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Hard water for my baby

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Mum0708 · 24/05/2018 13:22

Hello, I have almost 10 month old son, he have bed eczema at least from 6 weeks old.
I am living in UK ( my child born in UK ), but originally I coming from different country. Gp has given prescriptions for my son a lot creams, bath oils, even steroids - nothing helps ( steroids was helping while using them, any bath oils - was making worse, some creams wasn't so bad for moisturizing.
So about 4 weeks ago I went to my country with my son meet my parents, and as well was going visit allergist and pediatrian. There I got checked quick test ( skrach on sckin ) allergic for some foods and another blood test - as well for foods.
Results wasn't nice - he have low level allergic to wheat, middium - peanuts and diary, high - eggs white, and really high level - yolk.
So, cause I am breast feeding him I stopped eating all this food + I cream him with just base moisturizer which was given by my allergist. Its all helps just wonderful - his sckin was so smooth and he wasn't anymore itching, like before.
But after 3 weeks I come back to UK - and in the first day when we wash him in bath - his skin got worse - now we are less then week here and he itching so beddly all legs are red and scratched 🙁
I read about its can be because water is to hard, in my country those 3 weeks we was washing him every day - just with clean water, probably at least at my parents home we have soft water, that why he was fine.
I was reading about baking soda in bath as the water softener - is anyone try that for baby? Or maybe any others suggestions - how to make hard water soft? What do you use for your baby in hard water bath?
Thank you

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BananaBlaps · 24/05/2018 18:41

I know you can get a water softener for your whole water supply but it’s expensive. Or you can get an attachment for your shower head (lots cheaper) and then fill his bath from that.

Eczema is awful - i’ve suffered my whole life. The thing that’s made a big difference for me is probiotics.

ISeeTheLight · 24/05/2018 18:45

Yes I second the water softener. I used to get them when we lived in London. We had these ones which worked well. You have to replace them every few months.

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