Your newborn baby is perfect. In your eyes, not another child was born more beautiful. What you may not have known is that the rash, dry skin and acne, are normal newborn. Your baby is fluctuating hormones and all skin conditions can be attributed to the fluctuation of hormones in your newborn.
You may notice that your child's skin is dry. They just spent the last 9 months or so living in the liquid and are now in the world. Try a little oil in his arms and legs, but remember that a scaly skin are not really bothering your baby.
Cradle cap or seborrheic dermatitis, can be distressing for some parents. Occasionally, cradle cap can be significant, and the cradle cap is caused by hormonal fluctuations as well. Cradle cap causes the skin and scalp dry and flaky eyebrows in patches. The cradle cap or seborrheic dermatitis is similar to dandruff in adults and can be treated the same way with anti-dandruff shampoo (used much less frequently: maybe once or twice a week). Another old-fashioned way to deal with cradle cap is a little vegetable oil massage on your baby's scalp and then gently lift scale with an old toothbrush. It is very important to remember that although the cradle cap can really bothers you, your child could care less about cradle cap.
If your baby's skin is more important, may have some baby eczema. Eczema is dry, scaly patches on the skin and there are several things you can do as a parent to help your baby with eczema.
Avoid perfumes, bubble baths and other products containing fragrance to bathe the child. Use unscented products like Dove Moisturizing soap to give your baby a bath.
Keep your baby's skin moist. Baby massage oil or unscented lotion on your baby's skin. Consider use a humidifier in your baby's room to keep your skin soft and moisturized.
If your child's eczema is important, consider using as little detergent or fragrance as possible into your home. Detergents break the already sensitive skin and your baby will benefit if they also use less detergent because they are in contact almost consistent with skin and clothing.
If your newborn eczema remains significant despite their best efforts, ask for a referral to a dermatologist who knows most up to date treatments for baby eczema.
Baby acne is another skin condition that may be disturbing to new parents. Baby acne is exactly what it sounds, acne is because, yes, you guessed it, the hormonal fluctuations. Your baby may have significant white spots length of the nose and cheeks, and her baby can develop acne anywhere and everywhere in your body.
When your child has acne, this does not it's time to leave the acne medications. The acids used in acne medicine will harm your baby's skin and there is no need to treat baby acne. Remember that baby acne may bother you, but your baby does not care. Baby acne goes away by itself within eight weeks of life.
Do NOT treat acne lotions or creams baby, the baby will only make acne worse. The period of four to eight weeks will be worse for the baby acne.
Dry skin, cradle cap, eczema and acne, are part of a newborn first couple of months. The most important thing to remember is that very little is bothering your baby and, in general, these conditions are cosmetic and part of life. Keep your baby hydrated, look for trouble spots that seem to get worse and not use any products that contain fragrances to her newborn baby. If conditions seem out of control, call your pediatrician.
Melissa Nykorchuk is the primary writer for http://www.parentingtricks.blogspot.com and writes for a number of websites about parenting and pregnancy related topics.