Newborn Dry Skin
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Topic: Newborn Dry Skin
Posted By: Nellsmc
Subject: Newborn Dry Skin
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 6:55pm
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What would you recommend using for dry skin on a newborn baby?? (1 week old)
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 7:12pm
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I use the Aveeno baby range and it's lovely! Lily has dry hands/feet/tummy and it seems to be really making them soft and nice. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 7:40pm
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i was told almond oil was best but all the cold pressed oils work too ie olive oil ------------- 
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Posted By: popcorn
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 7:43pm
| Olive oil! There is a Simunovich olive oil massage blend which I found wonderful and nice being totally natural |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 7:44pm
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Alpha Keri oil ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ItchyFeet
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 7:48pm
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Olive oil is brilliant. Warm it a little in your hands before applying. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: cole88
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 7:51pm
| my baby peeled for the first month ish i used baby lotion and baby oil every day but after all her body peeled she has the softest skin and i don't have to use anything now. |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 8:19pm
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Lily's skin was dry and peeled for the first month too we used the J&J Naturals range (it's in a green bottle...)
it smelt great and her skin was always nice and soft, but nothing really *fixed* it until all the skin peeled off like a sun burn kinda iygwim... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: troutpout
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 9:39pm
We used the same nkap9, it's fab stuff. And now she's a bit older we're using the johnsons sleep lotion with lavender, it's fantastic! We rub it on her after her bath and zzzzzzz 
But we found the skin eventually flaked off anyway and had lovely new skin underneath ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 9:59pm
We used nothing lol! My midwife said that the skin needed to come off anyways and would probably disappear faster if you didn't use anything... not for everyone but worked for us  ------------- 
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Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 15 June 2010 at 10:47pm
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I agree with Lexiesmumma..... altho we did revert to using olive oil on a few occassions but it eventually just went away itself. It wasn't irratating her at all. Was mainly just around her ankles/tops of feet and wrists. Didn't get it anywhere else -------------  
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Posted By: SpecialK
Date Posted: 16 June 2010 at 8:36am
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My midwife recommended almond oil - it was really good. And baking soda in the bath. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Jelly
Date Posted: 16 June 2010 at 11:39am
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DS had very dry crinkly feet and wrists, I just ignored it and one day I noticed it was gone. It's just a NB thing, it'll go
For cradle cap though I would just rub his head gently with his towel after a bath until he complained. It only took a few baths to be all gone. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: 16 June 2010 at 12:26pm
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both my boys were like little crocodiles with dry skin all over them apart from their face!
I used a bit of baby oil in each bath and that seemed to work well. It took about a week or two for it all to disapear ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: bext1
Date Posted: 16 June 2010 at 2:32pm
Koby was a week late and his skin is also really dry. The MW said just to bathe him in water, then rub some baby oil into his skin, seems to work.  ------------- 
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