AVEENO Baby®
Nourish, soothe and protect your baby’s sensitive skin.
Your baby’s sensitive skin needs special care every day. So, finding the right products with natural ingredients for your baby means a lot, especially when it comes to washing and moisturizing to comfort your child and helping prevent the recurrence of dry, itchy, irritated skin.
Daily Care
Gently cleanses and moisturizes skin every day.
Eczema Therapy
Relieves baby’s dry, irritated skin with eczema.
Soothing Relief
Soothes and relieves baby’s dry, sensitive skin leaving it feeling moisturized for 24 hours.
Calming Comfort®
Cleanses and soothes your baby before sleep, and contains calming scents.
AVEENO® Baby® Daily Care
You know your baby has sensitive skin. We’re extra sensitive to that.
AVEENO® BABY® Daily Care products are formulated with ACTIVE NATURALS® Oat blended with rich, moisturizing ingredients to help keep baby’s skin and hair soft and smooth. Hypoallergenic, phthalate and paraben-free, and gentle enough for newborns and babies with sensitive skin.
Baby Daily Care Products
AVEENO® BABY® Eczema Care
Soothes like a parent’s care. Relieves itch with our most gentle care.
AVEENO® BABY® Eczema Care treatment is clinically proven to help relieve dry, itchy, irritated skin with eczema. The formulas, either with ACTIVE NATURALS® Oat or Colloidal Oatmeal, intensely moisturize and help strengthen the skin’s natural ability to protect against moisture loss and prevent recurrence of extra-dry skin. It’s fragrance free and paraben free. For grownups with eczema, see our full AVEENO® Eczema Care line.
Baby Eczema Care Products
Baby Eczema: Causes & Treatments
- What is Baby Eczema?
- Baby Eczema Triggers
- The Eczema Itch-Scratch Cycle
- Eczema Care: Bathing & Moisturizing
- What is Baby Eczema?
- Baby Eczema Triggers
- The Eczema Itch-Scratch Cycle
- Eczema Care: Bathing & Moisturizing
- Use lukewarm water to wash your child.
- Use a mild, non-drying, fragrance-free cleanser, such as AVEENO® Baby Cleansing Therapy Moisturizing wash.
- Gently pat skin dry — don't rub.
- Avoid body sponges and washcloths.
- Apply moisturizer, such as AVEENO® Baby Eczema Therapy Moisturizing Cream, to damp skin (within 3 minutes after the bath).
- Apply prescribed medications first and then liberally apply moisturizer.
- For some medications you may be advised to wait 15-20 minutes before applying moisturizer so be sure to follow instructions and, as always, talk to your child's doctor if you have questions.
What is Baby Eczema?
Eczema is a skin condition that usually appears as an itchy, red patch on the hands, feet, backs of elbows and around knees, ankles and wrists. It also may affect a baby’s cheeks, chin, chest, forehead or scalp. Eczema can appear in other areas too, though not usually the diaper area where moisture acts as a barrier.
Dry skin, sweating, pet dander or even dust can cause a flare-up of your child’s eczema. Scratching also can make eczema worse, causing redness, swelling and other symptoms like itching.
Though its cause isn’t completely understood, up to 10 percent of babies and toddlers have eczema. If you have a family history of eczema, asthma or hay fever, your baby may be more likely to develop it. Adult eczema may not look the same on a child, which is why identifying symptoms and triggers is important to protect your baby’s skin.
Though there is no cure, daily skin care including regular bathing and moisturizing with a clinically proven solution like AVEENO® Eczema Therapy treatment is essential to care for your baby’s eczema.
Baby Eczema Triggers
Irritants
Many soaps, disinfectants and fragrances can make eczema worse for baby’s skin. Common products that may cause a flare-up include: detergents and dryer sheets; bubble bath and some shampoos; disinfectants like chlorine; dyes, and coarse fabrics like wool. Always wash new clothes before they are worn, use dye-free and fragrance-free detergents, and choose sunscreen made for sensitive skin.
Allergens
Typical allergens like dust mites, pet dander, pollen and mold can cause itchy, inflamed skin. Make your home an allergy-free zone by vacuuming and wet-dusting frequently, keeping soft toys (which trap dust) to a minimum and washing them often, and grooming pets regularly.
Environment
Extremes in temperature and humidity may trigger an eczema flare-up. Environmental triggers include very hot or very cold temperatures, high or low humidity, cigarette smoke and pollution. Keep the baby’s bedroom between 68 and 72° F and maintain even humidity in your home.
Food
It’s relatively rare in infants, but one in 10 children with eczema experience symptoms caused by food allergies. In general, children under age 5 with severe eczema also may have a food allergy, most commonly triggered by milk, eggs, nuts, seeds or wheat.
Stress
While stress doesn’t cause eczema, symptoms may worsen as the result of tension, anger or frustration. If your child is having problems at daycare, you may notice more eczema flare-ups than usual. Stress also can cause habit scratching, which perpetuates the itch-scratch cycle. In that case, keep your child’s fingernails short and consider cotton gloves or mittens if your child tends to scratch while sleeping.
The Eczema Itch-Scratch Cycle
Unfortunately, the more babies scratch, the more likely they are to perpetuate or even worsen the itching, redness, and swelling. This is referred to as the “itch-scratch” cycle and it can be very painful.
More often than not, eczema will go away as your baby grows older. Treatment at the onset can stop eczema in its tracks, which is why daily skin care like bathing and moisturizing is essential.
An effective and scientifically proven skin care regimen like AVEENO® Eczema Therapy for Baby & Toddler eczema-prone skin, can strengthen the skin’s moisture barrier and help you prevent the recurrence of itchy, dry, irritated and uncomfortable skin.
