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4-Month Old with Eczema

My 4 month-old little boy has really bad eczema (or at least I think that's what it is). It's a red rash (blanches) on his armpits, elbows, feet, and now spreading to stomach a bit. He doesn't have a fever, eating/sleeping well, and is great otherwise. Any ideas for treatment? Thanks!

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I used Aveeno Baby on my son because he has had since he was born. Works wonderfully. A little higher than normal baby washs and shampoos but worth the money.

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My so Caleb has eczema. He is 16 now and has had it ever since he was a baby. We have tried utter cream, blah, blah, blah...you name it. The one thing that ALWAYAS works for us is Mary Kay night cream. I don't know why, but it works! You don't need much. My son would go to his dad's for two weeks, come home with dry,cracked and bleeding spots on his skin and I would put alittle children's hydro-cortozone cream on it (to help with iritation) and then the night cream. There was a noticable difference in the morning and w/i 2 to 3 days - all better!

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Ask your doctor about Acid Mantle. This worked WONDERS for my daughter when she was an infant. It cleared it up in a few days when nothing else I tried worked. She is now 18 months, and I use it occasionally on a maintenance basis.

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My son got exzema around the same time. It started around his belly and spread everywhere but his face. We used vaseline instead of lotion (still do), dreft detergent and no fabric softener, and Dove Sensitive bar soap to get it under control. We saw a pediatric derm. who prescribed us some stronger hydrocortisone ointment for his body and had us use over the counter hydrocortisone ointment for his diaper area. (make sure it's ointment and not cream, the cream is drying) It's been 9 months now and it is under control and I haven't used the ointments in a long while. I still do the preventative steps though. Good luck!

My 3 yr old has eczema since he was one. We use Avenno body wash and lotion and it works very well. When he has a break out-give him a bath and immediatley apply a genorous amount of lotion, then continue to apply lotion every couple of hours. It will go away after a couple of days then continue the proscess for a couple of days after the rash has cleared up. Don't forget behind the knees, behind ears, and in the creases between the cute little fat rolls. I hope this helps, we tried every kind of lotion out there and spent hundereds of dollars on lotions and soaps. Also wash all of the baby clothes and bedding with dreft or ALL free. It works just as well and is cheaper. Good luck, I hope he feels better soon.

My son is 41/2 months old and also has eczema. I asked his ped about treating him with hydrocortizone (sp) and aquaphor. The ped said that is exactly how she would treat it. She also said that a 5 minute bath is also helpful on a daily basis. Any more than 5 minutes and it makes the problem worse. The trick is to get the aquaphor on within 3 minutes of taking him out of the bath. We have been doing this every night for the past month and it has worked wonders. Good luck.

My daughter has also battled Eczema off and on since she was an infant. "Aquaphor" jell/cream is a great solution. Also, at that age, if you are bathing your boy every day, you should stop doing that, as the dryness irritates the eczema. Try bathing every couple of days. Nice wash cloth baths are fine for awhile. Another thing would be to check the laundry detergent you are using. You will want to make sure you are using a hypoallergenic laundry detergent on all his clothes, blankets, sheets, towels, etc. These new "ultra concentrated" detergents that are out now are big irritants to sensitive skin. If nothing works after trying all of these things, you will want to get a steroid cream from the pediatrician. You get a huge tube that lasts a long time - and it clears up the flareups within a couple of days. My daughter is now almost 4 years old and I am going to try an allergist as well in May, just to make sure there isn't something else she is around that is an irritant... Might consider that option too, as often an allergy to something will cause an eczema flare up. Good luck!

Have you ever tried Arbonne baby products? Their baby line supposedly is great for children with sensitive skin.

My 2 1/2 year old has suffered with eczema from a very early age also. We use eucerin CREAM every night after bath and/or before bed and he hasn't had any rashes in a really long time! :)

I know doctor trips are a pain but my little guy's eczema got so bad his skin started peeling. Our ped gave us a prescription for 2.5%(i think that's the strength)hydrocortisone ointment. It worked great!

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