Looking for those super "My grandma's miracle tips" for a chapped face...

[skincarejunkie]

I'm all over my own skincare - I own more collagen creams and serums than QVC Beauty day but I'm not very knowledgeable on children's skin.
My 4 year old has had a cold and, as a typical filthy boy, has spent the last week smearing snot all over his face. I've been gently washing him with a gentle facecloth and warm water when he gets home from school, before school and at bedtime and I'm using a bit of Vaseline but he's still looking red and sore and a bit flea bitten.Ordinary rich moisturisers will sting like nothing else. It must be really uncomfortable for him. Are there any old-fashioned wonder cures for this that are better than Vaseline? Thank you

Bepanthem (sp?). It's a nappy rash ointment. My LO keeps licking and then rubbing below his bottom lip, and then locking it because it's sore, and then rubbing it because it's wet... bepanthem is slowly working!

My DD used to lick her fingers and rub her face so got chapped cheeks. The doc prescribed Epaderm ointment (which you can also buy) which was a lot thicker than Vaseline which cleared it up nicely.

I tried lanolin on my DS, as I had some lying around, and it cleared most of it over night!

Thank you!

Got any 8hr arden?
Valeting intensive care lotion?

Vaseline. Not valeting.

My 4yr old DS does that too. Utterly gross. We used some Weleda baby face cream on him and it worked a treat. Out of interest....just a boy thing or do little girls smear snot across their faces too?

Shy It's horrible! My 6 year old boy wouldn't dream of it. He's clean and neat. Little one is feral . I am told girls don't fo it. Bleurgh.