Eczema & Children's Suncream

[Babieseverywhere]

DS has been diagnosed with eczema as a baby, by the GP.

We avoid soap and any creams and up to now he has only had a mild reactions.

But after I applied Boots own children sun cream he has very bad red sore angry looking skin.

Any recommendations on suitable alternative sun creams, I'm going to get him to the doctors next week and see what they say.

Forgot to mention DS is now 20 months old.

Good question, my ds is also the same age and has eczema. Last year I just didn't use any cream at all now.

Do you know what causes your ds's eczema? We are still not 100% sure of what ds reacts to; since last wednesday he has had a very nasty itchy allergic rash with eczema that is still not going despite all the anti histamines the doctor has given us.

DH has very bad Eczema and was tested as a child and turned out to be mildly allergic to nearly everything he was tested against.

So we have no idea where to begin with DS.

DS definitely reacts to tomato based sauces but not fresh tomatoes, any type of soap, ice cream and fresh cream (reacts like clockwork every grandparent visit)

But to date the rashes goes away after a day or so, to be honest we don't avoid any of the above apart from soap.

It's so complicated trying to work out what they are allergic to. Cow's milk protein is a common allergen for babies but ds can drink that now with no problem.

Like your ds with the tomatoes, my ds reacted to fresh strawberries but has no problem with strawberry jam, yoghurt or sweets.

Yes, I guessed it was partly triggered by cow milk protein (cream/icecream), luckily he is still breastfed and I only ring soy milk so he doesn't get much in his system.

Touch wood DS isn't very bad at all at the moment, not like DH who suffers badly a lot of the time.

Using Oilatum in the bath is working to reduce his post bath reaction. I had been just bathing him rarely, in water only and only using shampoo on his hair but now he is bigger and more apt to eat dirt I need to use something to actually clean him and this Oilatum seems to be working (too expensive mind)

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DD reacts badly to Nivea and Boots sun cream but is fine with either Eucerin or Ladival. I am not sure if you can get them in UK, but you can certainly order them online from Germany. There are sure to be creams in UK that are similar.

OMG... you just reminded me, I am so stupid!

DS has an awful reaction to suncreme last year, it was only banana boat he was OK with... I've just bought £20 worth of soltan!! stupid me!!!

I have used Dr Hauschke baby sunscreen on my two, any other sun creams bring them out in a huge rash. It's pretty pricey but very gloopy so a little goes a long way.

Smells like lemon meringue too!

I use Sunsense on DS, who is 5. If he is only 20 months then you might be able to avoid having to use much sunscreen if you have a full sunshade on the pushchair (like a Shade-a-babe) and big sun hat. Then you would only need to apply it if he's actually playing in the sun rather than everytime you go out.

My DS's eczema seems to be triggered by external things, rather than anything he eats. I use Aveeno oil in his bath and Aveeno cream to keep his skin moisturised. Aveeno do a sunscreen, but for some reason DS reacts to that now (although he was fine with it for a few months). The biggest difference for him was when I changed washing powder to Filetti and stopped using fabric conditioner.

Right, I have a list of possibilities thanks to this thread, off to check out prices.

Mme Lindt, eucerin is good to know, I can get that in belgium.

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Eucerin is great, we use it for DD when she has flare up, the other creams in the series are fantastic too. DD has pretty much grown out of her skin problems but still reacts to certain sun creams.

I think that the other one Ladival was a bit easier to use, came in a spray bottle. Not sure if that is available in Belgium or UK.

Before you buy a whole bottle, ask the pharmacist or email the company if they can send you a tester. Most companies who specialise in allergy creams will do this and it saves you spending money on creams that you cannot use.

that's a very good tip, thanks!

BE I have asked my friend whose dd has awful eczema and she uses banana boat, which someone has mentioned above already

oddly enough i have some, i bought it for dd2 the other day from Home Bargains for not very much

I'll pop it in the post to you

{{{Tigerfeet}}} Bless you

My 3 year old son has the same problem. I tried different suncreams on him, but all brought him out in a very bad rash.
Then I bought him some organic children's suncream from greenpeople.co.uk and it's fantastic, he has no bad reaction to it whatsoever. I would definately recommend it.

Green people's was specially developed for eczema sufferers. My two ds don't have eczema but we use Badger suncream because it is totally natural:

Active Ingredient: Micronized Zinc Oxide 20.5%

Other Ingredients: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Golden Yellow Beeswax, Jojoba Oil, Cocoa Butter, Wild African Shea Butter, CO2 Extract of Seabuckthorn Berry, and Essential Oils of Lavender, Moroccan Blue Tansy, Ylang Ylang, Lime & *Sweet Orange.

We've used it for 3 summers now and I love it. It smells lovely too!

Green people children's sun protection here too...though allow some time to rub it in!

My only other eczema advice (not sun related)to share is to fill a sock/popsock/muslin with porridge oats and pop it in the bath while the bath is running. Makes the water 'milky' and ALWAYS calms a flare up for my DS.

Another good one is E45 suncream, soothes and protects from the sun. Goes on very thickly though, they can look a little ghostly at first, but it does mean it lasts a long time before having to reapply which is reassuring when dcs are at school.

Unfortunatly E45 sunscream has been discontinued.
I have been looking for an alternative and searching on line have found the following suggestions:
Delph®
SpectraBan®
Sunsense® Ultra
Uvistat®