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Any other babies with eczema?

JayleaJaylea
in February 2011 Moms

DD has eczema, but what works for her isn't working for DS.

I use free & clear everything, Cetaphil for baths, Aveeno cream or Aquaphor morning/night.

Our pedi gave us a low dose hydrocortisone for flare ups. We've only used it twice, and it knocks the rash right down, but it comes back a week later.

What are you doing? Is it working?

DD had a whole host of food allergies, but she also had a lot of symptoms - fussy, vomting, trouble gaining weight, mucus and blood in her stools. DS has nothing but the eczema.

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Re: Any other babies with eczema?

  • TheBubTheBub member

    DS had very bad eczema.  This is what the pedi derm told us.  No Aveeno anything!  Unscented Dove bar soap, L'Oreal sulfate free shampoo, and CeraVe lotion.  We also use 0.1 Triamcynalone for flare ups.  I was using California Baby sunscreen, but he started to react.  We haven't had a problem with Neutrogena Wet Spray. It has gotten better as he has gotten older. 

    We found out at age two that he had food allergies...peanuts, tree nuts, chicken, and eggs.  He never had any gastrointestinal symptoms, only the rashes.  If you FF, I would talk to the dr about changing formula.  If you BF, try cutting back on some of the common allergens.  DS's eczema got much better after we cut out chicken when he was diagnosed, but this also coincided with winter.  Spring has left him with a lot of rough skin, but none of the specific rash patches.

    Good luck.  It sucks...all of the scratching and people asking what happened to his face.


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  • Lucky_DragonflyLucky_Dragonfly member
    we used the Dove Sensitive body wash on DS as well. Cetaphil lotion and the qauphor worked for us as well as the cortaid for flair ups. Luckily he has grown out of it. I did notice that he would have a flair up in moisture spots maybe rub some cracks and folds with powder to help keep them dry.
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  • misscakes777misscakes777
    I had the hardest time controlling my sons eczema since he was born. He always had rashes and dry rough patches on his elbows and thighs, even his face, i was using baby aveeno because his ped. suggested it and it wasnt working. But then I saw that aveeno has a baby aveeno eczema lotion and i got that, and it went away within 2 days. I tried not to use it everyday cause I noticed that it would sometimes flare up if I tried to use it routinely, and so I just would go maybe 3-4 days sometimes and not put anything on it. And now he has no rashes or patches! Good luck with your little one, I hope you find something soon, I know the feeling!
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  • Andrea HarrelsonAndrea Harrelson member
    My Mother had eczema really bad and so did my 3 month old neice...There is a product called Jordan Essentials..they carry a product called a lotion bar(they have one for babys too) it is only $7.50 and it will last you for months..This stuff works it cleared up my mother's hands in 3 days and it has stayed away and same for my neice.You can use this product as much as you want daily..I bought some of the baby product for my son and I love the way it smells.you can go to www.jordanessentials.com  this is an amazing product.

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