Delia79
11-18-2008, 09:18 AM
I was just wondering, do you use soap on your LO's faces? I realized the other night while giving DD a bath that I've never used soap on her face. She is 16 MO. I have always just wiped it with a clean, wet wash cloth. I started thinking that maybe I should be using soap? Does anyone else do this???? I just didn't know if it was necessary or even good for her face.
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skbrmom
11-18-2008, 09:46 AM
I used to use a very mild baby wash. If her skin is nice and clear and healthy looking, then what you are doing is working well enough. If you get some "gunk" on her face that's stuck on there a bit, maybe a bit of baby wash on the cloth will be helpful. I wouldn't think soap on a babys face is necessary but is sometimes helpful. Enjoy!
megss
11-18-2008, 05:54 PM
Delia I don't use soap on Gracie's face either. I do exactly what you do, I use a clean wet wash cloth. Grace get's exzema on her cheeks, and her pediatrician told me not to use soap because it can dry out her skin. I do use Aquaphor Baby Wash (for dry and sensitive skin), and I apply aquaphor moisturizer all over her body after each bath, but I still do not wash her face with soap.
simplyheather
11-18-2008, 06:26 PM
I don't use soap either. His face gets dirty, but nothing that warm water and the washcloth doesn't take off. I don't know that I will until he understands to keep his eyes closed while I wash his face, or until he can help do it too.
LauraLu
11-18-2008, 09:39 PM
Hi all ~ I've never used soap on Madeline's face. I do behind her ears though because it looks like carrots could grow in them most of the time, lol.
She also gets really bad eczema (sp?) on her legs, so we use mild soap as well, Megss. I definitely agree with the previous poster that warm water and the wash cloth are all you need.
Megss ~ What kinds of lotions work best for Grace? Madeline has it terrible right now! Our ped. told us to try hydrocortisone cream...have you done this?
She also gets really bad eczema (sp?) on her legs, so we use mild soap as well, Megss. I definitely agree with the previous poster that warm water and the wash cloth are all you need.
Megss ~ What kinds of lotions work best for Grace? Madeline has it terrible right now! Our ped. told us to try hydrocortisone cream...have you done this?
megss
11-18-2008, 10:45 PM
Hey Laura-
Yes we use cortizone 1% when it gets bad. We have tried several different moisturizers and body washes, such as Aveeno. All say they are for exzema and extra dry skin, but for Grace, Aquaphor baby body wash and baby moisturizer works the best. I buy the big tub of it. It is sticky and looks like vaseline, but it works better than anything else we tried. I can never find it at Target(Target just has regular aquaphor for adults), but Babies R Us always has it. My DH, who is 30, still deals with bad exzema, so unfortunately I think Grace will too for awhile.
Yes we use cortizone 1% when it gets bad. We have tried several different moisturizers and body washes, such as Aveeno. All say they are for exzema and extra dry skin, but for Grace, Aquaphor baby body wash and baby moisturizer works the best. I buy the big tub of it. It is sticky and looks like vaseline, but it works better than anything else we tried. I can never find it at Target(Target just has regular aquaphor for adults), but Babies R Us always has it. My DH, who is 30, still deals with bad exzema, so unfortunately I think Grace will too for awhile.
WhiskersOnKittens
11-19-2008, 12:46 AM
Hi Delia,
I realized that I never used soap on Liam's face either, a few months back! But the reason that I noticed was because he started to get these little tiny bumps up high on one of his cheeks, so I thought I'd try using just a bit of mild baby wash to see if it cleared up, and it did!
I just use Johnsons Head to Toe body wash (I think that's what it's called!). I have continued to wash just his forehead, cheeks and chin in the bath. I do it at the same time as doing his hair, so when I rinse his hair, all the soap from his face gets rinsed as well (unfortunately he doesn't quite understand to tilt his head back, or down, so it doesn't go in his face!--although he doesn't seem to mind it much anyway).
Whiskers :)
I realized that I never used soap on Liam's face either, a few months back! But the reason that I noticed was because he started to get these little tiny bumps up high on one of his cheeks, so I thought I'd try using just a bit of mild baby wash to see if it cleared up, and it did!
I just use Johnsons Head to Toe body wash (I think that's what it's called!). I have continued to wash just his forehead, cheeks and chin in the bath. I do it at the same time as doing his hair, so when I rinse his hair, all the soap from his face gets rinsed as well (unfortunately he doesn't quite understand to tilt his head back, or down, so it doesn't go in his face!--although he doesn't seem to mind it much anyway).
Whiskers :)
Delia79
11-19-2008, 01:39 PM
Thanks ladies! Meggs and Laura, what does the eczema look like? I am just curious because Ella has always had pinkish colored cheeks and they feel rough. I asked a long time ago about it and her pedi acted as though it was something that would just go away with time. However it hasn't. Some of the girls at work were telling me that they thought they were milk bumps? I am not sure, have you heard of that because I never had. Sometimes I wonder if Ella doesn't have eczema as well. She also has patches that feel the same on her thighs and on the backs of her arms, although those places aren't red, just rough feeling. I know I had it as a baby. Whiskers, Ella doesn't know how to keep her head back either, so I have to lean her back and cover her face with my hand when rinsing her head. Fun times, let me tell you. The whole time she tries to push my hand away, yet if she gets ONE drop of water on her face, she has a fit!!! Gotta love em! By the way too, I don't think I've ever mentioned this, but I absolutely LOVE your son's name. So cute.
megss
11-20-2008, 12:08 AM
Delia-
That sounds exactly like Eczema. Eczema is simply very dry skin, so try just moisturizing it, and if that doesn't work, it is okay to use Cortisone up to two times daily. Grace mainly gets it on her cheeks, but she will also get it on her wrists, knuckles, ankles, tops of her feet, and behind her legs. Her cheeks can get very pink, but the patches she develops else where are usually just a tannish color.
That sounds exactly like Eczema. Eczema is simply very dry skin, so try just moisturizing it, and if that doesn't work, it is okay to use Cortisone up to two times daily. Grace mainly gets it on her cheeks, but she will also get it on her wrists, knuckles, ankles, tops of her feet, and behind her legs. Her cheeks can get very pink, but the patches she develops else where are usually just a tannish color.
E1979
11-20-2008, 03:33 PM
Delia I am a trained Esthetician and I can tell you that soap isn't even good for adults never mind babies faces. I use a warm wet washcloth in the bath and after meals or if Tanner gets his face dirty outside of bath time I will use one of his wipes for his bum. I still by the sensitive ones for newborns. But like the other posters said mostly it's nothing some warm water wont take care of.
The reason it's not good for our skin is if you strip too much of our skin's natural oils from it then it causes the skin to become dry and start to produce more and more oil to compensate for what you are taking away from it. It gets the sebacious(oil) glands starting to go into a hyperactive mode.
Just keep doing what you are doing!
The reason it's not good for our skin is if you strip too much of our skin's natural oils from it then it causes the skin to become dry and start to produce more and more oil to compensate for what you are taking away from it. It gets the sebacious(oil) glands starting to go into a hyperactive mode.
Just keep doing what you are doing!
AlexaIn2006
11-20-2008, 05:42 PM
I mostly just wipe my daughters face off. A couple of times a week I use Avalon Organics orange face soap on her and I moisturize her face after each bath with pure vitamin E oil.
WhiskersOnKittens
11-20-2008, 06:33 PM
Oh thanks, Delia! Coming up with his name was pretty easy, but we are having a HECK of a time coming up with something this time (should it be a boy--if it's a girl, we're covered)!
Whiskers :)
Whiskers :)