What do you wash your toddler's face with?

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Since DS was a baby, we have avoided using soap on his body and especially face, as he has mild excema (it is very mild and manageable) and soap tends to make him dry and patchy. As he has got older, he the e45 creme bath in the water of a bath, and we use Johnson's wash, and he only gets the odd patch, usually on his chest and bum, but is still quite dry. We have still avoided using anything on his face though, because it seems a bit more sensitive.

As he is getting older though, should we be using soap to wash his face in the morning? At the moment it is just a quick wipe with the flannel and warm water to de-crud. I was wondering what you use to wash your toddler's face? DS is 2.7.

TIA

I use a flannel and warm water on my toddler and on my 2 older DCs (6 & 8)

flannel and warm water.
also no soap in the bath, just a mild shampoo for hair and bits at the end of the bath.
excema here as well.

Flannel and warm water here in the mornings.

In the evening they either shower or bath and we use bubble bath and liquid soap then for a more thorough clean! (Ds's are 6 and 3)

What I was worried about is that he is a slobberer (sp?) and his face does smell in the morning where he has been lying in it (smells fine to me but I'm sure not to other people!). I didn't know whether water alone cleans his fae enough?

I just use water. And for the last ten years or so I've only used water on mine too. It's going OK so far.

TheSurgeonsMate, out of curiousity, do you wear make-up?

Just water. Scrub with a baby wipe if there's a particularly stubborn chocolatey stain.

No, whenskies I don't.

Just water, try to resist the saliva on a tissue I experienced as a child!

Flannel and warm water, with emollient added if bath time. DD (2.5) has eczema too, I have recently started using Sanex hypoallergenic on her body after patch testing first with no problems, but wouldn't use on her face.

Thanks everyone, we will stick as we are then!

flannel & water. I don't use soap on them in the bath either though DP will do them a bubble bath a couple of times a week.

I still remeber with a smile the video of Scary Spice wiping her baby's bum with a damp sponge then using it straight away (probably a bit damper) to wipe the poor childs face.

oh wahwah that's funny!! Just searched You Tube but couldn't find anything sadly

It was all over the tv at the time. Then shown over and over and over. The poor child probably got nappy rash on her face.

I'm sure I remember reading something about Jade Goody's mum putting wet nappies on Jade's face as a baby, as it gave her such nice skin

Would the 'oil and water' technique work with children?. I wash my own face with oil (wipe it off with a clean hot cloth; I wear make-up, it removes it just fine). At present for the kids we use a sink of warm water with a squirt of baby wash in it when getting each child ready for the day/ready for bed (when not bath time) - but could oil/hot cloth be used? I guess the child might have to be a bit older though...