Children are born such touching and defenseless, they constantly need parental care. Young parents are struggling to make their kids' lives as good as possible: they buy comfortable furniture, beautiful toys, comfortable clothes and, of course, quality cosmetics. A newborn needs not so much: a baby soap, a special oil and a diaper protective. Not having experience of use, many are asked by questions: what to take a cream under a diaper or powder? Do I need a cream for a diaper? What to look for when choosing? Let's try together to understand the variety of means and features of their application.
Why do I need a diaper cream?
The skin of a newborn is very vulnerable and is especially prone to the risk of inflammation due to imperfections in the natural protective functions that are at the stage of formation. The most common inflammation of the skin among infants is diaper dermatitis, which is the result of exposure to the skin of urine and feces. Modern protective creams for a diaper have both a preventive and curative effect.
How to apply the cream to a diaper?
The peculiarities of the use of the cream depend on the actual purpose - the treatment of the already arisen inflammation or prevention of possible. So, if you notice the baby's areas of inflamed skin under the diaper, then you should use the cream every time you change the diaper after hygienic procedures. Before you apply the cream to a diaper, you need to wash your skin and get dry.
If the child's skin is prone to irritation or is constantly in the diaper, it makes sense to use the cream for diaper for preventive purposes, for example, overnight. Also as a preventive measure, you can use baby powder.
Diaper Cream: which is better?
In addition to the price and brand, creams differ in composition and active ingredients. Preference should be given to the means with chamomile and string extracts, as well as lanolin, such as bepentene, which is used as a beeswax, and is used both as a diaper cream and as a means for healing cracks in the nipples of breastfeeding mothers. To effectively eliminate inflammation, a diaper with zinc cream, such as Sudokrem or Desithin, is especially effective.
Of course, each kid is individual and, perhaps, you have to sort out a few means before you find something that is perfect for your crumb.