Dry and peeling skin on a newborn?

His skin is very dry and peeling on his hands...should I put lotion on it or just leave it alone. It looks terrible.

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I put Johnsons baby lotion on him.

Re: Dry and peeling skin on a newborn?

He's brand new right? My ds had that its just from swimming around in fluid for 40 weeks (like our skin after a long bath!) Just use a little lotion, it'll stop in a few weeks!

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DD's skin is dry and peeling too, it breaks DH & mine heart to see it. But the ped said it's normal, esp. since DD was 1 week past due. Ped did say if we want we can put a little white/no fragrance lotion on DD, so we are using Aveeno baby cream on her body, not on the hands, because she might put them in her mouth.

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Yes this is very normal according to my ped. It breaks my heart as well because i know when my hands and feet look like this mine hurt. My ped said we could use lotion as well but it is gonna continue to happen for a while. Now my DS nose is in the peeling process. Ped. said they are going to shed their whole outer layer of skin at some point.

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DD was 9 days late and lookedl like a lizard when she came out!!!!

The ped actually said NOT to use lotion bc it can clog their pores when they are first born. I just started using a teeny bit of lotion now at 5 weeks.