Baby Skin & Body CareA blog on baby care

His skin just started feeling rough and bumpy on his calves, on his tricepts, and on the outter sides of his thighs. It might be dry skin. But why would dry skin start, when I’ve been putting lotion on him every night before I put his pajamas on? Here are some options of why but please dont ‘assume’ it’s one of these unless you know it is. I hope someone has the real reason. 1. I’ve been making his bath warmer than usual lately since it’s winter, and I want his tub to stay warmer longer. 2. He has been spending more time in the bath playing lately- maybe like1/2 hour or a little more. 3. It is winter, and ‘maybe’ the baby lotion just isn’t thick enough to work. 4. I put his pajamas on before the lotion soaks in all the way, and maybe it gets wiped off, or it is too wet on his skin to be covered so quickly. 5. I think I heard you shouldnt leave the baby sitting in soapy water too long cause it will dry him out. (Well that last one could make sense), but the solution ‘they say’ to that is to immediatly put lotion on him after his bath, but I do that! I hope it is dry skin, and not a rash. It is totally skin color, not red. But I noticed his cheeks were rough the same, but his cheeks were red. Not a fever cause he wasnt hot or anything. If it is dry skin, I’d like to know whats causing it and stop it. I also heard that some moisturizers can dry out your skin more if you dont use it frequently enough. I wonder if that’s true.