Baby eczema?

[xxkimmy8xx]

Anybody dealing with it?  I'm nervous he won't outgrow it.  Any good ways to get rid of it?

[sunshineshades]

Coconut oil for now I think.
He's probably too young for much right now.
When he's a little older cetaphil makes a good lotion and body wash we use. It's safe from 3 months I believe.
Keeping well moisturized.
Dd1 is 3 and her skin is better this year than previous years. Winter is rough with the dry air. We only bathe her twice a week in the winter.

[jewel441]

LO has/had such bad cradle cap I actually took her into the doc for it at like 6 weeks bc I didn't know what it was, it was all over her face and a little on her chest and neck. I thought it might be eczema or a rash, but it was actually cradle cap apparently... It's so much better now, mostly contained to her scalp and eyebrows now.

We use aquafor on her face and occasionally triple cream, which I got like a bajillion free samples of, both would be good for baby eczema too. Our doc also said olive oil or coconut oil is good to put on. We actually have been putting olive oil on her scalp and gently scrubbing it with a wash cloth every bath time before I wash her hair.

[sunshineshades]

There is also baby acne. E has it in a few places on her face and torso.

[cinnamonsmiles]

With DS, I was part of a scientific study on probiotic transfer through breastmilk. The one significant thing that stood out from the study was that moms who did not take probiotics while BF were more likely to have babies with eczema. So we do the probiotics here and we've never had issues.
Although that might not always be the case, it was for this particular study.
I would think if you're not BFing that using the infant probiotics would help maybe?

[xxkimmy8xx]

May 20, 2016 21:38:53 GMT -5 cinnamonsmiles said:

With DS, I was part of a scientific study on probiotic transfer through breastmilk. The one significant thing that stood out from the study was that moms who did not take probiotics while BF were more likely to have babies with eczema. So we do the probiotics here and we've never had issues.
Although that might not always be the case, it was for this particular study.
I would think if you're not BFing that using the infant probiotics would help maybe?

Good tip, thank you! I asked Pedi's office about probiotics, and the NP seemed like she wasn't asked that question often. She was like.. I dont know about the dose... you'd have to come in. Sooo I'm going to wait for E's 2 month apt in 2 weeks.