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Toddler with eczema
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Permalink Reply by Jen, Mom365 Host on -
Have you tried Cetaphil wash and lotion?
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Permalink Reply by NewbieMom2010 on -
My son also has eczema and it can be hard to find products that help. Each child reacts differently to them. We found that Cetaphil works for us. We have some creams from the doctor with steroids and antibiotics that we use when his breakouts are bad. Luckily, he is growing out of most of it. If Cetaphil doesn't work, keep trying other stuff. When you give your child a bath, make sure he/she is not in the water too long, it's not good for their skin. Use some baby oil and some eczema lotion on them when they are still wet. Make sure you are using non-scented products for the detergent, dryer sheets, etc. Also, make sure you aren't wearing anything that might irritate their skin, like perfumes, etc. Good luck! It is hard when they are so itchy and uncomfortable, but hopefully you will find something that works!
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Permalink Reply by Diana150 on -
Ask your doctor about Advantan (methylprednisolone aceponate). Worked for my son.
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Permalink Reply by CJ Simmons on
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Bathe the baby in aveeno baby wash & shampoo. Try equate brand therapeutic cream & equate brand hydrocortisone mix it together & rub on your baby. I've used this routine on all 4 of my boys to keep their eczema under control. It works!
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Permalink Reply by Heather Chapman Hall on -
Ive tried everything you can think of since my daughter has been born including coconut and olive oil! My daughter is now 21 months old and Ive JUST gotten control over it within the past 3 months after finally recieving a dermatologist referal. Everybody is different but dyes and perfumes can DEFINITELY be irritating! Excema is known as "the itch that rashes" because its actually an itch that when scratched turns into the red demon us moms are so familiar with! My products for my daughter are cerave cream in the tub, aveeno excema therapy wash, vaseline 100% petroleum jelly (ive tried off brands and the real deal is best) and for bad breakouts triamcinolone( prescription steroid ointment). My routine is a lukewarm bath every night and immediately WITHIN 2 MINUTES after bath grease my daughter down with vaseline. The petrolatum is THE BEST moisturizer and is absorbed into the skin after 60 seconds so any excess can be removed. And I treat any severe spots as needed but after I started this routine its not really necessary anymore. In the morning when I change my daughters diaper I put the cerave all over and were good for the day!:) If your child scratches at night talk to your dr about giving them a dose of benedryl before bed. It helps IMMENSLY as well because if theyre not scratching they arent rashing:) Its a terrible viscious cycle but at least its manageable! I hope I was able to help and I wish you the best!:)
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Permalink Reply by Mom of 3 great kids on
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My 5 month old has eczema the doctor said it bad for his age and said for me to use aveenno eczema therapy I've been using but for the past 4 months and saw the difference quickly. I rub it on him 2-3 times a day. Sounds like a lot but I helps keep his skin baby soft. I also use the aveenno baby wash.
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Permalink Reply by Mom of 2 on
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I have had great luck with Cetaphil Body Wash and Cetaphil Moisturizer. Bathe in a warm bath using the body wash and take out, do not dry off, put the moisturizer on with the baby still damp, this helps lock the moisture in better. Also, dont let them crawl on the floor without clothing covering their skin, this will make the irritation worse. Good Luck, dry itchy skin is terrible!!!
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Permalink Reply by babyliz on -
My youngest has the same problem. We use hypoallergenic everything. We also use only 80-100% blend cotton clothing only. Polyester is a big problem with ezcema. Also our usual routine involves: am- hydrocortisone cream if needed plus cetaphil lotion, evening- steroid cream plus cetaphil lotion. 3 times a week is a diluted beach bath. keep finger nails trimmed, also toe nails. onesies to bed, if they like to scratch. Also antihistimine liquid twice a day. have to keep on it, and it will clear up. my daughters also was irritated by a food allergy as well as outside allergens. So the combo of all of it were finally on top of it. And she only breaks out once a week, which is way better than it was before. as for baby bath aveeno ezcema friendly bath soap works best, make sure you pat dry, and apply lotion within 3-5 minutes of being out of the bath. Good luck. My daughter is 20 months now, and so thankful it's finally under control. Hoping it stays that way and she outgrows it.
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Permalink Reply by ivy'smom on
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Have you considered going gluten-free. It can be difficult at first, but this solved ALL of our (myself and my 2 girls ages 3 and 1) skin problems. Within about 6 weeks of doing this I noticed incredible improvement with the eczema and keratosis. Many people find a gluten-free diet very helpful in managing skin conditions. You should check it out.
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Permalink Reply by Jen, Mom365 Host on
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Going GF helped with keratosis? I have KP and passed it on to my son, whose is worse than mine, sadly. Mine flares with too much dairy. Never heard of GF helping, though I don't doubt it. How hard was it to get the family GF?
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Permalink Reply by ivy'smom on
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Dairy bothers us too. But as far as the GF goes, I won't lie it was super hard at first. I started about 2 yrs ago for other health reasons and found that my skin cleared almost completely in a couple months. I have never been able to get rid of the keratosis before. I looked into it and discovered that alot of people do this to control skin conditions. We all have sensitive skin with issues so when the baby had terrible eczema and nothing was helping I had the girls go GF and they were so much better (3 yr old had bad keratosis too) It was a little easier with them because I was already familiar with the foods. For me its all or nothing, but honestly with the kids its not like they have celiac they won't suffer internal damage by a slipped fishy cracker at church or a few bites of birthday cake.
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Permalink Reply by Merie Ivy Ryan on -
I never tried cetaphil or cerave mainly because it contains parabens and other ingredients I was not happy about putting on my child! We went the all natural route and used olive oil, coconut oil, and almond oil! Mind you my sons was on his back and bottom! The derm said it was bad diaper rash but when treated like a diaper rash it would get worse not better! I kept questioning that it was eczema and was told I was wrong and to stop my all natural crap! We walked out with a steroid which did nothing and went back one more time for him to say the same thing to me, we left and didn't go back! I scoured Walgreens and whole foods and came across Shea Moisture (brand) baby ointment! It's full of wonderful all natural ingredients and smells so good,no it has no added perfumes! It does contain frankincense and myrrh ( thats the good smelling stuff) which is actually used to help soothe skin conditions! We used it for about 2 weeks along with going diaper less and took a bath only every other day and it worked! Now that winter is coming his eczema is coming back, but I'm definitely going to use this stuff again! I even use it for my own eczema and its all better within two days! We still use the almond and coconut oil as an everyday moisturizer, put it on as soon as soon as you get out of shower or bath! Hope babe feels better soon! We suffered for 5 months before we found Shea Moisture! Oh it comes in a yellow tube, baby section at Walgreens about $10!
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