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Baby Eczema Uk

my 3 month old son has eczema and i have Aveeno cream for this however can anyone recommend a washing powder?

i am doing other things to help, i.e. not bathing him too much, keeping the skin moisturised, keeping his fingernails short and putting mittens on. i have just started using the aveeno yesterday. he is also a breastfed baby which i will continue until he's 1 years old. i wash his clothes with Fairy non-bio, but is there a better/purer washing powder i could be using? i've not seen any so i need some advice please. also i live in the uk so ideas of where to get any suggested items from would be great.
thanks guys, will pop into sainsburys and marks' today.

Marks and Spencers has recently had some non-fragranced, non bio, hypo-allergenic washing liquid and powder in (as well as washing up liquid) but, with Xmas, that whole section seems to have shrunk.

Otherwise, Surcare from Sainsbury's.

Liquid Paraffin (mineral Oil) Allergy

Symptoms of a reaction to Mineral Oils: 

• Watery spots develop under skin on hands or feet (for me).
• The area becomes puffy, hot and itchy.
• Three days later skin will become dry and start to flake.
• New skin is revealed as the area recovers.

Cause:

• Using products that contain Liquid Paraffin (mineral oil).  Such as shampoos, soaps, moisterizers, shaving foam, wax furniture polish, and ironically creams used to treat eczema.

What the doctor gave me:

• The doctors never new what was causing the reaction, they took a skin sample (of the dry skin not the watery spots) and the results said there was nothing wrong with me.  A specialist later said it may be caused by stress.  I was 11 at the time so this seemed odd.  They gave me creams that made the problem worse (because they contain Liquid Paraffin) but being a child at the time I hadn't any knowledge of mineral oils and allergies.

• I eventually solved the problem myself when I used baby oil and had the same rash.  I read the ingredients on the back and realised it only had ''water'' and ''liquid parafinum'' (Liquid Paraffin).  Since there are only two ingredients this hugely helped to discover what was causing my reaction.

Cure: 

• Don't use products containing Liquid Paraffin, Paraffinum Liquidum, Mineral Oil, Parfum, Petrochemicals.

• Replace those products with Organic alternatives.  I use products from the UK company ''Green People''.  There website can be found here:  http://www.greenpeople.co.uk/

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