Xero

My son Eli is about 7 months old, and I would say he's got pretty fair skin and it's easily irritated. But I don't see a reason for the way he looks sometimes. First of all, his whole body (looking up close only) kind of almost always looks just a LITTLE bit rashy. Like tiny little red dots here and there just all over. Nothing you would see just looking at him, but when you're looking for it you can see it. A lot of the time he'll get a rash just above his private area too, under his diaper. It's a little worse than what it looks like on his body, but not bad enough that I wonder if he's allergic to the diapers. (he's allergic to a lot of diapers, it doesn't look like this.)

And other than that, his cheeks and sometimes chin are ALWAYS red and appear a bit dry no matter what I do!! I am constantly putting baby oil and Aquafor on his face, and I don't use soap on his face in the bath, and if I wipe his face off at all, I only use a wash cloth with water (cause wipes dry him out worse). Sometimes it helps for a little while, but not that much and it always comes back.

Can anybody help me with this? Anything that could be wrong with him? Anything I can do? Anything? Lol.

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fallon

I have the same problem with my boy...he's in Cloth diapers now and I only use wash cloths with a homemade solution on his skin. As far as lotions and such I use and organic cream on his bottom but when things get red and dry everywhere else I use aquaphor (sp?) or eucirin on him and his skin usually clears up right away. Is it dry in your house at all? I also found that running a humidifer in his room helped a lot too

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fallon

I wanted to add also that Logan's skin get's really bad when he's teething...red blotches everywhere, but it gets the worst around his diaper area (just under the top and at the legs holes) anf down his legs, along with his cheeks and chin

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Lissa

He may be teething and sleeping in his drool. Try laying him on a thick blanket when he naps so that the drool gets absorbed in the blanket and doesn't irritate his cheeks.

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Trina

Looks like eczema. Both my kids have it, but since switching over to all perfume and dye free/sensitive skin soaps and detergents, etc. it rarely flares. We use soap sparingly (sensitive skin Dove) and Eucerin moisturizer cream often. Frequent bathing can irritate it. For that reason, unless really dirty, my kids bathe/shower every other day, instead of daily.

Trina

Oh, there was a diaper rash cream that worked great on the cheeks, but I can't remember the name. Not the white cream. It was similar to vaseline, but not as gross or greasy. Hmmm...

Trina

I think this is it. A&D ointment. Our ped. recommended it. I put a light layer on their cheeks when teething or out in the cold.


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Kaytee

Aquaphor, is great for that. I agree with Trina though sounds like excyma.
Also there is a cream that I LOVE its called London frogg jelly. You can order it on line. Great stuff!!!

The rash under is diaper area may be an allergy to Latex. Most diapers have latex in them and it is in the waist area. Huggies Natural fit and seventh generation do not have latex in them. Other diaper brands are switching over to latex free now too but not sure which other ones

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Xero

Wow! I do think he is teething, and maybe I just don't notice it, but I don't think he drools when he sleeps... I didn't think to check though, so I can't say for sure. I do put aquaphor on his cheeks before bed. I've heard teething can make the cheeks red and that, so I know it's not helping haha.

fallon: Oh hmm yeah it is in my opinion dry, we use a wood burning stove for heat (although less lately with the warming up) so I know there's dry air going around the house. I've been planning on getting a humidifier, but more for his breathing to improve than the thought of his skin. I guess I should go get that.

Trina: Eczema? Really? How could you tell if that was it? How could I tell the difference between that and something else? Oh and I only give Eli a bath every other day in the same circumstances as well. He gets worse if I bathe him too often. And about the special soaps, do you or does anyone else have any suggestions on what I should bathe him with or lotion him with after the bath? I put baby oil in his hair and that never has a problem, maybe I should use it on his whole body? I really like lotion better than oil though... I think he has sensitive skin, but I don't know what to wash him with in that case. Thank you for the ointment suggestion too. *

Kaytee: You know what! By the looks of it, I think that might be the problem. I wish I had the time and energy to use cloth diapers on him, but I don't. I also wish those Huggies Natural fits didn't cost so much lol, but I'll have to deal with it if that's the only thing that will help his rash. I didn't even know some diapers used latex! I never would have thought of it, thank you so much. I'm going to go get some of those certain Huggies tonight I think and see how it works out for that particular part of his rash.

Thanks for the replies from everyone, by the way.

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