My toddler is almost 3, he’s had sensitive skin from the day he was born with one thing or another. I’d say since he was 1 he has had some kind of eczema
intermittently in various places on his body (genetic i think - my sister and dad had it), we’ve been able to treat this with a mix of steroids and moisturiser it responds well pretty quickly.
In September I dared to use baby wipes which were a slight variation of our usual ones (still a fortune and allergy approved etc but clearly this didn’t matter) and he got an angry red rash around his mouth, since then this has come and gone and displays in various forms each day, sometimes it’s quite widespread, some days it looks less angry, some days it’s spotty, other days it’s blotchy.
We rang the docs back in Sep and they gave us hydrocortisone to use for 7 days and this cleared it up, but then it came back within a week. We tried a second course of hydrocortisone in Nov, cleared up great but again came back within 10 days or so.
The issue is getting the cream on his face, he’s now an independent, strong-willed toddler and absolutely hates creams of any sort, even more so on the face. I try to do it when he’s napping and when he’s in bed, but he’s now started waking up when I do that (and he’s stopped napping most days). If I try to do it when he’s awake he screams and screaming and his tears mix up most of the cream anyway, or as soon as I stop he’ll rub his face on his hand/sleeve/the sofa/carpet which I feel undoes the goodness of the cream and a bit more probably.
I know the cold weather would bring it’s skin implications (he had a very very mild episode of this last year) but I’m honestly lost on where to go next, I don’t know what creams to use (i have a small fortune of various ones in the cupboard), when to use them and most important, how to get them on him. I feel like as his mum I should’ve sorted this out for him by now but I’m just so stuck and I feel like I can’t really ring my GP again (almost impossible to get an app anyway).