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In today’s world most of the newly born babies are suffering from dry skin. This can lead them to serious skin circumstances like eczema. As the skin for newly born babies is more subtle than an adult’s skin, it is important to know what kind of caring they require. When a baby is born, her skin will be subtle and may not handle dry weather because she will be protected by an oily coat of amniotic fluid. Parents think that daily showers to babies will keep them clean, but they don’t know that daily baths can damage the dry skin of the baby. Even during swimming either in pool or at the ocean, skin may get rashes because of chlorine and salt which affects the baby.

Placing a vaporizer or a humidifier in the house, this controls the dampness in the air and hydrates the dry skin. In winter it will be a better idea to give more clothes to baby rather than switching on the heater. In summer need to protect the baby from sunburns. To protect the baby from dry skin it is enough for baby to have bath once in three or four days. It will be a sensible thing that if the baby is moving slowly and becoming dirty then he can have bath daily. If you decide to give baby a bath then give him warm water rather than hot water as hot water may cause in dry skin.

While giving baby a bath do not use a soap as it will dry up the skin and after the bath apply some lotion or moisturizer on the baby skin. The moisturizer will protect the baby from dry skin. Even when you wash the clothes of the baby, wash them separately, as all the detergents can cause irritation. Apply moisturizer and lotions to avoid rashes and dry skin.

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