Baby acne is not teenage acne...DUH!

Clover is getting some pretty bad baby acne. A friend of mine told me that her doctor prescribed some cream when her baby’s acne got bad so I thought I’d give that a try. Unfortunately our regular doctor was out of the office so our appointment was with some guy who looked like he hadn’t handled a baby in years. He also looked like Kernel Sanders, HA! He thought it was important to inform us that Clovers acne was different then teenage acne. Thanks buddy, because I was concerned I gave birth to a 13 year old until you just told me that. *eyes roll*
Maybe that’s not obvious though; so for those of you who don’t know what baby acne is let me enlighten you. During the final moments of pregnancy, a mothers hormones cross the placenta into the baby stimulating the oil glands in their skin and eventually causing baby acne.
Anyway, we left the office with a prescription for Hydrocortisone cream, which in my opinion was a waste of time.
Since then I’ve been doing research on line for different home remedies that might help clear her acne up. Most of what I found was to wash her face with mild soap twice a day and to wipe her face with a wet cloth after each feeding.
I have a friend from India who always seems to have home remedies for these types of things so I thought I’d see what she had to say. She recommends Chickpea Flour (also called Basen). You mix it with a bit of water to form a paste and then wash her face with that once or twice a day. I’m off to Mayuri our local Indian market to purchase some. I’ll let you know how it goes!

She rolled over!

Clover rolled over for the first time.
I set her down on the end of the sofa while I raised the blinds in the morning and she rolled from her tummy to her back!!

3 weeks old: Clover loves to spend time on her belly and sleep on her belly. She loves her binky and pickle juice! She calms right down when we give her any :). She hates being strapped into her car seat, but usually calms down once we are moving. She loves to sit up right against your chest and snuggle. She loves to be carried around in her sling while I do things around the house.

She already out grew her first pair of pajamas. It was very sad for me :( I can’t believe how big she is already getting.

Clover’s Uncle Brian and Aunt Valerie are in town right now meeting her for the first time. She loves to snuggle with her Uncle, you can tell he is in love with her already.

Here is Clover with her Aunt Valerie


Clover found her thumb!