Share your tips for keeping your children’s skin comfortable through the winter months - £200 voucher to be won

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Keeping your children’s skin happy can be difficult, particularly during the winter months. With that in mind, La Roche Posay would like to hear about your skincare tips this winter.

Here’s what La Roche Posay has to say: “We know winter can be tough on the skin, especially for the little ones. Cold, windy weather outside combined with central heating and lack of humidity inside can weaken the protective layer of the skin, causing it to lose natural moisture. It is key to take extra care of your family’s sensitive skin and protect it during this time of the year. We would love to hear about your winter skin routine and how you keep your children’s skin soft and comfortable during these months.”

Do you have a winter skincare routine for your children? Perhaps you have tips on how to increase humidity in your child’s room or you keep an emergency moisturiser in your bag at all times? Does La-Roche-Posay feature on your family’s skincare routine?

Whether you have a ten step dedicated winter skincare routine or you’re the ‘moisturise and call it a day’ type, we want to hear all about it.

All who post on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one lucky MNer will win a £200 voucher for a store of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!

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Nothing too much for my older kids bar moisturising if needed but DD aged one gets vaseline put on her chubby wee cheeks to stop them chapping in the cold. An ancient HV told me that when I had my first and ive done it ever since, works a treat!

I bathe them less so it doesn’t dry their skin as much - as as we are indoors more and not outside playing so much they don’t need it. I sometimes use lipsalve if their mouths are dry from the cold.

Coconut oil for dry skin, and a sensitive hand wash.

Nipple cream on babies/toddler's cheeks works a treat for dry skin 😊

Currently using bio oil at night on hands due to the cold and constant hand washing at school 😩

Breast milk on dry skin after the bath

Ds really struggles with dry hands due to the excessive use of hand sanitizer, the cold weather just makes it worse! I always make sure that I put sensitive hand cream on for him every night and that tends to keep it in check.

Definitely more moisturising needed in winter here, even on their feet (odd considering they're in warm sort socks all the time). And lip balm too as the cold weather really dries them out. Will try the tip of having short showers instead of baths, thanks

Use bath products aimed at sensitive skin with no perfumes etc.
Moisturize dry skin when necessary, particularly hands and backs of knees / elbows.
Dress appropriately depending on the weather, e.g.. wrapped up when cold with gloves etc.
Lip balm when needed.

Do you have a winter skincare routine for your children? Perhaps you have tips on how to increase humidity in your child’s room or you keep an emergency moisturiser in your bag at all times? Does La-Roche-Posay feature on your family’s skincare routine?

My child is 15 and we are still suffering with the dry itchy skin that we have been suffering with every winter since she was a baby.

To be honest, we have tried every cream, lotion going, althought not La-Roche-Posay. Ill note that one down! We seem to be having a lot of success with good old Doublebase, PawPaw and an antihistamine tablet everyday but my gosh my girl has suffered and as a teenager, its even more stressful for her as image is obviously important at that age to them.

This is really tricky for us as both children have eczema. At the moment they both have Diprobase cream and we try to remember to apply protective balm before they go out

I only moisturise if peeling.
Lip balm is a must
Very gentle shower products

My kids are prone to eczema but I find that moisturising their skin with E45 cream or similar after each bath prevents it getting too bad.

If it flares up badly then hydrocortisone soon sorts it.

Nothing special. I can't actually get DS into a bath, but he doesn't smell yet. I do have some Vit E liquid in case DD's skin gets too dry.

Diprobase as has eczema, although he doesn't like the smell so I have got some cocoa Vaseline to put under his nose which he likes the smell of!

Also I have been using nipple cream under his mouth as he licks it and makes it dry.

I haven't heard if La Roche Posay before so will look into it.

My kids are prone to dry skin in winter. One of the best things I have done is to put more moisture into the air by placing water in bowls on the radiators. I think central heating must contribute to dry skin. I also make sure they know to tell me if they have any dry or sore patches so I can treat them early before they have a chance to get any worse.

You can't go wrong with Vaseline for moisturising all skin types,And to stop the air in a room being dry just wet an old T-shirt or put your washing on the heaters instead of tumble dryer,it saves on electricity drying the clothes as well taking the dry air out of the central heating!

Nothing different to in the summer. One DS has eczema so he moisturizes regularly with e45.

My baby suffers from atopic dermatitis so we like to make sure his skin is kept hydrated by giving him lots of water as well as following the social media threads for la roche posay to gain details of their best products for his skin AND setting aside 20mins to use virtual skin consultation services ( like the one offered by la roche posay ) is great for letting me know what more I can do for his skin on a periodic basis!

I make sure that they are well hydrated, I have some hanging ceramic radiator humidifiers to stop the air from being dry (dry lips are a major problem at the moment)
I use lypsol and a moisturising bath lotion to keep skin moisturised.

DD suffers from eczema. Over the years, we have found that it helps to stay really well hydrated, so she drinks a lot of water each day - probably around 2.5 litres. Fresh air and sunshine also seems to help, as long as she isn't out in the cold too long. And getting plenty of fresh fruit and veg is important. And sleep!

She only uses aveeno on her skin most of the time, and washes with Cerave. She is very careful about what she puts on her skin.

So far, no significant outbreaks this winter, but as soon as one of the above starts to slip, she finds that her skin starts to show the effects. Constant, careful management is important.

We don’t need to change their routine much, as we use moisture rich, paraben free, sensitive bath/ shower products all year round. In winter they need lip balm and sometimes hand cream. 2 of my DC get patches of eczema, so I use a bit of Sudocrem if it flares up.

I should add that my teen DD loves the La Roche Posay Effaclar anti-blemish products!

Central heating dries out our skin I find, and makes it itchy. We try to put the heating on sparingly. I use olive oil on dc after shower when skin is still wet and absorbs the oil better.

Like others, I don’t give my DS a bath everyday. I don’t think humidity (or lack of) is a problem in our house as our windows are normally covered in condensation on a cold morning!

He sometimes gets sore red patches around his mouth but I think this may be down to wiping him up with a wet cloth after eating. I use Weleda eczema cream on him every morning and night on areas that look dry/red.

I'd love to say I have a routine for this but we have a busy household and we just don't have the time, with the exception of my son who has prescribed emollients that we use daily on him. I do choose bathing products with care though - no harsh chemicals.