Hi, my DS is 3.3years now. He was hospitalised at 18months as he got severely infected from the scratching. No one would take me seriously until he went into hospital - try this cream, try this oil. Nothing worked. His skin was so so dry. Wet wraps are good, but he would remove the wraps. I was giving him Piriton each night,just to get sleep and he would often sleep with me. This at least allowed me to keep any eye ( and ear ) on his scratching. Serious sleep deprivation until August last year.. but since then, his skin has dramatically improved. I cream him at night, apply Aveeno bath oil and very very rarely use Hydrocortisone now. The earlier they get the Ezcema in life,the more chance of growing out.
There are the odd patches, but we can manage those.. my son spent the two previous summers in cotton tights. I am looking forward to this one, .
Be positive.. speaking from experience, I have been at the low end.
I have also uses those cotton all in one suits which my DS did manage to escape from.. not supposed to. They are good, but unfortunately when you use so much cream they get rough from the constant washing. Sorry for the rambling, I feel like a skin specialist. DS also had blood tests for allegies too, nothing.