Baby Care Products : Skin

When your baby was first born, you may have noticed that his skin was red and splotchy. He may have even developed an angry looking rash, or his face was covered with tiny pimples. Not exactly the perfect skin that babies are suppose to have, right?

  Don't worry. Eventually, your child's skin will probably begin to look soft and almost blemish free. In the first few weeks after birth, however, your baby is dealing with lots of hormonal changes, just like mom! These hormones affect baby's sensitive skin, causing breakouts. What's a parent to do?

  Today, parents have many wonderful baby care products to choose from and use on their baby's skin. There are lots of wonderful baby lotions. Some of these boast lanolin as well as other skin-smoothing emollients to help your child have soft, sweet-smelling skin. While you can still purchase baby oil, there is a better alternative. Baby oil can now be bought in the form of a lotion. It absorbs into baby's skin much more easily than typical baby oil and works just as well, if not better.

  One baby care product you do need to avoid, though, is powder. While powder was commonly used until recently, pediatricians now recommend that parents do not use powder on a baby. Infants can inhale the small, powder particles, and this may cause respiratory problems.