can you recommend a baby face moisturiser - dry cheeks

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DS is 12mo and gets very dry skin on his cheeks. Can you recommend a gentle moisturiser - prefer natural products if possible, but basically one that works? also a gentle wash that I can use on his face? TIA.

Hi- I've found aveeno fantastic for my DS and now I use it too!

We just use Calendula - works a treat!

I use waitrose bottom butter on DS2's face (and bottom). It is all natural and lovely and stuff

GP prescribed doublebase for dd when she had this - you can buy it at a pharmacists, and it's gentle and very good.

olive oil?

Second vote for Aveno. Dd has this on prescription. Very light, not greasy, moisturises better than anything else I tried.

Have you ever used Aveeno on your face?? My children have exczema (I can never spell it so not sure that thats right) and I absolutely love Aveeno as its much less greasy etc than other stuff we have used. Anyway, one day I was in a rush and put it on my face and I felt terrible all day - it was like my skin couldnt breathe at all!! So, I think its great but am now more sympathetic to their cries about it and would think twice about putting it on their face unless it was extremely dry...

A friend of mine swears by Avent Magic cream, and her daughters skin is very dry.

Probably not very natural though

another vote for Aveeno, have used it on my dd's face, no probs. You could also just put a natural oil such as olive or coconut. I've never bothered with any kind of face wash or soap anywhere - aveeno oil in bath or straight on skin if dirty.

Waitrose bottom butter. And according to this it does wonders for adults too

my DS has very dry skin on his face and I use vaseline works a treat.

oh thanks all so much, plenty of choice here, thankyou for replying

Yes, I use Aveeno on my face after swimming every week. Feels fine to me. Use it on dd's very dry cheeks most days.

calendula cream.

ds4 had teh wrost dry skin/baby excema I ever seen and that cleared it up in bout a week.

Another vote for the wonder that is Waitrose Bottom Butter - worth a trip by itself. I use it too.

I used olive oil. I'm very tempted by that bottom butter stuff though!

i would say olive oil or E45

I use aqueous cream instead of soap on dd in the bath. Not very natural but very very cheap!

ooo i was wondering this too. Wanted something that would be ok if it got in her mouth, just had a brain wave! lansinoh nipple cream!