my 7 month old daughter's legs are bright red? what could it be?

Question

She has been crawling around on the floor with no pants on...she does have very dry skin...my bf just put some lotion on her legs, but now they are bright red...could it just be irritated or is something else wrong?

Answer 1

Dry weather, the crawling. and now the lotion has irritated an already irritated spot. I found putting baby oil in the bathwater helps keep their sensitive skin well hydrated.

Answer 2

I'm sure she will be just fine. If she has gotten a little rug burn and you put lotion on already dry skin plus rug burn, that could very well make her little legs red. Try bathing her in a moisturizing baby soap and put some baby lotion on her, this too may make her legs a little red, the lotion, if they are chapped and dry. Vaseline may do the trick with a thin coating. If they are still red or getting worse in the next few hours or if she acts like she is in a lot of pain, then consult the ER. Hope her legs feel better real soon.

Answer 3

Without seeing it, no one can tell you for sure.

You say she has dry legs and they didn't turn bright red until your boyfriend put lotion on them.

If a pink to red tone with no rash, then it just means that when he rubbed the lotion on them, the motion stimulated the skin and brought oxygen into her skin, darkening her skin a little.

Does she have a rash?
Is she showing signs of breathing problems since the lotion was put on? IF SHE IS having breathing problems since putting the lotion on her legs go straight to the hospital, it's an allergic reaction.

Is there is a rash, but she's breathing fine. Then it's PROBABLY a non life threatening allergy. Give her a bath, rise off all the lotion, then wash her legs again, and rinse again to assure you get all the lotion off. Purchase a Hypo-allergenic lotion from no on. All stores have them, places like wal-mart are cheap.

I know my freinds daughters use to have really dry skin and every time I put lotion on them they turned a little darker, looked kind of red. Keeping their legs from getting dry, by putting lotion on them several times a day. In the morning, after baths, and during the day if they looked dry fixed the problem and as the legs had the moister they required, they no longer turned kind of redish when putting lotion on them.

Answer 4

Sounds just like irritation. If her skin was dry and chaffed, the lotion will make it look red. Keep an eye on it and her. Any sign of fever, then call the doc. If it doesn't calm down or she's really uncomfortable then call in the morning.

Answer 5

Is she crawling on the carpet or on a hard floor? What do you use to clean the floor if it IS a hard floor and does it get rinsed properly? If it is carpet DO NOT use the powder made for deodorizing them. Unless you are using a really expensive vacuum cleaner, like a Dyson (My sister's asthma really improved when she bought one) it will not get all of the powder out of the carpet fibers. Also soap may remain in the carpet after shampooing. Call her doctor, but don't let her crawl without pants anymore.

Answer 6

Sounds like a skin reaction to something.

Make an appointment to the doctor, in the mean time keep her off the dirty floor and harsh materials off her rash.

Answer 7

She might be allergic to the lotion. She has a higher chance of being allergic to it if it is scented, that always seems to mess with kids. Or it might be as simple as rug burn.

Answer 8

It's gotta be an allergic reaction to the lotion. Call the doctor.

Answer 9

Call doctor it sounds like a allergic reaction

Answer 10

call the doctor sounds like a rash or allergic reaction