The Best Baby Eczema Creams To Soothe Your Little One's Irritated Skin

Dove’s “Baby Dove” line features products that are mild, gentle, and hypoallergenic — including this baby eczema cream, which is designed for newborns and up. It contains ingredients like colloidal oatmeal, dimethicone, and shea butter to soothe and protect skin and to create a 24-hour moisture barrier. The product is free of sulfates, parabens, phthalates, dyes, steroids, and fragrance. Plus, it’s earned the Seal of Acceptance from the National Eczema Association (NEA).

CeraVe’s gentle baby eczema cream is formulated to be hypoallergenic. It contains dimethicone to protect and soothe chafed, chapped, and cracked skin, and hyaluronic acid to hydrate and help retain moisture. (Yes, it’s the same ingredient you’ll find in serums you use on your own face.) The cream is free of parabens, phthalates, dye, and fragrance. CeraVe gets its name from the three essential ceramides (1, 2, and 6-II) that all of its products contain; they help restore and maintain our skin’s natural barrier. This cream has earned the Seal of Acceptance from the National Eczema Association, and it comes backed by nearly 5,000 perfect five-star reviews on Amazon.

I’m a huge fan of the grown-up version of this baby eczema cream, Eucerin Eczema Relief Cream. And it looks like this one formulated for baby works just as well, as it has almost 8,000 5-star reviews! Designed for babies aged three months and older, the cream hydrates for 24 hours and contains natural oatmeal, Ceramide 3, and licorice root to relieve minor irritation and dryness and soothe itchy skin. It’s fragrance-, dye-, paraben-, and steroid-free.

It’s easy to see why this product has earned more than 6,000 perfect, five-star reviews on Amazon. This hypoallergenic baby eczema cream is cruelty-free and also free of phthalates, petrolatum, mineral oil, fragrances, alcohol, and parabens. It contains USDA Certified Organic ingredients such as chamomile, coconut oil, cocoa butter, avocado oil, and sunflower oil. In addition to eczema, Era Organics recommends the product for cradle cap, rashes, hives, and other skin problems. (If your baby has a rash or hives, it’s best to call your pediatrician first.) 

Made in France, this hypoallergenic emollient cream for baby eczema comes from the family-owned brand Mustela. The gentle formula is fragrance-free, steroid-free, and free of parabens, phthalates, and phenoxyethanol. It hydrates and protects a baby’s skin, and it relieves irritation and itching with ingredients like avocado perseose and sunflower distillate. The cream is safe to use from birth and has received the Seal of Acceptance from the National Eczema Association.

This balm is a little different from other baby eczema creams in that it’s designed to be applied at bedtime to moisturize your baby’s skin through the night (though whether they sleep through it is another story!). The fragrance-free, hypoallergenic balm is free of steroids, parabens, phthalates, and phenoxyethanol and received the National Eczema Association’s Seal of Acceptance. With colloidal oatmeal and ceramides, this product soothes and moisturizes itchy and irritated skin and it helps repair its moisture barrier — without any greasy feeling. 

Products from The Honest Company don’t contain any ingredients from their 2,500-item Honest Beauty NO List, including parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, petrolatum, phenoxyethanol, and silicones. Using colloidal oatmeal, prebiotics, coconut oil, and safflower oil, this hypoallergenic eczema cream — which has earned the NEA’s seal of acceptance — helps relieve your baby’s skin irritation and was found to effectively reduce skin dryness after three weeks of use. Bonus: The Honest Company’s products are cruelty-free and are made with a focus on sustainability and social responsibility. 

Cetaphil may be best known for their ever-popular Gentle Skin Cleanser, but the company makes great baby products, too. This gentle, hypoallergenic baby eczema cream has received the Seal of Acceptance from the National Eczema Association and contains colloidal oatmeal, ceramide NP, shea butter, and other ingredients to hydrate skin and relieve itching. The fragrance-and paraben-free cream is safe to use on babies aged three months and older. Fans love the easy-to-use pump.

I can’t seem to find any info on what MG217 actually stands for, but that’s less important than the fact that this baby eczema cream has earned almost 800 five-star reviews. It’s also received the National Eczema Association Seal of Acceptance. The hypoallergenic cream is fragrance-free, steroid-free, and paraben-free. Ingredients like colloidal oatmeal, avocado oil, and shea butter moisturize your baby’s skin and relieve skin irritation and itching without any stinging.