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What Is The Best Oil Or Lotion To Keep Baby Skin Healthy?

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Posted on Thu, 29 Jan 2015
Question: Our baby is 4 months old.
Baby has developed with rashes on one of his cheeks. Cheeks started looking little red due to that rash. Baby is refusing to drink mother's milk, we feed the Nestle NAN 1 PRO most of the time and 1 tea spoon of ragi amli

What is the best oil or lotion to keep baby skin healthy?
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Answered by Dr. Kaushik K Murthy (27 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Pure coconut oil.

Detailed Answer:
Hi thanks for writing to us .

The best oil to keep the baby s skin healthy is application of pure coconut oil which is characterized by colorless odorless and non sticky nature.
If not available , select approved baby skin products form the nearby pharmacy.
For the current situation of rash on the one side of the cheek, it may be due to saliva allergy, many times it ll be baby s own saliva,or some times if the care givers repeatedly kiss the baby, their saliva can cause allergy, so avoid that.

Hope i have cleared your query, regards.
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What Is The Best Oil Or Lotion To Keep Baby Skin Healthy?

Brief Answer: Pure coconut oil. Detailed Answer: Hi thanks for writing to us . The best oil to keep the baby s skin healthy is application of pure coconut oil which is characterized by colorless odorless and non sticky nature. If not available , select approved baby skin products form the nearby pharmacy. For the current situation of rash on the one side of the cheek, it may be due to saliva allergy, many times it ll be baby s own saliva,or some times if the care givers repeatedly kiss the baby, their saliva can cause allergy, so avoid that. Hope i have cleared your query, regards.