Dry skin remedy: Oatmeal bath! 🛁 🥣
The dry weather from the LA fires (and LA’s dryness in general) hit us hard this week. My little one’s cheeks went from rosy to peeling overnight, and it got so bad that he cried when we tried to apply moisturizers or even a mild cooling gel ☹️ i decided to go back to basics: 🥣 an oatmeal bath! here’s how i did it!
1. Took about 1.5 cups of oatmeal and put it in a clean sock
2. Tied the sock up and ran it under hot water in the tub until the water turned milky (I also massaged the sock so the oat water circulates)
3. Let it soak for about 10 minutes, then added cold water to bring it to baby-safe temperature. You don’t want to put oats directly in the water because it can clog the drains
4. Bathed with my baby (he loves baths together, and it’s great for bonding!) while he splish-splashed away in the soothing water 💖 i made sure to wet his cheeks frequently with the oat water
We bathed for about 15-20 minutes, and this morning, his cheeks are so much better 😌 No peeling, minimal redness. I’ll likely to this again his next bath. Highly recommend if your baby is dealing with dry skin!
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my daughter gets dry skin also and has eczema in the winter months so we do this also, i take my immersion blender and blend the oat meal so fine and add some almond oil to the oats and add to her bath!