Baby Eczema - Abington,PA

J.- loved sunflowers anser below- hopefully she was able to help you for immediate releif! I was able to get rid of my allergies using healthier products for everything I use in my home, not just bath products. Laundry products were a big one for me and my family! If you want info on safer products, along with a patented lotion, 7x's more effective then Eucerin for dry skin and skin conditions, please email me, or go to my website: www.livetotalwellness.com/themillers. All products 100% guaranteed! Hope this helps as well!

Coconut oil cleared up my son's baby eczema and my older sister's eczema on her hands. We highly recommend it for several skin ailments. Good luck!

J.,
A key question is, Why does my baby have eczema? Many pediatricians won't answer or will ignore it, and just treat the symptom. This happened to my daughter, and it took nearly 3 years to get an accurate diagnosis.
Eczema is a sign of allergies. Sensitive skin runs in my family, as do food allergies. There are different kids of allergic responses; the quick kind require a shot of epinephrine, the slower kinds manifest in other ways like digestive, skin, or sinus issues.
The eczema may eventually go away, but the allergy will not. If it's a contact allergy, she will get it each time she contacts whatever it is. If it's a food or inhalant allergy, over time her body's reaction will morph from eczema into ear infections, then inhalant allergies, then asthma. (Search "march to asthma" or "atopic march"). Per the article below, anywhere from 50% to 70% of kids with eczema can later end up with asthma. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518213939...
Baby oil is a petroleum product--as in, made from oil. Also, many of the ingredients in commercial baby care products are irritants. (You can look up the safety of any product for free at www.cosmeticsdatabase.com.) I would recommend using a frangrance-free laundry detergent, and an olive oil bar soap. A little bit of almond, olive, or coconut oil as a moisturizer would be much safer than the medication. Shea butter is also very healing. You can get any of these at a health food store.
If you're nursing, your baby could be reacting to a food you're eating. Major culprits are wheat, eggs, and milk. If you're using formula, it could be an ingredient in the formula. Alimentum is considered one the gold standard for allergy concerns. If I'd had to use a formula, it would've been the only one my kids could've had.

My first child had eczema at that age also. I read Super Immunity for Kids and it changed our lives. I began squeezing a flaxseed capsule into her bottle once a day and rubbing Evening Primrose Oil onto her skin. Not only did the eczema go away completely, she NEVER gets sick (she's 2.5 now), even her pedi comments about how healthy she is. Now I do the same thing for my 6 month old who never had eczema (possibly because I prevented it??) and I'm hoping for the same healthy immune system my first has. Best of luck to you and your little one, I remember how traumatic that time was for both of us.
Here's a link for the book on Amazon...I HIGHLY recommend it....
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Definitely ask your doctor about the possibility of cortisone cream. The ones with higher concentration are by prescription only I believe. I love Aquaphor for preventing dry skin. I had eczema as a baby and I still have really dry skin. Aquaphor is like a thicker vaseline and I use it through the winter to prevent cracked fingers. Hope you find sonmething that works! :)

I used Gentle Naturals Eczema Cream and Gentle Naturals Eczema Baby Wash. I put the cream on my daughters face several times a day.

You can purchase it at Walgreens or Target.

http://www.gentlenaturals.com/conditions/eczema

Hi J.! I didn't take the time to read all of the responses but one thing that stood out to me was that you were using baby oil. Please stop using the baby oil. When I was pregnant I was told (by my pediatrician) that baby oil - despite the name - is VERY bad for babies. I'm sure you have gotten responses about allergies and having your baby tested so I won't get into that other than to say that I agree that it is most likely due to allergies and the best way to resolve it is to have the baby tested. Good luck in finding your answers. D.

My daughter had it bad all over her face. drove me nuts because her face was all rough and she didn't have the soft little baby skin. Anyway I used little palmers cocoa butter face butter and it went away.

My son had the same problem, and the dermatologist gave him a prescription for a cream that the pharmacist had to mix that was similar to Aquaphor. Aquaphor is made by Eucerin and is petroleum based instead of water-based. Good luck and hope your little one is feeling better soon!

Our family dr. Prescribed presription Strength Cortisone and said to mix it with eucerin - didn't work. Finally went to allergist. My son has allergies to milk, dogs, nuts, cats,grass, trees, pollen- you get the picture. I was nursing and eating nuts & milk. I stopped nursing since he's almost 2 Nd that was goal anyway, and the allergist said to "soak& seal" him. This means bathe him, let him play and hang out in the tub, then dry him & cover him with Cerave creme which is on the shelf near Eucerin but actually a much nice creme and not oily at all. She also prescribed something for his bad spots but we haven't even needed to use it. Cutting out the allergens and limited his milk and stopping nursing all did the trick with the soak and seal.

No over the counter stuff worked for me and my infant, actually seemed to make it worse. By the time I got him to the doctor, he said it was infected! I felt terrible, but he gave me some prescription hydrocortisone cream and an anti-bacterial for the infection and it cleared up in no time. Whenever it flares up now, I just use a bit of the cream for a couple of days and it is completely under control. I wouldn't mess around with the OTC stuff if your baby's eczema is bad--just get the hydrocortisone to get it under control and then use Eucerin as has been suggested to keep the skin happy going forward. Good luck.

Both of my babies had eczema, and the pediatrician told us to use cortizone cream and eucerin lotion. That definitely seemed to help!

My ped recommended Eucerin lotion for my sons severe eczema. When it got really bad they mixed a small amount of prescription strength cortisone into his Eucerin lotion. I would not use baby oil, the whole idea of using Eucerin is to keep chemicals off the skin and use something all natural. Also, in place of soap use Cetaphile. It is not soap so it does not dry out the skin.

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The few babies I have known with persistant eczema have gotten it due to food allergies. What are you feeding your baby, formula or breast milk? Dairy products seems to be a common allergen so if your are nursing you might consider elminating them from you diet and seeing if that helps. If you are using formula you might want to consider switching to soy or a hypoallergenic formula, but make sure you check with your doctor.

My doctor told me not to put any perfume on myself. Not to put softner on my clothes. And I was putting Eucerin Lotion on her and have since then. She is now 3 years old and it's a lot better. Also make sure that you wash baby's clothes with baby's detergent. They can also prescribe a lotion that is stronger for this. I was told not to use baby lotion because of the perfume in it. Good luck and hope baby get's better soon.