how would you deal with this?

[Mioo]

Actually, I don't know where to star....

My DS is 2 and has eczema, he keeps scraching himself day and night, very often he can't sleep, because his scraching, in the last couple of weeks he keeps waking up in the middle of the nigth and He go back to sleep just if you sleep with him, also this week he's not eating almost anything, not even fruit (he loves fruit) and he's having tantrums almost every 10 min. (the whole day!).

I feel desesperate, I don't know what to do I feel such a bad mother, that I let him down, also I feel useless because I can't find the solution.

If you search the archives there are loads of practical ways you can lessen the itching (sorry I can never do links).

One I used was porridge oats in the bath which seemed to calm to the itching.

Being hot during the night can also excacerbate the itching so you need to try and keep him cool.

Has it got worse recently, if so you should go back to your GP and ask him for something stronger.

If you havent had one already, try and get a referral to your local eczema clinic, the nurses there seem to know every trick in the book and had my dd sorted within a couple of weeks after I had no success for months.

The tantrums and lack of eating are probably just down to him being overtired so I would worry about them as a separate issue iykwim.

Can you put hydrocortisoine cream (how do you spell that???) on a 2 year old? MY DS had eczema behind his knees and that stuff cleared it within days.

He's tired, so not eating and chucking wobblies.

He might also be brewing a virus/bug - both mine were horrid for a couple of days before a tummy upset, cold or ear infection started.

Sorry, post should have read "I wouldn't worry about them.."

We have been seeing a paedatrician for over 1 year, but we still haven't been able to get an appointment with the ezcema nurse!!

sometimes his eczema is moderate but other times it's very bad, ritght now is moderate and he can't stay in the potty for more than few minutes without scrachg himself bad.

He use hydrocortisone, steroid creams, anti-histamine and other moisturising creams but none of them seem to help very much.

I ended up taking dd to A&E when her eczema became infected and GP wouldnt see her (long story but he wouldnt give us an appointment as apparently "its only eczema" despite me telling him her wounds were oozing puss) - that's how I got my referral.

If your GP isnt being sympathetic enough to offer you a referral then you need to start getting a bit stroppy. I do understand that its not a life-threatening condition but sometimes I think that GP's can forget how distressing it actually is (maybe because they deal with other more serious illnesses on a daily basis).

The porridge thing sounds a bit daft but it really does work. You put porridge oats in a sock and then hold it under the tap so his bathwater runs through it.

Olive oil can work wonders.

Are you using non-allergenic washing powder?

I could only dress dd in cotton (wool or anything else would cause a flare up). I know you can buy special pj's for children with really bad eczema.

Thanks I'll try the porridge today.
We use fairy non allergenic washing power.

My chemist recommended a cream called something like Avene-e (it is in my DS's room and he is asleep - sorry!). It is in a white and pale green tube and made of wheat germ etc. It is so good at clearing eczema that it is about to be put on prescription. Have a chat with your chemist and I will confirm the name later