I kept a hairdryer handy to make sure everything was properly dry.
#HUIDOLIE ETOS SKIN#
Make sure that you clean and change the nappy in time and pat the skin thoroughly dry after cleaning, especially in the creases.
This stops moisture or irritating substances from coming into contact with the skin and also inhibits the inflammatory process. But if there is a nappy rash then it is best treated with an ointment containing zinc oxide. Prevention is, of course, better than cure. At least fifty percent of children will encounter this at some point. The acidic level, skin’s moisture balance and bacteria also have an effect. Nappy rash occurs when the skin becomes exposed to irritating chemicals in the urine and faeces. Seeing as your time as a brand new parent is probably better spent on other things (such as catching up on sleep), I have put together a list of good products below. I know from experience that it’s not easy to find suitable baby products. The Italian journal of paediatrics has recently dedicated an article to it and repeats its warning against the use of talcum powder. Fortunately it doesn’t happen often, but if talcum powder is accidentally inhaled by your baby it can have major, sometimes even fatal, consequences. Avoid talcum powder! This product has traditionally been a part of nappy changing. Just to be on the safe side! Baby care and talcum powder… But from now on ingredients which are under discussion are probably best avoided. If you have been less fussy in the past about what you have used don’t start worrying straight away. If you add to this that the skin surface of a baby is proportionately greater to the size of its body than that of adults, you then realise how important it is to check the contents of those adorable bottles. Did you know that a baby’s skin is five times thinner than that of an adult? So, not only is a baby’s skin more readily irritated but potentially damaging substances can also enter the body more easily. We need to be careful with our own skin, but even more so with children’s skin. Furthermore, 20% of newly born babies develop eczema within six months (Arch Dis Child, 2006). The fact is that more than two thirds of babies up to the age of one, and more than three quarters of children up to the age of five have skin problems. I am convinced that all those intensely perfumed and irritating baby products play a very large part in the onset of skin problems in young children. Also that, as a new mum (or dad), you don’t want to succumb to the heaps of purple, yellow and blue bottles and jars available. I’ve written a few times about baby products.