Baby's eczema

My eldest grandson developed eczema when daughter stopped breast feeding him Doctor gave cream but nothing helped. I said change to soy milk fomula. Eczema cleared up

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Would your daughter consider consulting a homeopath? It can be very effective, very quick and doesn't use nasty chemicals.

I've seen a post on FB (not an advert) regarding a Lush product. Photos showed it cleared babies exzema up wit in a few weeks

My 2 grandsons had the same problem but have now grown out of it their doctor gave them cream and bath lotion my daughter found e45 was really good for bath and cream and still has it in just incase she sees any signs of a flare up hope this helps

Eczema

Final post about the baby’s skin, most of you saw he was a hot mess last month with the eczema he’d had since birth.... nothing we were prescribed worked, even hydrocortisone cream didn’t touch it.
Tried dairy free formula, Dermol, Nizarol, Aveeno, Oilatum.... nothing made a difference. He didn’t sleep for 4 months because he scratched non stop all night. After a shout out we were recommended Dream Cream by Lush and gave it a go; it’s transformed his skin and he’s now completely and utterly eczema free. For anyone else having a hard time, it’s done the job for us ?

Another vote for the Child’s Farm range here. My niece’s eczema was greatly improved, and my friend’s disappeared completely.

My granddaughter had exzema and I bought some Childs Farm body wash to put in the bath and moisturiser. It did clear it up but it wasn't anywhere near as bad as you describe your granddaughter. Maybe worth a try.

With regard to oats ( as some people have already mentioned )
Get an old pop sock fill it with traditional oats and knot it . Put it in the babies bath and swill about ( it would be better if done hot, then cooled before baby) goes in, if baby is happy for long baths, let them in there for an good while. If you Google it, forgotten recommend.

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icanhandthemback such triggers are not supposed to pass through into breast milk but I also am convinced that they do. My breast fed child was extremely fretful and suffered with severe colic until she was put on to formula milk. We found out years later that she is coeliac so I believe that gluten did pass through into the milk.
If only I had known back in those days, I could have cut gluten out of my diet.

The same may be true for mothers eating dairy products who have a milk protein intolerant baby.

I'm afraid you probably just have to cross your fingers until the eczema clears up on its own. A lot of ointments just seem to make it worse, even when they are prescribed by a doctor.

An old-fashioned treatment for nappy rash, was to boil small pieces of a gauze bandage in clear water, then apply the gauze when it was completely cold to the badly affected parts .

I have no idea whether this would work for eczema, but it cannot do any harm to try it.

DD's eczema has erupted again and she remarked yesterday that it's always worse in the winter- could that be lack of Vitamin D I wonder?

Not DD, DGD's.

Could your granddaughter have a milk allergy? However I really think the poor little soul should be referred to a specialist. If it goes on like this she may end up with scarring.

check out the NES - National Eczema Society - if you have not already done so. Lots of support and advice from professionals and other eczema sufferers.

Check your water. Although my daughter lives in Australia, both her 3 year old & 2 month old are allergic to the town water, as they have just moved & are using their own rainwater they are fine once again. When the water runs low they have to get the town water delivered & obviously it starts over again. It just goes to show that anything can cause it, even innocent water! Hopefully all will soon sorted.

My best friend suffers from severe eczema and she has been seeing a Professor Harwood at the London Hospital and has huge respect for her as she has been very helpful in managing it.

Centraban cream but reall it sounds like she needs an urgent referral to paeds/ eczema specialist nurse . V hard on mummy and child ....... no fabric conditioner , cotton against the skin, oatmeal in the bath and cream her up at least 4 x per day . Also wash her down well if she gets chlorine on the skin . Good luck but most of all insist on a referral !!!

Dianehillbilly a good point.

I've used rainwater when we've been in Australia but our town water back here smells very strongly of chlorine.
Come to think of it, my skin itches far more here than there, (unless I get mozzie bites).

My granddaughter is 10 months old, and has dreadful eczema too. Hers is food related. She has allergies to milk, dairy, eggs, nuts, peas, nuts , soya and anything grown in a pod oh and strawberries ! She had skin tests at 6 months. At this point it was being caused via breast feeding, so my daughter has had to completely change her diet and obviously granddaughter now she is eating. She is seen at allergy clinic by dieticians and finally the dermatology department on 28th jan. maybe keep a record of what she eats.

Know a wee boy who was the same. He grew to be covered in it and the whole family had years of sleepless nights with the horrible condition preventing the boy from having any comfort. At times he looked as if he was on fire, skin looked raw. Saw numerous experts with no decent outcome. By the time he was 6 desperation set in and the family consulted a chinese medicine practitioner. Didn't recognise him next time I saw him, totally cleared and what a difference in his personality. Cost quite a bit but family felt definitely worth it. Do hope your DGS doesn't develop quite such a serious condition though.

A second vote for Dream Cream (one of the few things I'm not allergic to). I must take the pot back and get some more soon. My GP said to always get some out with a plastic spoon. Never dip your fingers in the pot (or bacteria can grow in there)!

Every sympathy! Your poor little granddaughter! I have had eczema since infancy (when my mother weaned me from breast to mixed diet & cow's milk). It has flared up from time to time, but I'm not too badly affected. One of my daughters had it in infancy, but grew out of it and is fine (now 40). One thing I would caution against is using Chinese traditional skin remedies, which someone mentioned. A study of them a few years ago showed that many of the preparations contained powerful steroids and some contained toxic chemicals, such as lead. You don't know what you are getting! Have you looked at NHS Choices?