babies with eczema/dry skin issues

sdkrlm

I know I mentioned this in Candi's post but I thought I might throw this out there in a separate post.

1) Eczema can be either part of an auto immune issue - stress, foods, etc can trigger outbreaks

or 2) Eczema is just from dry skin. 

 If your baby has #1 - there are a lot of things you can do to help minimize the outbreaks - including dietary changes

 

if your baby has dry skin, many times its caused by perfumes in soaps and not lotioning them up enough.  Even though I LOVE Aveeno, it still has some perfumes in it. 

My pedi recommended using Cetaphil lotion cleanser.  It's gentle enough it doesn't have to even be rinsed off.  Followed by a SLATHERING of cetaphil lotion/cream (comes in a jug). 

This saved Avery's skin.  When it gets bad, I mix the cream w/ vaseline.

When I bathe her, (and it's way better than it was), I don't wash her hair until the VERY end, so she's not sitting in any soaps. 

Also - limit baths (if you can - we can't because Avery can manage to get FILTHY every day even on days she's inside...not sure how she does it exactly) and make sure the water is luke warm.

 

 

RachelJohnson

I second the dietary changes. My little nephew has awful eczema. It's pitiful. He has a lot of allergies. Just switching to soy milk and limiting his dairy intake has made a huge difference on his skin!

ATLinApril

We had to take DD to a pediatric derm. and she suggested using Aveeno Advanced Care cream and wash.  It is for "compromised skin" and I found it to be very hard to find.  I finally ordered a ton of it off of drugstore.com and it is working v. well for us - just thought I'd let you know what a dermatologist suggested...

smittendorff

For the eczema, have you heard of the Technical Comfort System of clothing from Halo?  It's designed to help with eczema by reducing itchiness and irritation.  For more info, go to: https://www.halosleep.com/products/results/?product_category_id=76