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BABY Eczema??? HELP?
i think my son has Eczema we go to the doctors tomorrow. I had it when i was younger. He will be 6 weeks old sat. and its all around his neck, chest, back, and its on his scalp... and tiny bumps on his arms and legs. He has been crying alot in the last 2 days. and has been really fussy. when he crys he tends to pull where the rashes are.
what can i do to soothe him and also anyone who has been through this what products work best??? (laundry soap, baby wash, shampoo etc) whatever help you can give... & please serious positive people only!!!
Thank you
I use All Free & Clear for all our family's laundry. I figure that she spends as much time snuggling on us, and in blankets, etc., that it doesn't make sense to have one detergent for her and another for everyone else. Plus, it's affordable - way cheaper than Dreft. Buy it at Sam's club for even less.
I haven't got direct personal experience with eczema (can hardly spell it!) but Burt's Bees products worked GREAT on my daughter's cradle cap (isn't that sort of similar?). I used the apricot oil and it was gone within a day. She nursed and was very gassy, so bonus, she was the Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity Baby! 
Now we use Johnson & Johnson's stuff because I like the smell. Maybe you could quit with soap altogether and just wash the baby with warm water until the eczema is under control? How dirty can a 6 week old be getting, right? It's not like he's out making mud pies in the yard just yet. Ha ha...
If you take regular quick cooking oatmeal (plain ol' Quaker Oats in a big tube - not flavored! Hahaha...) and put it in the blender (I use my Magic Bullet for this, and baby food, love the Magic Bullet! As Seen On TV!) until it's a fine powder, you can make your own oatmeal bath rather than spending gazillions of dollars on it at the store. Add a little powdered milk to soothe, some baking soda to soften the water, and you've got a gourmet bath. Run it by your doctor first, and make sure it's ok for eczema, but it worked really well on my daughter's awful, awful, awful diaper rash.
Also, I would think that you'd want to keep him cool, and in natural fabrics like cotton, until it's gone. Cotton will breathe well and help his skin cool itself better than say that baby-sized polyester leisure suit that Great Aunt Edna sent. Avoid letting him get too hot, and avoid hot baths.
One last thing - if it's winter where you are now, get a humidifier for your house, or at the very least, for the rooms where baby spends the most time. Dry skin is no fun for babies. Maybe he just has really bad dry skin?
Here's hoping that it goes away quickly. Hope some of this helps!
