The first meeting of mom and baby is very touching and tender. The woman feels relief and great happiness. But after the mother looks at the baby, the first excitement begins. She imagined a well-fed baby with smooth and delicate skin, and here the newborn has small pimples and the skin is peeling in places. All these fears are unfounded. While the crumbs have such skin and they need special care.
Some defects in the skin of the newborn lead to a feeling of panic in the new mother. You should not attach too much importance to peeling.
Why does peeling occur?
For all nine months, the child lived in a different environment, and after birth he has to adapt to the world around him. Pediatricians call the reaction on the skin in the form of peeling a physiological process, to which post-term babies are mainly susceptible. The skin of such children is prone to diaper rash, cracks and peels.
Usually, after the first month, peeling goes away on its own. If the flaking has not stopped, it may be dermatitis. The reasons for such peeling can be the introduction of new allergenic foods, the diet of a nursing mother, washing products, or just tap water.
To avoid dermatitis, exclude non-recommended foods from the diet, change detergents, read the instructions for children's hygiene products, which may also contain allergens.
Contact your pediatrician, with the correct and timely approach, you can quickly get rid of skin dermatitis.
Do not worry if your child begins to peel off and the scalp, experts call it silver dermatitis. Up to a year old, this is a completely normal phenomenon of the sebaceous glands of the head also undergo adaptation. In this case, nothing needs to be done, just follow the rules for caring for newborns.
Proper baby skin care
Noticing minor redness, an inexperienced mother begins to smear the baby with various cosmetics that promise to alleviate the symptoms.
In fact, skin care includes several steps:
1. First of all, treat your hands. Nails should be trimmed without sharp edges to avoid injury to delicate skin. Make sure that there are no inflammations on your skin, especially purulent ones.
2. Until the baby's navel is completely healed, treat it twice a day.
3. Treat baby's skin with special products, especially in folds.
4. Watch the baby's nails on the arms and legs.
5. Herbal decoctions can be added to the bathing water.
When peeling, the following procedures must be performed:
- In places of peeling, lubricate abundantly with baby cream or special oil;
In the early days of a newborn, you should not treat with cosmetics, trust the experience of your ancestors - ordinary boiled vegetable oil will protect and soothe the baby's skin in the best way.
- Apply air baths more often, leaving the baby undressed for 3-5 minutes, and then more.
Be attentive to your baby, if alarm signals appear, consult a doctor in a timely manner. Only he will help prevent and avoid serious health problems.
