Every newborn baby needs gentle care during the first stage of life, as the skin is very sensitive and thermoregulation has not yet stabilised. Only gradually, as the baby grows, will the skin develop a protective barrier to protect it from environmental influences. Natural skin care for babies is essential to ensure the health and comfort of the baby's skin.
Natural ointment water can be very useful in baby skin care as it is easy to use for various problems.
Baby's skin can become dry after the first contact with air and water, so care for it with natural products - freshly brewed, mild chamomile salve to soak a cotton pad in and wash your baby's skin. Wild raspberry or rose water can also be used. Particular attention should be paid to the skin folds on the neck, legs and arms, armpits and groin. After the treatment, be sure to pay attention to drying the wrinkles.
In the first weeks of life, the baby will peel off dead layers of skin and may also develop pimples - in this case, you can wash with triple-dose dog tea or chamomile ointment, but no special treatment is needed.
If you have puffy eyes, you can use cornflower tea, black tea, chamomile decoction or floral water to clean them. Use a cotton pad for each eye, cleaning from the outer corner to the inner corner.
As the baby is in nappies almost all the time, the sensitive skin can become inflamed and painful. It is recommended to wash your baby under running water at every nappy change and to take regular air baths - this is especially important if redness has already developed. During the air bath, the irritated areas can be treated with chamomile or wild raspberry ointment as this will heal the micro-trauma and reduce the irritation, and will also dry quickly afterwards.
Also, for the first few weeks, you can use a lightly brewed chamomile tea, chamomile or rose salve added to the bath water.
Nursing mothers, on the other hand, will find the saline water useful for nipple care - a spritz or compress will help heal cracks and abrasions that may occur during breastfeeding. There can be two reasons for this - the baby is not gripping the breast properly, which needs to be corrected, or sometimes the skin on the woman's nipples can be very sensitive and take longer to adjust to the breastfeeding process. However, if the nipples are irritated, chamomile, wild raspberry and evening primrose infusions are the most suitable for their care.
