My oldest son who is almost 7 had has had eczema since he was about 3 months old. He had is so bad and would scratch himself all the time. It was awful. We went to the dermatologist and he went through mny different creams and ointments and liquid medications to help stop the itching. Gradually it has been better as he has gotten older and now we just use Aquaphor everyday before bed. My youngest is 9 months old and has a mild case of it also. We use a perscription lotion and aquaphor for him, even though we have a scheduled dermatologist's appointment for him. I did find that elidel and euciren cream did not work as well. What you're not supposed to do is bathe everday. It dries out the skin. It should be every few days and don't always use soap or shampoo and pat their skin dry when you take them out. Also pets mke it worse that you should keep them out of their room and keep their crib free of stuffed animals and lots of blankets. But usully it goes away with age. Good luck!
they have a prescription that works great for it Elidel it is a non steroid cream a little greasy but very worth it my daughter (9 years old) has always had it and she has a prescription from her pediatrician for it and it has worked so well she hardly has to use it (she has been using it about 4 years or so) we also use suave with oatmeal lotion when her skin is healed and starting to get dry
If it's just on the body then I use
Gentle Naturals baby eczema cream-use 1-2x a day
Gentle Naturals eczema baby wash-it's used as a soak
Aveeno baby soothing relief creamy wash-used as body wash and I've also washed my daughters hair with it
Cortaid 1% Hydrocortisone-it's a steriod my doctor told me to use 1-2x week when real bad
My doctor said I could use Aquaphor after a bath. Just blot dry and smoother it all over. We bathe at night so it really soaks in overnight
I also use just regular frag. free lotion. Just make sure your child stays lotioned up.
All natural soaps and lotions free of chemicals and artifical-preservatives have been the trick for us as well as keeping milk to a minimum and nuts out. Laudry detergents that are fragrance and chemical and artifical preservative free. We use all the baby line from Daisy Blue Naturals. I am also now a consultant for the discount. Our dr. diagnosed eczema at 3 months and then suggeted cortizone and eiledel (elidel was also later blacklabled by FDA as not safe for children under 2 cancer causing) we found the relief we were looking for going the all natural skincare route and we feel really good about our decision. Its now very undercontrol and she's 2 1/2 no presrciptions or flareups for over a year. Daisy Blue offers a 60 day money back guarentee....let me know if you want more detail. I have posted n his before and several others have found simular releif.
my 11 mo old had eczema so bad he was given a steroid cream my husband and I where no ok with giving him steroids so we talked to a friend of ours and where told to give 1/2 of an avocado per day and after each bath to massage in olive oil this has worked wonderful and have not had to use anything else....I hope if you try this it works as well as it did for us....good luck!
Have you seen a doctor about the eczema? My daughter developed the same thing when she was about the same age, and it turned out she had food allergies. They can test with a blood test to find out for sure. Depending if you baby does have food allergies will determine if changing formula will help. They can also give you a perscription cream that will help with the itching. Hydracortozone also helps, but you don't want to use it long term. If your baby does have food allergies I have a lot of good info on that topic, having been through it. My daughter is now 3 1/2. she still has her food allergies, but now she rarely ever gets eczema because we know what causes it and can avoid it. She ended up being allergic to wheat (which is the allergy that causes her eczema), eggs, nuts & fish (which have a different reaction for her). For her we noticed the eczema show up shortly after we stopped breast-feeding her and put her on formula. We didn't know about the wheat allergy until she was almost one... and it was probably just that there were wheat fillers added to her formula. So it could be something very simple that is causing your baby to have this reaction. I would meet with your doctor or even a pediatric allergist and request a blood test for your baby. Good luck! And please feel free to contact me if you have food allergy questions.
Christine
use Eurcin (can't spell) but it is an awesome product
My son also has eczema and here are some suggestions that his doctor gave me. Only bathe him once or twice a week at the most, increase the humidity in your house or at least in his room and make sure that you are using dreft laundry soap on his clothes. I also used 1% hydrocortisone cream 2 times a day for two weeks, and tried Gentle Naturals baby eczema cream both worked pretty good. His doctor also suggested using a lotion for sensitive or hypoallergenic skin such as Curelle, lubriderm or aquophor. If it doesn't get better you can get a prescription for a higher strength hydrocortisone cream which is what we ended up having to do. I hope this helps. Candi V
I didn't read the other responses but my three month old has eczema as well! He has it on his forehead which he is constantly scratching at! I use Aquaphor healing ointment on it! I put it on him at night before he goes to bed and put him in pajamas that fold over his hands! You will literally see the difference overnight! I swear by this stuff! It is a little pricey, but a little of it goes a long way! Good Luck!
My children had the same problem. My uncle sells watkins products and they make a red clover salve that works wonders for Eczema and it is totally all natural. you could look up watkins on google and you should be able to find it
My daughter was diagnosed with eczema when she was about 7 months old. She is 15 months old now and doing much better. She is however allergic to milk, dairy products, eggs and peanuts, so she was on soy formula and now on soy milk...but I don't think that makes a difference with the eczema. A couple things my doctor and allergist suggested were to use Lubriderm about 2-3 times a day on their skin to help keep it moist, especially right after baths when their skin is still damp. Also, limit baths to 2-3 times a week, use Dove or another gentle soap or even no soap if they're not extremely dirty, and never bubble baths or pronlonged baths, use tepid (slightly cool) water and pat the skin dry. In addition to that, use free and clear (perfume and dye free) laundry detergent (roundy's actually makes a brand which is much cheaper than name brands)and don't use fabric softner sheets; they tend to irritate the skin more. And finally, when they do have little breakout patches, use hydrocortisone ointment and it clears up within a day, I have found, and there are generic brands of that which work just find at Walgreens and Target. Hope that helps!
Please do this... it works. My little boy had severe eczema for several months and we tried EVERYTHING! Fortunately we met a doctor that knew what he was talking about. All you need to do is bathe your child with only Cetaphille (to kill the bacteria), soak in 20 minutes of luke warm water, dry quickly, then rub vaseline on their entire body immediately after. I PROMISE you this will work within a week. The skin absorbs the water and the vaseline seals it. They may have food allergies, s I recommend you get a skin test done. My little boy is severely allergic to wheat, dairy, egg, and soy. Feel free to contact me thru my website. www.SensitiveSweets.com
I have been dealing with the same thing you are… My son is almost 6 months. He started getting rashes before he was a month old and his skin became extremely dry. When he was 2 months he had real bad cradle cap as well as very dry skin and rash so the dr changed his formula to the Similac Alimentum. I sees it was almost immediate that you could see a change with his skin. Then a couple months ago his skin became really dry again and NOTHING seemed to work. I must have tried everything that you can buy online at the stores even did the all natural like castor oil which is an amazing oil, did the blending oatmeal to a powder form and putting it in the bath water I mean nothing worked. Brought him back to the Dr last week Friday and the Dr prescribed Zyrtec to give him every morning, a medicated ointment to put on 2x a day and Crisco Shortening. When he said that I was like really? Well within 3 days his skin was 10000% better. He was scratching so much that he would make his legs bleed. He hasn’t scratched his legs at all and his skin feels soft. See if your dr thinks alimentum is an option. That formula is amazing. It smells awful and is a little pricey but it is great for babies with milk allergies and babies that have a hard time breaking down the protein in milk.