Tell me your experiences with baby eczema... location, timing, progression, treatment, etc....
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My LO's showed up around 2 months but it was due to food intolerances. Once I started an elimination diet it went away.
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Same here my LO's eczema showed up early too but luckily I could very quickly pin-point it to citrus (in my case the OJ in the morning). Once I skipped that we had no more issues.
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Showed up on my LO around 3.5 months- pediatrician said is mild and not to worry about elimination diet. We treat with coconut oil and it really helps- is on her belly, legs, and arms. @Pumuckl: how did you pinpoint to citrus so quickly?
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Our LO1 is almost 2.5 and has had eczema starting around 2-3 months. (It gets better during warm weather. Thankfully, because he mostly scratches when his skin is uncovered.)
We have treated with hydrocortisone when there are really inflamed areas, and with aquafor for mild inflamation. At the moment, he protests everything so we mostly let it go.
Neither we nor our ped have ever been particularly concerned, so we have never tried to identify a trigger. He generally enjoys eating, and I would rather keep his love of eating going and have him suffer some itchiness than try to limit his diet to prevent the itchiness. (But, as I said, it's pretty moderate.)
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LO's started about 3 mos and was severe, at times full body. We used steroid creams to treat the worst flareups, and vanicream and aquaphor as moisturizers. It is definitely weather dependent, worst in the cold, dry months. It has improved over time as well and I would call it mild now, still use occasional prescription ointments on small patches when they pop up.
ETA: No food associations, definitely just weather related.
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DD2 had it around four weeks. It was on her face and neck. It was bad enough that it would crack and bleed.
We got a prescription for steroid cream and that cleared it up quickly but if I didn't use it every day it would be back after a couple days. She grew out of it by six months. She's 15 months now and I haven't done anything other than lotion after baths which she only gets 2-3 times per week. -
Eczema showed up between 2-3 months for both of my kids. They have food allergies, and their skin improved when I changed my diet. We lotion first thing in the morning and right before bed. Baths happen every couple of days, and we usually have one soap bath a week. With bad flair ups we use steroid cream until it improves. At 5 years old, LO still has really bad eczema. My 2 year old (with the extensive list of allergies) has better skin, and we rarely need to put steroid cream on him.
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Both kids had eczema has babies. We treat with a prescription steroid ointment. For my oldest, his eczema went away (mostly) by 18 months, although he still gets it behind his knees. My youngest is 16 months and his is still pretty bad. He had it on his belly, back, arms, legs, hands, and feet. I alternate between the prescription ointment and aquaphor every day. Unfortunately, it's actually gotten a little worse since his transition to cow's milk.
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Thanks everyone! I didn't have time to post details earlier, as I was trying to get ready for work.
LO is almost 3mo and it started last week, on day 7 of prophylactic dose of Tamiflu for me (per my PCP's and OB's recommendation. ). I stopped taking it and continued breastfeeding. The eczema has spread, progressing from little clusters of red bumps to big sections of red bump then to dry scaly patches. No apparent itch or crankiness.
No other food allergy symptoms ( we've been on the lookout for those for the past six weeks due to some green mucousy diapers that resolved.)
DH and FIL both have eczema, DH pretty bad.
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LO had/has mild eczema on her legs and upper back. Although we have an RX, we hardly ever have to use it. Switching to baths every few days vs. every day and using cooler water helped. For us, the best combo of products has been this Shea Moisture balm (not a lotion) plus CeraVe.
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DS got it around 2-3 months. It got really bad on his face before we took him to the doctor. He has us just use hydrocortisone cream on it and do a lot less baths. It cleared up on his face pretty quickly.
He still gets dry patches of skin in the winter. We put lotion on them after baths and every night if they seem to be getting worse. We occasionally use the hydrocortisone cream again too.
Eta- it never seemed to bother him either on his face. I think it bothered me more!
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Dd1 has pretty severe eczema - mostly on her upper arms, but also her face and legs. We've tried lots of different creams, the dr keeps upping the prescriptions but they smell terrible and can't be used on her face so it makes me wary using it as often as we need to (twice a day)
So far the best I've found is Skinfix - it's all natural and really pasty so it heals it quickly. It works really well if I put it on after a bath.
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Both of my kids have/had eczema. A game changer for me was applying the lotions at every diaper change. Especially with LO 2, who seems to have an even more severe case, it seems tied to dairy issues. When I clean up my diet, her eczema improves, and in the meantime, applying Cerave (in the tub) or Vanicream at every single diaper change helps.
I use hydrocortisone when I have to, but I try to avoid as it discolors my girls' skin.
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@yoursilverlining: are you referring to the chamomile and argan oil baby eczema therapy by Shea moisture?
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@Canoli: Yes - this one!
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I have pretty severe on my hands and have had it at different locations throughout my life, LO1 doesn't have it at all
LO2, has I'd say more of a mild case, but definitely less baths, I use A&D cream, then baby oil then Cetaphil (in the tub) lotion after a bath, then Cetaphil each diaper change
for me I think it's mostly about maintenance so you don't get as many flare ups
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LO has had it since about three months. We were using Aquaphor but we suspect she has a lanolin allergy, so that's out. We now use Aveeno Eczema in the morning and night and it keeps it under wraps unless we forget one time and then she gets flare ups.
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My son has had pretty bad eczema since 3-4 months old, mostly on his cheeks, chest, abdomen, and creases. It has been strongly associated with milk protein and tapes (he has chronic health issues that require lots of things taped to him), but recently I am suspecting he is also sensitive to corn. We could usually treat flares with hydrocortisone but his skin would break out badly within a couple days of not using it. Recently I found he responds really well to the Eucerin eczema cream (we have tried a lot of others) and it has cut our hydrocortisone usage down to just once every few weeks. He is 16 months now and does seem to be growing out of his eczema a little.
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