He now weighs 6kg. He drinks 4oz of milk every 3 hours and screams out loud if I'm a little slow in making his milk. And yes, he had his 2-month vaccination done. See his thigh?!
From the time he was a week old, Alan has had neonatal acne (baby acne), pretty much like pimples on a teenager going through puberty. It was really bad during his first month but is getting better now.Am I worried? At this point, not very. Just annoyed and a little impatient. Babies are suppose to have smooth skin! I just wish that those darn pimples would go away super fast.
Here's a little something something about neonatal acne extracted from the Women's Healthcare Topics website
Normal baby acne typically follows a pattern:
- Traditionally sets in at 3 weeks of age, though may be present from the time of delivery
- Male babies are more often affected than female babies
- The most frequent types of acne in infants are papules and pustules. Papules are small solid rounded red bumps rising from the skin similar to a red pimple. Pustules or whiteheads are a small bump in the skin that has a collection of pus.
Infant Acne Prevention and Baby Acne Treatment
While there is nothing you can do to prevent baby acne, it can help to gently cleanse the face at least once a day with water and mild baby soap. Afterwards, you should pat your baby's skin dry. It's important that you do not pinch or scrub the baby acne. This is not an effective baby acne treatment. Instead, it may make your baby's acne worse. In addition, you may aggravate the condition with the use of oils or lotions. Oils and lotions that are so-called "treatments for baby acne" just do not help. Remember baby acne will disappear spontaneously in a few weeks.
So, I just have to be patient for now, and hopefully Alan's baby acne will disappear soon.
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