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LO had baby acne on her face up to about a month to 6 weeks of age and it looked like little whiteheads (or close to that)...Bumpy little pimples. Later on, she developed eczema, which looks like very dry, flaky, red, raw skin.

Eczema is more red and raw looking like pp's have said. Another thing to consider is a food allergy. I thought DD had baby acne but she was actually allergic to milk proteins.

@Clementine: for eczema can it be anywhere? Or are there common spots? My LO is about 4 months and he started to develop the red spots described in this post along with dry spots (neck and chest). DH has really bad eczema which has also been flairing up with the heat!

@Clementine: oh okay thanks! Any product from the cetaphil line? I've tried lotioning his neck...I guess I have to give it some time. My LO started to grab at his neckline today...poor thing is probably itchy.

@enjollah: Well, I've only tried the lotion and face wash from cetaphil and both have been mild and good for our baby's eczema. If your baby's eczema is really bad, my Ped suggested trying to calm it down by using Cortizone (1/%) cream 2x a day for 5 days then take a week break.

We actually do it 1x a day for like 2 days, and it clears up the eczema flare up right away. After that we just keep putting on lotion or sometimes I like using Aquaphor on particularly bad flare up spots.

We bath him every other day since he's always slathered in lotion, but the key for us is lukewarm bath water (not HOT and not WARM) because it can dry his skin out.

Best soap that my ped recommended is DOVE bar soap sensitive version, but again we just dilute his bath water with it.

I hope this helps!