly for a week or so and it’s completely gone now he’s 2mo

Oh my baby has dry skin as well! I’ve been using baby dove moisture as it’s thick and it really helps - I found Johnson’s was a thinner moisturiser so didn’t really do much

Our daughter used to get really dry skin when she was a baby & she would get little bumps with it.
Do aquaphor after the bath instead of lotion. It helps lock in the hydration. We only did this until her skin started getting better & now we use lotion.

It’s normal and unavoidable.., everything typically clears up by 4-6 weeks. You can just leave it alone. It’s a natural thing that occurs, almost like a snake shedding they’re skin. Lol. ☺️

Make sure it’s just dry skin and not true eczema. Eczema is caused by inflammation and should be seen by a doctor so they can give medication for flare-ups. But also, yes, moisturize every day, multiple times if you have to, with things like Aquaphor or Vaseline. Eucerin makes a good body cream for babies.

We had the same, it’s normal for them to have dry skin all over. My HV told me that baby oil is the worst for that as it dries them out more, just use normal baby body lotion and it will shed off ☺️

Use baby lotion to moisturise, but don't completely dry the skin worked a treat for us, I also do this when I use moisturiser

Johnson and Johnson have a new lotion and shampoo made especially for newborn skin. I've been using it on my 6 week old son since we could bathe him and it has kept his skin soft.

When he was 2-6 weeks, we only bathed him every 3/4 days and covered him in coconut oil morning and evening. His dry skin cleared up really quick from it!

Coconut oil!!! It’s amazing snd all natural so good for dry skin