Thursday, February 28, 2013

Eczema tips from Parker :)

So since Parker was a month or two old Parker has had horrible eczema! Just a few things that I have found that works for us if you have a baby with Eczema and are looking for some products to work. So as far as bathing goes Aveeno Baby fragrance free wash is what we use to give him baths, I didn't even know babies could be allergic to Johnson's baby wash but Parker was! As soon as we switched to Aveeno he seemed to do much better. We also use Aveeno sunscreen as well (and just from personal experience we learned the hard way) but you can use sunscreen on babies before 6 months Parker got sunburnt and ended up at unc burn center at about 1 month old and a skin doctor told us we could use Aveeno sunscreen just test it on a small patch of skin first and it worked fine. Cetaphil cream, not lotion, lotion wasn't strong enough but the cream really helped we put it all over him when he gets out of the bath at night and first thing in the morning and it keeps it under control. I don't recommend lubiderm lotion, doctor recommended it I bought fragrance free and it still broke him out all over. When it got really bad we had to get medicated steroid cream but we only have to use it if it gets bad. We use dreft baby detergent on his clothes and tide free and clear on our clothes we can't use any softener or anything with any type of fragrance at all! But I do use store brand free and clear dryer sheets and they work fine as well. Otherwise we try to keep the heat down in winter time and we've got him pretty under control with the Ezcema! Thank goodness it was a lot of trial and error so maybe this will help :)

2 comments:

  1. Raleigh has it pretty bad on her legs... extremely dry! I've been trying basic Johnson's lotion, but I haven't seen a difference yet. It doesn't bother her, but I don't want it to get worse. Gonna try these tips! Thanks :)

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    1. Aww poor girl! Hope it gets better its def no fun but it seems like a lot of babies get it...

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