Basic Skin Care for Baby 0 to 1 year old

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Skin is the body’s largest organ, larger than lungs or heart or brain. It covers our whole body, from the top of our head down to the soles of our feet. We could not live without it. Skin keeps germs and other harmful things out of the body. It also, keeps water, blood, and other fluids that we need inside. So order to keep it healthy, especially with child’s zero to one year of age, here are the skin care basics for;

Treating cradle cap

Diaper rash dos and don’ts

Relief for eczema

Heat Rash

Dry skin

Sunburn

Treating cradle cap

What is a cradle cap? It is a skin condition that commonly affects the scalp of young babies, causing scaling and flaking. It symptoms are likely crusty, yellow scales, deep red bumps, or dandruff-like flakes on baby’s head. It may be unappealing, but don’t worry it’s harmless.

Treatment of cradle cap

The best thing you can do now is apply a small amount of petroleum jelly to undo the scales, follow by extra-careful bath to remove them. Usually cradle cap get worse  when baby scalp’s sweats, so switch your AC on to keep baby’s head cool and dry. For a really severe case, consult your pediatricians first. Your doctor may prescribes an over the counter cortisone cream.

Diaper rash dos and don’ts

What is a diaper rash? It is a sensitive red area or spotted rash on a baby's diaper area, usually caused by irritation from urine, feces, or chemical irritants in diapers.

Treatment and prevention of diaper rash

To keep your baby bottom in good and healthy shape, prevention still be the best cure. Try the following safety precaution, it also a way to treat diaper rash;

Frequent diaper changing, right after pooping and don’t wait to get it full of pee.

• Thorough dry your baby’s diaper area right after bath or cleaning. Make sure your baby diaper area is completely dry before strap in a clean diaper.
• Leave the diaper little loose for breathing.
• Use unscented and alcohol free baby wipes, avoid scented. More safely to pat your child bottom with warm water and cotton balls or even soft fabric.
• For severe cause or you want it go away within 8 hours, go and buy an over the counter ointment for diaper rash or consult your pediatricians.

Relief for Eczema

What is an Eczema? It is an inflammation of the skin characterized by reddening and itching and the formation of scaly or crusty patches that may leak fluid. It shows up when your baby is about two and six months. Usually, eczema starts on your baby’s face and later spread to the rest of the body. It symptoms is itchy small pimples like that can burst and ooze.

The aspect is link to a family history of allergies. And a common triggers may include, heat, rough fabric, saliva, milk, sweat, detergents, bath soap and even food.

Treatment and prevention of  Eczema

Unlike any other skin abnormalities, Eczema entails an immediate action. Consult to your pediatricians or dermatologist about the preeminent way to take care of the condition. Your pediatricians may prescribe a cream to avoid the spreading of eczema. Or you may follow these simple plan to treat the condition;

• Keep your baby cool and comfortable, make sure a sweat free lifestyle. 
• Use a detergent that is made for sensitive skin.
• Avoid rough fabrics like wool when dressing your baby.
• Bath your baby in short period of time with lukewarm water, skip or avoid using of bath soap.
• Apply some moisturizer made for sensitive baby skin. It’s readily available over the counter.
• Put your air conditioning unit thermostat at medium cool.
• Keep your little one finger nails short to avoid scratches on face.

Heat rash or prickly heat

What is a heat rash or prickly heat? Technical name miliaria. It is a rash of tiny raised spots, accompanied by redness and itching, appearing on the face, neck, armpits, and upper torso in hot or humid conditions. It can be itchy that offer irritability. It cause by a blocked sweat glands resulting to trap and perspiration beneath baby skin. Heat rash is common during summer time.

Treatment and prevention of heat rash or prickly heat

A baby with miliaria needs only to cool out, so put your air-conditioned unit on, or electric fan on or bath your baby. Try using a thin, loosely fit, and lightweight clothing especially during hot season to prevent the heat rash. Also, avoid lotion, baby powder and oil this time. The prickly heat may goes away on its own.

Dry skin

What is a dry skin? It is a itchy, taut, flaky, and in need of plenty of fluid. And because baby skin is extra sensitive, often they are inclined to dry skin than others. Commonly the culprit is a warm air.

Treatment and prevention of dry skin

In order to overcome dry skin lets try the following;

• Skip the use of bath soap unless you really need it. Avoid bath soap with fragrance this time.
• Don’t keep your baby’s room to much cool or to much warm. A thermostat at 68 degree Fahrenheit is enough.
• Give your little a short bath with lukewarm water. Use fragrance free soap or avoid it.
• Make sure your child get enough fluid from breast milk or formula.
• Apply baby body moisturizer on damp skin after bath.
• Use detergent made for sensitive skin

Sunburn

What is a sunburn? It is an inflammation and sometimes blistering of the skin caused by overexposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Symptoms are redness, burning, and inflammation of the skin. Infant are prone to sunburn because they have a thin and fragile skin. Usually, sunburn occurs after one hour of sun exposure, but the pain could feel and redness appears on 12 to 14 hours later. And it go away on its own after two to three day. 

Treatment and prevention of sunburn

Study show that 90 percent of skin cancers are caused by overexposure to the sun and can be prevent. Since prevention is the best cure, here’s how you keep your little safe;

• Limit sun exposure. Nowadays, avoid sun ray’s between 9 a.m to 4 p.m (before when earth is not under the catastrophe of global warming between 10 a.m to 3 p.m)
• Always apply a sunblock lotion, use at least SPF 30, and formulated for sensitive skin.
• Make sure your little is protected under the shade.
• If skin is swell, consult your pediatrician and for the meantime use any hypoallergenic moisturizer to soothe your child’s skin.