Dry skin patches - this worked for DS!

[Luckie]

I don't know if this is a common problem but my son from about 2 months had little patches of dry skin on his thighs and another bit started to develop behind his knee when he was around 6 months. These patches gradually got bigger until they were about as big as the palm of his hand. I went to the health visitor about it and she said it could be a slight allergy (maybe down to Johnsons products - she did not think it was eczema), and she suggested bathing him in plain water and moisturising with E45.
This I did for 3 or 4 weeks but it seemed to get a little worse.
As we were going out one day in the hot sun, I put Nivea Sun Children's Lotion - Factor 50+ on him. By the time I got him ready for bed the dry patches had gone (apart from a little discolouration of the skin)- literally in a few hours!!!
I have only used the sun cream a couple of times since, and the dry patches have never returned (the discolouration has also gone now).
I now bath him in bubble bath and moisturise with Simple Baby.
I appreciate this wouldn't work for every baby but it did for DS and wanted to let MNers know in case it could help someone.

[Lmccrean]

my hv said NOT to use e45 on babies as it was far too strong for their skin (normal stuff that is - im sure the junior e45 stuff is ok)

[Luckie]

God, my HV said the normal E45 would be OK .
Clearly my HV was completely wrong.

[tarantula]

I put chaomile tea bags and porridge oats in a sock in ds bath. Found it wokred wonders. Used chamomile tea to wash her bum too. Great stuff and really helps her dry skin.

come to think of it she hasnt had any dry kpatches thsi summer but I out taht down to it beig summer rather than sun cream. hhhmmmmm

[tarantula]

that shoould be dd's not ds