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My son has suffered from dry skin and mild cases of eczema since he was born.  And running the air conditioner all night at home certainly doesn’t help his condition - but it’s better than letting us all sweat like pigs around here. His pediatrician is always reminding me to apply lotion to his oddly baby soft, yet lizard-like skin (I kid!) because I’m so bad about this kind of stuff. However, I recently became more vigilant about his skin care regimen when he came down with a case of Impetigo - on his butt no less!  Poor guy had patches of open sores on his teeny little butt cheeks from scratching so much (hmm, scratching his butt…fixing his dingle…I’m sensing a male trend here…) and I felt terrible when the doctor told me it was because of his dry skin condition.

Our doctor always recommends Cetaphil lotion but personally I find the whole fragrance-free thing kind of boring. You can ask my husband about that. Whenever he goes to the mainland I always send him to Bath and Body Works with a mile long list of bath products to get and he comes home with a suitcase full of body washes and lotions (the BBW obsession is a total Hawaii thing, really, it’s not just me!).

Since I know my son isn’t sensitive to fragrances I decided to try something that was good for his skin yet smelled fun. Stuff for Sprouts fits the bill perfectly!  I heard about this natural product on the internet and was drawn by the yummy fragrances they offer.  Stuff for Sprouts makes lotion in a regular formula for “crunchy” kids, and a richer formula for “extra crunchy” kids.  Their ingredients consist of natural butters and oils with no phthlates or artificial colors.

I tried both versions since I wasn’t sure which one was better suited for my son and got it in the Blueberry Muffin and Jellybean fragrances.  Yum!  They smelled so good and did a wonderful job moisturizing his skin.  And my son loved it so much he decided to share the Jellybean lotion with the furniture and carpet in his room - the whole tube. When asked why he did that his response was: “because I wanted to”.  Oh. Okay. Well at least the little stinker is honest.  So how, you may ask, do I know if the crunchy lotion was good when the whole tube was turned into finger paint?  Because I scraped it off the carpet and bunk bed ladder, picked out the hair and lint, and smeared what I could on myself, my son, and my daughter. How’s that for crunchy lotion?  Yup, mommyhood at it’s finest.

Seeing how I need more Jellybean lotion already, the next time I order a supply I think I’ll stick to the regular Crunchy formula. I prefer lighter lotions and it did a great job of helping my son (and the furniture) with his dry skin.

Tags: dry skin, eczema, impetigo, lotion, skin care, stuff for sprouts