What to do if your newborn baby has chapped lips

The reason for the chapped lips of newborns is definitely due to the dry climate. The baby drinks less water, which causes insufficient water in the body, resulting in chapped lips. The problem of chapped lips will seriously affect the baby's daily life. For example, feeding, eating and even crying loudly will cause bleeding and pain in the lips. These problems must also be bothering the baby's parents. The following editor will introduce to you some good methods to treat chapped lips in newborns.

Tips to deal with it:

1. Clean your child's lips scientifically

After each meal, you can use warm water to wash your baby's lips. Do not use alkaline cleaning products such as soap, otherwise it will be more likely to cause dryness. After washing and drying the mouth, apply moisturizing lip oil. Never use adult lipstick. Adult lip balm usually contains many other chemical ingredients, such as fragrances, which are not good for children. You should choose infant lip balm specially designed for children's mouths. The natural nutrients in it are more suitable for children's needs, especially children's lip balm containing moisturizing ingredients such as vitamin E is the most ideal.

2. Drink more boiled water and eat a balanced diet

The main cause of chapped lips is lack of moisture and vitamins. The amount of warm water consumed should be increased, and children should be reminded to drink more boiled water in time to provide sufficient moisture for their lips, especially in the morning and evening. In terms of diet, the intake of vitamins should be appropriately increased. Children's food should be light and low in salt. They should not eat fried, smoked or grilled foods. Children should not be fed hot foods such as peppers, garlic, ginger, scallions, onions, leeks, oranges, etc., because these foods are too hot and can easily cause inflammation. You can prepare more eggs, dried fruits, beans, fresh vegetables and fruits for your children. They are rich in vitamin C and vitamin B2. Eating these foods regularly can make your children's skin smooth and elastic, and can enhance their resistance to dry climate.

3. Maintain a good indoor environment

Because the weather is cold in winter, people are used to closing doors and windows, and in our northern part of the country, there is heating indoors, which makes the indoor air too dry. In such an environment, the skin usually feels particularly dry and easily peels. Children's skin is very delicate and is more sensitive to such a dry environment. Therefore, you should open windows frequently to ventilate and keep the indoor air fresh. You should also pay attention to adjusting the indoor humidity reasonably. For example, you can use a humidifier to humidify the indoor air, which is conducive to children's smooth breathing.

4. Honey therapy

Honey has detoxification, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and moisturizing effects when applied externally. Therefore, you can often use honey to massage your child's lips. Before the child goes to bed, apply a little honey on the child's lips, and then gently massage with your fingers. This can promote blood circulation in the lip area and allow the lips to obtain nutrients. You can also apply some honey on your child’s lips and corners of his mouth when he falls asleep at night. It has a particularly good moisturizing effect.

In addition, you can often prepare heat-clearing drinks such as white fungus stewed with rock sugar or duck pear stewed with rock sugar for your children, which also have good effects.

The above are good ways to deal with chapped lips in newborns. As we learned above, it is actually very important to prevent chapped lips in newborns. In daily life, we must cultivate good living habits for our babies. Parents should also pay attention to their babies’ reasonable diet and let them drink more water in seasons with changeable climates. This is the only way to effectively prevent your baby's chapped lips.