My DD's eczema is getting worse... my poor angel's face and head is covered and she scratches and rubs and she's making it raw... At least it's kind of cleared up on her body and arms and only bad on her legs and face/head now. I feel so sorry for her. I keep moisturising her in aqueous and have some steroid cream the doctor gave me to use sparingly but I don't really like using the steroid cream (even sparingly) as I know it thins the skin. I bathe her in oilatum and use aqueous to wash her too.
I'm breast feeding her and her face is often worse after a feed. Am I making her eczema bad? I don't know whether to start her on formula.... anyone got any advice? Breast feeding is easy this time round (thank the lord, it hurt like hell with my DS) but I would be looking to go towards some formula feeds shortly as she is now 19 weeks and I'm planning on weaning her soon too. Just a bit nervous about whether to try her on formula/some food... really want to make her feel better and not worse.... has anyone else been in the same boat?
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Is my breast milk making my DD's eczema worse?
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mummamoo · 24/07/2006 19:33
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