Sep
05
2010
what products to use on a Baby with Eczema?
Posted by: Alan in eczema treatment, tags: Baby, Eczema, Products
i just found out my 3month baby has eczema. The docter told me not to use dreft detergent or basically anything scented. for those who have infants with eczema what bath and body products do you use on your baby?
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September 5th, 2010 at 1:08 am
I use Aveeno Body wash and Aveeno Lotion (from their baby line) and it works great. Hydrocortizone is great for the dry patches too, and Eucerin. I wash her clothes in All free and clear detergent.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:02 am
i use a very special product from Mexico called El Oso
September 5th, 2010 at 2:35 am
True Aveno is the best… like the lady said but it is also gentle on the skin to avoid reactions.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:41 am
choose any non-scented, hypo-allergenic detergent. I use the Earth brand.
insteand of using fabric softener, put white vinegar in the fabric softener compartment. it won’t smell, it cleans your clothes and your washing machine of any remaining detergent at the end of the wash.
September 5th, 2010 at 3:33 am
Try the averno eczema care line.it’s actually a whole care line for infants with eczema. They work the best.try hydocortizone as a cream to stop the itching. Try mostly the averno but you can try the Johnson line. Talk to your babies dermatologist and he will better explain, but I would use the averno because that is what I use and it works!
September 5th, 2010 at 4:11 am
Cetaphill (sp?) and Aveeno
September 5th, 2010 at 5:00 am
I washed her clothes separate from the rest of the family for the first year. Dreft was great, but too expensive for all the loads. A dye free, scent free might work. No fabric softener.
Only bathe her when she is dirty. You can cleanse her skin with Cetaphil cleanser between baths and only wash the really dirty parts with soap and water.
Run a humidifier or vaporizer in her room and the other room she spends the most time in (kitchen or living-room).
Use a thick moisturizer like Eucerine.
Make sure you record any new foods you intoduce on a paper and use the method of outlined by your doctor or baby book. Some excema is food allergy related, but I doubt that since she’s probably not having anything but breast milk or formula right now.
It’s winter and hopefully you will see improvement when rainy spring comes.
September 5th, 2010 at 5:56 am
The way we cured our baby’s eczema was to stop bathing her. Now we just do spot checks (behind ears, between fingers and toes, armpits) with a cloth and water mixed with a little Dr. Bronner’s soap. Babies really don’t need soap, according to my pediatrician and my midwife, mother of 10 children.
If you’re going to use a soap, I really suggest Dr. Bronner’s soap in liquid form. The unscented soap comes in a bottle with a baby blue label. It is fragrance-free and lather-free. Many people do not realize how harmful lathering agents are to a baby’s skin. Aveeno has many chemicals and lathering agents- turn the bottle around and see if you can pronounce all those ingredients!
After two weeks of sponge bathing our daughter with Dr. Bronner’s, her rashes went away and her cradle cap reduced and is still fading.
Please don’t put silly chemicals on your baby’s precious skin!
PS Dr. Bronner’s soap may seem expensive at almost a dollar an ounce, but it’s totally worth it. I bought the 16oz of the almond oil soap (or is it 18oz?) for myself and it lasted me a year!
September 5th, 2010 at 6:19 am
I found with my babies there really wasn’t any major need to use soaps etc.. all of the flash ‘baby soaps’ are really a marketing ploy. I washed my babies in water!! they didn’t smell! ezcema babies don’t need to be washed daily, you can just do a ‘top and tail’ (use a cloth to wash face etc, and neck creases, and then another for bottom!
I used cotton clothing as it prevents baby from getting too hot (which can flare up ezcema)
I found the Peke Moe really good to stop baby scratching at his face (this sleep sack covers their hands too) http://www.pekemoe.co.nz
and if possible you are breastfeeding, it could be worth looking at your diet to see if baby has an allergy to something, or something in the home 9e.g. pets etc to work on ‘why’ the ezcema is happening.
all the best!