Just to say it gets so so much better. I remember being in tears when my little one was 6 months old because her skin was awful and it seemed to coincide with weaning so I was convinced she was allergic to everything.
She’s now 1 and I honestly don’t even think about her eczema, it’s so manageable, so have hope!
What worked for us:
She does have food allergies (peanut and egg) but food allergies don’t cause eczema, so do not cut out any food without actually confirming an allergy - exposure helps prevent allergies forming.
Don’t be afraid of steroids. We sporadically used dabs of hydrocortisone and it did nothing. You have to use it consistently and taper down very gradually. We used eumovate everyday (a stronger steroid) for about a month and then tapered back down to hydrocortisone very very slowly.
We’ve since moved onto a protopic - this is good for preventing flares. We use it once a day in key areas and now don’t use steroids at all.
In the bath we use Dermol 500, try to avoid food based products because you can get allergies through skin.
Apply epaderm cream every nappy change.
use scratch sleeves for every nap and at nap, stops her clawing at her face.
I think the key things were consistent use of a steroid, her body getting used to food as we weaned and just the passage of time. At one point we couldn’t have her in the bath for longer than 2 mins because she would just claw at herself. Now long baths, short sleeves (which was unimaginable at one point) are all ok!
Hang in there.