Northern California Babies
Any kids w/ mysterious rashes?
I just took A in for allergy testing this morning, as she s'times gets a random rash... mostly on her face, but also on her stomach, arms, legs, etc. Early on DH & I diagnosed her as allergic to Oats... had consistent break-outs when given oatmeal or when I stupidly put Aveeno sunscreen on her. But she also gets the rash at other times once in awhile when NO oats are in her system. Anyway- allergy testing showed NO allergies!!!!! YAAAY! (Not even to oats!)! But- now what?! We got a referral to a dermatologist, but wtf?!?! What could cause this? Any experiences?
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Re: Any kids w/ mysterious rashes?
That sounds a lot like Will's eczema (sp?). He gets it everywhere, but in particular on his tummy, and arms and legs on the insides of the joints.
We've seen a pediatric dermatologist a number of times and tried all kinds of creams. What is finally working is a couple times a week we put a tiny bit of bleach in their bath (it's ok for Sam to get it too even though he's never even had a diaper rash in his life). I think it's 1/8th of a cup or something like that.
We then slather him up with Cerave lotion or Cetaphil cream on the bad spots. He's got a couple prescriptions we use for gnarly outbreaks, but since we started with the bleach, he's been almost totally rash-free.
Our derm is great if you want to come to Vallejo! We actually had babies the same day at the same hospital.
I was also going to say eczema, Peyton has had it since he was an infant.
We have a prescription strength cream we use on the bad spots, but the Cetaphil lotion and cream work really well (you can get a large size bottle at Costco).