My LO is 6 months old and has moderate to severe eczema along with major problems with spit-up. His ped had always stuck to the assumption that his spit-up was just due to an immature digestive system and that he'd grow out of it. However, when the eczema started getting really bad around 3-4 months, his ped reconsidered the idea of food allergies, especially since we have no family history of eczema at all, but told me he wasn't sure and it was up to me whether or not I wanted to try out an elimination diet of some sort.

Well, as of now I have been off dairy for 6 weeks, soy for 4 weeks, and now gluten for 2 weeks. The only noticeable difference during all of that time has been that his spit-up has drastically decreased since I cut gluten. There were no changes before then, and we still have not noticed improvements in his eczema.

Considering he's now 6 months, I'm also aware the spit-up could be improving because his digestive system is actually maturing now. So, since what I've eliminated so far hasn't helped his eczema, I'm pretty sure my plan is to gradually reintroduce dairy, soy, and gluten one at a time and see what happens.

However, I'm wondering if there are others who experienced something similar, and if there were foods that caused eczema for your infant that I haven't tried eliminating yet? I don't want to start reintroducing foods too early, especially if I should be knocking out something else first, but I'm not really sure what else to do at this point. And his ped is really no help!