Breastfeeding and eczema

[NoviceKnitter]

Hi there,

DD is 5 months and has developed eczema on her face. She's fully breastfed. We have a cat and a history of dry sensitve skin in the family but no allergies. I think it's been triggered by the cold weather, but the HV said

1. That it may help to cut out dairy from my diet

and

1. That it would very probably get worse when we start weaning and that I should breastfeed as long as possible. (I was planning to do this anyway and we are starting solids on Xmas Day when she will be 6 months.

Apologies for duplicate post on allergies thread but I wanted to see if you breastfeeding experts had any thoughts or advice about all this. I am of course happy to give up dairy if it will make a difference, but as it will be a pretty tall order would like to know my stuff first.

Any thoughts or advice very welcome.

Many thanks.

osteopath is a philosophy of health not just a series of techniques applied to the body. This philosophy achknowledges that in health the body should be able to automatically adapt to different demants, and maintain itself in a state of balance and harmony. The body is always doing its best to maintain a state of balance, and can recover from or dapt to many traumatic events.

I took that from the book I was given when we had our first visit.
he manipulated ds's body and head very very very gently. They can feel when things are not as they should be. Ds's tummy and digestion was always noisy and uncomfortable for him but the moment he manipulated the correct area ds (who had been pingling the fruit I had given him as a bribe during the session) started piling into himself as fast as possible.
I realise it sounds totally fantastical but I totally swear by it and my incredibly sceptical dh was surprised too.
The skin thing though was just unreal and totally unpleasant for him. We had to put socks on ds to stop him scracthing himself. The turnaround was gradual over a couple of months with both in conjunction but the change is phenomenal

DD had inherited hers from me. She was EBF until 6m, had a special diet of slowly introducing new foods until 12m she is now 15m. Nothing I have done has made any difference, I was so frustrated. We had all sorts of lotions and potions. Then we went to visit family in Ireland for a week and it all disappeared (hers and mine!)

We put this down to 2 things - 1. The water is so soft you can feel the difference in your hair after washing it. and 2. Their house is a little damp - only recently had central heating installed so the walls are still drying out iyswim.

Every Winter mine gets worse when we put the heating on so I suppose it is a combination of CH and hard water that is making it worse.

That really makes sense to me. Idon't have eczema but i do have dermatitis and in the winter getting undressed can be like a snoestorm (sorry tmi)

squimlet i am seeing a homeopath but hadn't thought about cran. ost...

did the homeopath detox your ds from his vaccinations? That seemed to help ds no end. Also you might want to try some gentle stuff on his skin try akamuti and
burts bees buttermilk lotion (I found this the best)

Hi NoviceKnitter,

Have you tried E45 cream? My DD doesn't have eczema - however, the first midwife I saw during my pregnancy told me that my baby would be sure to develop it as I have suffered with it since I was a week old and that my only chance was to reduce the severity of it by exclusively breastfeeding for six months - so I am just speaking from my own experiences.

I have tried everything over the years (and spent a fortune doing it) - but the only thing that kept it under control was to keep moisturised (applying cream at least 3-4 times at day whether it was there or not)and to try and keep my body temperature down. As moisture on the skin tend to aggravate it - hence why so many children develop it in the fold of their elbows and behind their knees.

I hope that this helps and good luck with whatever you try.