Eczema Care: Bathing & Moisturizing
It can be very challenging to care for a baby who is uncomfortable because of an eczema flare-up. So following a daily regimen of bathing and moisturizing is key to keeping baby’s sensitive or eczema-prone skin under control. Mild cleansing can help the skin absorb topical therapies, which keeps the barrier intact and helps prevent flare-ups.
Moisturizers trap water in the skin, which makes it more flexible and less likely to crack. It’s important to moisturize regularly, even when your child does not have a flare-up because dry skin is a frequent cause of eczema.
Bathing tips
Moisturizing Tips
AVEENO® Baby® Soothing Relief
We could say it helps discover soothing relief from nose to toes. But we’ll let baby’s happy smile say it for us.
AVEENO® Baby®Soothing Relief is clinically proven to relieve baby’s dry skin and leave it feeling moisturized for 24 hours. The formula is so gentle it’s even good for infants with sensitive skin. The Soothing Relief Creamy Wash is tear-free and soap-free. Both the wash and Moisturizing Cream are fragrance-free and hypoallergenic.
Baby Soothing Relief Products
AVEENO® Baby® Calming Comfort®
A little comforting care can help baby have a restful sleep. (And you, too.)
When combined with a warm bath, AVEENO® Baby® CALMING COMFORT® Bath is clinically shown to help comfort your fussy baby before sleep with relaxing scents of lavender and vanilla. The soap-free, tear-free bath formula contains ACTIVE NATURALS® Oat Extract, and the lotion softens skin too. Both leave skin feeling clean, soft, and looking healthy.
Baby Calming Comforet Products
AVEENO® Baby Ingredients
Lauren CarratelloMother of 3,
Principal Scientist
Trisha BonnerFirst-time Mom,
Manager of Research & Development
As leaders of the team creating AVEENO® Baby® products, Lauren Carratello and Trisha Bonner have spent years researching and testing ingredients to help parents care for their babies and children. “Becoming a mom has been one of the greatest joys of my life,” Lauren says. “And I knew when it came to everyday skin care for my babies, AVEENO® BABY® would be my choice. I can personally speak to their mildness and safety, because I choose the ingredients for the products.” Click below to find out more about those ingredients…
Oat Kernel Extract
What is it?
Oat kernel extract is a distilled liquid produced from oat kernels.
What does it do?
Used for its natural moisturizing and soothing properties, oat kernel extract formulas can also help ease baby and adult skin conditions like eczema.
Oat Kernal Flour
What is it?
Oat kernel flour is a powder produced by the fine grinding of oats.
What does it do?
Along with other ingredients, oat kernel flour formulas can act as a skin protectant that locks in moisture and soothes while helping prevent dry skin.
Glycerin
What is it?
Found in numerous household products, from soaps to toothpaste, glycerin is a naturally occurring, vegetable-derived moisturizer.
What does it do?
Glycerin in our formula help keep baby’s skin hydrated by helping maintain the skin’s natural moisture barrier.
Mineral Oil
What is it?
Mineral oil is an extremely gentle skin conditioner.
What does it do?
Mineral oil protects the skin barrier from moisture loss. It’s also used as the primary ingredient in baby oil.
Sodium Benzoate
What is it?
Sodium benzoate is a common preservative that helps keep products fresh and safe to use.
What does it do?
Sodium benzoate extends the shelf-life of many personal care and food products including baby washes, toothpaste, mouthwash and foods like salad dressings and jams. Learn more about safe preservatives used in skin care products.
Acrylates
What is it?
Acrylates/C10-C30 are molecular compounds used in many lotions, washes and toothpastes.
What does it do?
Acrylates thicken and stabilize skin-care products to make them easier to use when bathing your baby. Some babies are allergic to natural-source thickeners, but these compounds are safe and hypoallergenic.
Coco-Glucoside
What is it?
Coco-Glucoside is a mild, non-stripping cleanser derived from coconut that is gentle on your baby’s delicate skin.
What does it do?
Coco-Glucoside helps glycerin deposit on skin, and can be found in all sorts of soaps and washes.
Polyquaternium-7
What is it?
A conditioning agent found in many shampoos and conditioners, polyquaternium-7 containing formulas also help hydrate the skin.
What does it do?
This hypoallergenic compound helps to condition and moisturize baby skin and hair.
Guar Gum Derivative
What is it?
Guar gum derivative is a natural thickener derived from the guar bean, which grows primarily in India and Pakistan. Guar beans are a common vegetable consumed in both countries.
What does it do?
Guar gum derivative helps thicken bath products, hair conditioners and skin-care products, and simultaneously provides moisture benefits to skin.
Dimethicone
What is it?
Dimethicone is a type of silicone that acts as a skin conditioner and protectant in many lotions.
What does it do?
Dimethicone is used as a skin-conditioning agent that protects the skin barrier from moisture loss by forming a natural seal that keeps hydrating ingredients locked in.
Cetyl Alcohol
What is it?
A solid alcohol compound that is derived from palm oil and is used in many personal care products.
What does it do?
Cetyl alcohol is used to help thicken products, increase foam in cleansing and prevent separation of other ingredients.
Isopropyl Palmitate
What is it?
Isopropyl palmitate, a common ingredient in body creams and other personal care products, is a colorless liquid derived from coconut oil.
What does it do?
Isopropyl palmitate in formulas helps provide moisture to the skin to keep it feeling smooth and soft.
Aveeno® Baby products are formulated with care by moms, for moms, to protect and nurture your baby’s sensitive skin.
