cotton clothing for baby with eczema- advice pls

[lovecamping]

my baby has eczema, does all his clothes need to be cotton? i'm trying to get a snowsuit and most are either polyester or cotton-mix.

what are your thoughts? thank u

[Pickie]

I found that washing everything at 60C helped the bestt and plain cotton not terry cotton

[Anna8888]

Yes, wash hot and do a double rinse ie put the clothes through an extra rinse cycle after the full wash programme. That gets all the detergent out and detergent is a big irritant.

And massage your baby with body lotion every day.

[barking]

you can get special eczema tights on prescription from the docs - not sure about tops.
have you got scratch mitts?
aveeno is very good for eczema - lots of recommendations for it on here

[JackieNo]

I think the op is asking whether it would be OK to buy a snowsuit that isn't 100% cotton - is that right? Would 100% cotton layers next to the skin mean that it would be OK to have a polyester/mix snowsuit?

[Roseylea]

THe thing about cotton is thast it's breathable whereas polyester isn't, so cotton helps regulate tempreature. Which can be v. important for children with sore eczema.

If you can afford it, I'd recommend this compnay - cotton comfort

[Roseylea]

Sorry, just read JackieNo's post - yes, a snowsuit that is not 100% cotton would almost certainly be fine as long as the clothes neasrest the skin are 100% cotton (just IMHO, of course).

[lovecamping]

thank you JackieNo - thats exactly what i'm asking.

[ska]

i haven't read all this as i am just off to bed but my dd has severe eczema and we found the only way was 100% cotton so it can be washed at 60 deg. it's apin but she really suffers when i give in to trendy clothes that aren't. try second hand if you find its too expensive. i have lots of tips if you are interesetd - my dd was really severe and we had lots of hospital trips which i'd love others to be able to avoid

[lovecamping]

thank you ska.

how do you manage to squeeze in all the creaming and then waiting 30mins before you can put the steriod cream on?

ds has 2 sisters who love bathing with him - had to stop that now and its a real pain.

i'm just coming to terms with it all really - the creaming, separate bathing, constant checking of labels and the loss of a lovely sheepskin footmuff - it seems to irrate his skin.

i'm also trying to keep a diary of his eczema so that i learn to what conditions make it worse and what helps.

have just spent a fortune on clothing, bath, cotton footmuff and snowwuit.

[ska]

hi lovecamping. The time it takes does seem to get less as you get more practiced. At one stage we were doing her 4 times a day and i had to go to preschool to do it there! We struggled with the expense of the all in one sleepsuits etc (used cotton comfort I think they are called). She also had to bath separately from siblings which was a real loss but we did it so big bro and sis bathed her (with me hovering). and that was lovely too. btw, our dematologist said put steroid ointment (never cream) first and then gloop immediately after. Gloop within 3 mins of getting out of the bath and patting dry. nowadays she can gloop herself (is 8 now) and have it down to about 2 x a month unless she is ill (like now) when we up it to prevent flareups. she always flares up when upset/ill/under the weather and whenever the weather changes, eg spring to summer, summer to autumn. sometimes seawater swims help and other times it makes her scream!
also, if you use lots of 50/50 parafin stuff (gloop) then you need to clean your washing machine at least once a week to preven the rubber seals from perishing. once a week wash it through empty but with washing powder at 90deg (or the very hottest you can). We replaced our door seal with a special non perishable (bosch make one) and good housekeeping institute tracked this down for me. Otherwsie my repair man used to come about once a month to repair/replace rubber parts and it costs a fortune. we were literally changing our washing machine every 6 months and then found out about this (and the manufacturers wouldn't guarantee them because we sued it 'outside of the normal range', ie gloop)!! good luck, it does get easier. i look at pictures from 4 years ago and can hardly believe it is the same girl now.

[dippa]

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[alexandre]

DD had eczema too from 2 weeks. The clothes didn't matter too much but the creams and later on the diet did. She grew out of it at about 1 and a half but only after we literally smothered her in cream whenever possible and reduced her baths to one every 2 or 3 days. When she doesn't eat lots of fruit and vegetables now it has a tendency to return so a good diet is critical with DD.

[Tricey]

Hi - See how your child reacts to the snowsuit. We tend to be bothered by any polyester in clothing, particularly if it touches the skin, and sometimes even if it doesn't. We can sometimes get away with it being a filler inside two sewn layers (i.e. like a jacket with cotton on outside and cotton liner with polyester filling). It has to do with the breathability (sp?) of the poly. We don't have a snowsuit; we layer. Overheating (and sweating) can aggravate eczema, so we find it's useful to be able to remove or add layers when necessary and not just be in one big suit. HTH. : )