[mama naturale]

I have a three year old who suffers from eczema and asthma as well as allergies to milk, tomato and egg.
I am trying to stay away from nasty stuff inc the steroid creams.
His face is quite severely affected.

I would love to hear from those who deal with childhood eczema.

 

[tullyleague]

My 13-month old boy twin has eczema. I dress him in 100% cotton, and switched from disposables to cloth. For bathing, I use oatmeal only on his body, and just the smallest amount of Aveeno Sensitive Baby on his hair. After bath, I slather him with Aveeno lotion and apply a prescription creme to the bad areas and Burt's Bees to the not-so-bad areas. The incessant drooling around teething time causes awful breakouts on his chin.

Good luck - we've managed to keep Dylan's fairly under control but it always breaks my heart when he has a breakout - it looks so uncomfortable.

 

[wendy1221]

I fyou avoid all allergens, the eczema should clear up. Do you read labels, etc? If you read labels and avoid those foods 100%, he may have other allergies you don't know about.

 

[mclisa]

Claire's face only cleared up after we found out all 16 things she's allergic to. Once that was eliminated she looks so much better.

 

[fconnolly1019]

We are trying to stay away from the steriod creams as well. my 7 month old has severe eczema all over his face. He is breast fed but is allergic to eggs and peanuts. Took almost everything out of my diet but he still looks terrible. It is so hard to find doctors who want to help find the cause. They are all so quick to pull out their RX pad. Anyone know of any support groups for parents with babies with eczema? It takes such a toll on the family.

 

[mama naturale]

It is so stressful.
I am at my wits end about my boy's eczema.
I am worried about him going to school.

 

[Rico'sAlice]

I have read several posts on here of children who's eczema went away completely after having the measles. Having trouble getting my search parameters right to find them though. I tried google and found a few things on it.

Not familiar w/ this source.
http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?Id=5552

JAMA abstract. Not a subscriber so I can't see everything.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/283/3/343

 

[fconnolly1019]

Although my child is young yet i too am worried about him going to school. Children stare at him already. It is so upsetting.

 

[zoe398]

A friend has a 3 y/o with eczema. She'a starting an elimination diet now. What are some good resources I could email her?

 

[JaneS]

Check out the long thread "The Eczema Tribe", lots of helpful info. there.

 

[Plummeting]

We got rid of DD's eczema by avoiding all things we know she's intolerant of, giving her lots and lots of probiotics and supplementing with evening primrose oil, cod liver oil, zinc and vitamin C.

 

[Wolfmeis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plummeting We got rid of DD's eczema by avoiding all things we know she's intolerant of, giving her lots and lots of probiotics and supplementing with evening primrose oil, cod liver oil, zinc and vitamin C.

: We didn't use the cod liver oil, but I didn't know about it at the time.

We used lotion too, a homemade naturopathic product containing olive oil, beeswax and things like calendula and chickweed. It worked better on their eczema than the awful steroid creams, and it felt good too. We use it to this day, even though they don't have eczema, for bites, scrapes, rashes, etc.

I know there are sources for it online from WAHMs. If you'd like the recipe to make yourself, you could PM me.

 

[mhr1406]

Eucerin calming cream works wonders for my boys excema.

 

[rreynolds]

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