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Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Winter Skin Care for Mom and Baby

By Belinda Clarke

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For many of us, winter brings gray skies, white snow and pink cheeks and hands. Add to that forced, dry heat, bundling and unbundling and most moms agree that everyone's skin is at its driest. And during the winter months, regardless of your climate, it's important to take extra care of Baby's skin. It doesn't hurt to give yours a little help, too. Here are a few suggestions for a little relief:

For Baby
For babies, winter cold also tends to affect the cheeks in the form of chapping and flaking. Babies have extra-sensitive skin, so why not use baby-specific products that are hypoallergenic and made just for them?

Kiehl's Diaper-Area Ointment works great on bottoms, but it also heals chapped cheeks. Part of the Kiehl's Baby Care line, this thick ointment is mineral oil-free, fragrance-free, pediatrician tested and contains avocado oil and vitamin D.

Mustela baby care products, made in France, include a hydrating line of skin lotions for dry baby skin, including one just for baby faces. Mustela's Hydra-Bebe Face is a daily moisturizer for newborns and babies with normal skin and is formulated to hydrate, nourish and protect fragile skin with plant oils and vitamin E. The Hydra Bebe Body lotion is great for all over and is also hypoallergenic. Both have a great, fresh smell.

Aveeno offers a line of fragrance-free, hypoallergenic baby skin products that uses natural colloidal oatmeal, and is available in grocery and drug stores. The Aveeno Daily Baby Lotion is non-greasy and according to the company, it moisturizes for a full 24 hours. For over-dry, irritated skin, Aveeno also has a fragrance-free Soothing Baby Bath that combines colloidal oatmeal and moisturizers to help clean and moisturize tender skin. A 10-minute soak is suggested for infants, and the Soothing Baby Bath is also recommended for easing the itching due to diaper rash, eczema, chicken pox and insect bites.

Avon's new skin care line, beComing, is available at J.C. Penney stores and offers Baby Day Care lotion with vitamin E and aloe as well as Lullaby Baby Bath and Massage Oil, which works wonders on chapped skin.

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