What to do if your baby has chapped lips

Due to the windy and dry weather in autumn and winter, babies' lips can easily become chapped. Once the lips are dry, babies will naturally lick them. However, due to the dry air outside, the moisture brought by the saliva will not only evaporate quickly, but also take away the little moisture that already exists in the lips, resulting in a vicious cycle of the more licking, the drier the lips are. So what is a good way to deal with baby's chapped lips? Let me introduce it to you below.

Let's first look at some tips on how parents deal with their baby's chapped lips:

Parent 1: Use a humidifier in your baby's room, or put water in the room, and let your baby drink more water.

Parent 2: You can stew some pear juice appropriately, or boil some black fungus juice and add some rock sugar, both of which can moisturize the body.

Parent 3: The most important thing is to let your baby drink more water, or juice.

Let's take a look at how experts can help babies with chapped lips:

Tip 1: Let your baby drink more water, which can provide enough moisture for the baby's lips. Mothers can use cute training cups that babies like to attract their babies to drink more boiled water.

Tip 2: Among the various children's lip balms sold on the market, those containing moisturizing ingredients such as vitamin E are the most ideal. Some mothers recommend applying some on the baby’s lips before feeding it, or using tea oil also has good results. This is both safe and effective.

Tip 3: If your baby's lips are very dry and have started to peel, you can apply lip balm to your baby. It is best to use lip balm containing moneywort and chamomile, as these two ingredients can soothe your baby's chapped lips.

Babies should eat more vegetables and fruits, eat less food that is hot or may cause internal heat, give babies more water, and if there is heating in the house in winter, do not dress babies too much as they will sweat easily and catch cold easily after sweating. You can apply honey on chapped lips, apply three to four times a day, and it will slowly get better. Don't ignore the tender lips. Compared with the face, hands and feet, the baby's lips are the most easily overlooked. In fact, just like adults, babies’ lips are prone to dryness and even peeling in winter.

. Because the lips do not have sweat glands or oil secretion, and babies like to lick their lips, not only will it fail to moisten the lips, but it will accelerate the evaporation of moisture from the lips, making the lips even drier.

Another best and easiest way is to let your baby drink more water to provide enough moisture for his lips, and teach your baby not to lick his lips. If peeling has already occurred, the mother can gently wipe the baby's lips with a wet towel before the baby goes to bed, wipe off the moisture, and then apply children's lipstick.

The above are good ways to treat baby’s chapped lips. With these methods and tips, mothers will no longer worry about the problem of baby’s chapped lips. The editor’s final reminder is that honey is also a good thing for lip moisturizing. You can apply some honey on your baby's lips when he/she is sleeping.