The three main components of care are nutrition, sleep, hygiene, which can ensure the normal development of the child.
The baby's skin first comes into contact with the ground-air environment, temperature changes, is endangered by various infections. The protective ability of the skin of a newborn is very small, it is due to the weak expression of horny skin formation and the instability of immunity.
The skin of a child.
The skin of the child is much drier than the skin of an adult and is prone to peeling, inflammation, the appearance of diaper rash, seborrhea. The intense breathing of the baby's skin is very high and much more pronounced in comparison with the skin of an adult.
Therefore, hygiene of newborns and young children should be given special attention, which will help minimize the risk of infections. Therefore, to date, the market is widely represented by many lines of children's cosmetics for newborns, which helps to take care of the baby and do not worry about his health.
Bathing a child.
The basis of baby hygiene in the early days is everyday bathing. Soap for bathing can be replaced with baby chamomile oil for baths. It is soft and helps to cleanse without the risk of irritation on the skin of the baby, protects the newborn from diaper rash, rash, various redness of the skin. Afterwards, it is not necessary to rinse the child further.
After bathing, the baby should be gently wiped with a personal towel and wiped with a small amount of baby oil, you can use oils JOHNSON`S, baby oil from the birth of Bubchen, butter "Baby" with chamomile, or butter from Baby.
In addition to evening bathing, the infant needs morning hygiene. The face, hands are washed with special wet napkins, cosmetic lines of which are widely represented in the market of children's cosmetics for newborns. The nasal passages are cleaned with cotton swabs soaked in baby oil.
In newborns, bloating is often observed, discomfort in the intestines often leads to crying and restlessness of the baby. In this case, the child and his mother will benefit from a pleasant massage of the abdomen with the application of a massage oil, which includes essential oil of fennel. Children's cosmetics for newborns have in their arsenal of such oils, they can easily be found in the departments of children's products.
There is a world standard requirements for baby cosmetics for newborns and cosmetic products for the care of babies. This hypoallergenicity, the lack of dyes, the presence of a natural basis, and to detergents especially paid attention to the neutral pH.
As is known, not so long ago the market of Russian children's cosmetics represented individual trade names - children's cream, powder, baby soap, manufacturers, which were such perfumery-cosmetic organizations as "Freedom", "Kalina", "Nevskaya Cosmetics", then in recently there was a tendency to create special lines of cosmetics for children, united by one brand, by individual enterprises.
It should be noted that children's cosmetics are made not only by enterprises focused exclusively on newborns, but also by a large number of "adult" firms trying to present their "children's" cosmetics.
The first group of manufacturers specializing in children's products include German companies "ByubchenVerkGmbH", NatudermBotanics - Mann & Schroeder GmbH, Russian "Our Mother", "World of Childhood" and others. The list of manufacturers that focus mainly on "adult" cosmetics includes such well-known companies in Russia - "Kalina", "Linda", "Avanta".
What should makeup for newborns?
- the composition should include extracts of medicinal plants: almonds, limes, chamomiles, calendula, avocado and others;
- bioactive substances: these are vitamins A, C, D, E; allantoin - the extract of the comfrey medicinal, it promotes water conservation, regeneration, has anti-inflammatory effect;
- Lanolin forming an acid-fat layer; tocopherol -provitamin E, regenerating cells of the body;
-pentenol - provitamin B5, healing, anti-inflammatory;
- bisabolol - extract from chamomile, which has antiseptic effect;
- natural vegetable oils of sunflower, oil of almonds, jojoba, wheat oil, rich in vitamins, valuable acids and minerals, easily absorbed, moisturizing and nourishing the skin;
- light detergent bases of vegetable origin.
The majority of manufacturing companies, in order to familiarize consumers with their products, offer sample probes that contain a certain amount of care for the ass, skin and hair of the baby. The complete range of wet wipes is represented by Johnson & Johnson in small packages, Bubchen, and Sanosan uses small bottles for its shampoos and oils. Thus, mothers have a way to test the tolerability of newborns for various cosmetics and the body's response.
Children's shampoos should have a natural washing base and an active formula that protects the eyes. Lotions for children are also very wide in use to clean the baby's skin. The lotion helps moisturize and nourish sensitive skin, protect against drying and maintain the natural elasticity of the skin.
Cream and milk differ mainly in consistency. Milk is quickly absorbed by most creams, since the cream is mostly "barrier", almost non-absorbing, but creating a protective layer on the baby's skin.
Now the demand for children's cosmetics is growing, which contributes to the emergence of new products and the improvement of old series of cosmetics.