Helpful Baby Skin Care Hints For New Parents

October 6th, 2012 by fightage

We spend our entire adult lives trying to recreate the skin we had as a baby. We massage ourselves with moisturizers. We spend hundreds of dollars on skin care products in an effort to bring back that smooth softness we didn’t think to enjoy when we were tiny. Your baby will grow up with the type of skin that others envy and will pick up where you left off because you instilled this habit early in life. Don’t wait until it is too late to start the right baby skin care routine.

Would it surprise you to learn that you don’t need to give your infant a bath every night? Believe it or not, most young infants and newborns stay fairly clean. They don’t get dirty because, for the most part, they are immobile and depend on Mom and Dad to get around. Their immobility makes it hard for them to get into things that a parent couldn’t easily keep them out of. While your baby is still considered a “newborn” he or she only needs to be given a bath twice a week or so (as long as you keep his or her face free of dirt). When babies learn to crawl and walk, they need to have baths more frequent.

When you shop for baby skin care products read the ingredients carefully. Dyes, phthalates, parabens and extra fragrances should be avoided. These ingredients could irritate your baby’s skin and cause rashes and other skin conditions to develop. You don’t want to accidentally irritate your child’s skin when your main goal is to keep it clean! The best products are those that are gentle on the skin such as the Meaningful Beauty Cream which is used by most people to maintain a beautiful and young looking skin. To make sure that the products you use are good, ask your pediatrician for skin care recommendations.

Try to keep your baby out of direct sunlight until he or she is six months old because regular sunlight is far too harsh for a newborn’s skin to deal with. After your son or daughter is six months old it is okay to let him or her sit in direct sunlight provided you cover the baby completely with strong sunscreen.

You should also take extra precautions against sunlight with an umbrella and a hat. Any sunburn that does turn up can be treated with a cool soft cloth a few times a day for ten to fifteen minutes per application. When you bring your first baby home, proper baby skin care will seem impossible. You might find yourself fighting the urge to bathe and clean the baby too often. Taking care of your skin, whether or not you want to believe this, does not have to be difficult. Before long you will see that all you have to do is keep your baby out of dirt and the rest of your infant’s skin care is common sense. You’ll get the hang of it soon enough so don’t panic.

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