Share your tips for how to manage children’s eczema with La Roche-Posay

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Eczema is a common skin condition amongst children and at times can be very tricky to manage and keep your child’s skin from being dry, sore, and itchy. It can be especially difficult to keep in check at night and can affect your DCs sleep. La Roche-Posay would like you to share your tips for how you handle your child’s eczema or what has helped you manage your child’s eczema in the past.

Here’s what La Roche-Posay has to say: “Here at La Roche-Posay we understand how eczema can impact quality of life for your child and the whole family. We ran a clinical study which showed that 9 out of 10 children with eczema suffer with sleep issues, spending up to ¼ of the night scratching, which can easily take its toll on day-to-day life. As we are committed to a better life for sensitive skin, we are encouraging Mumsnetters to share their top tips on looking after their children’s dry, itchy or eczema-prone skin, including bedtime hacks to reduce itchiness during the night.”

So what things have helped manage your child’s eczema? Are there any particular creams, lotions, or balms that have worked particularly well at soothing the itch? Do you keep the window open at night and make sure your child is wearing light, loose pajamas to keep them cool and stop them scratching while they sleep? Perhaps you avoid scented washing detergent to prevent your child’s skin from flaring up?

Please share your tips for coping with your child’s eczema below and you will be entered into a prize draw to win a £300 voucher of your choice (from a list).

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Various prescription creams, E45, Aveeno. They all work for a short while and then it flares up again so we switch them up a lot.

Always use non bio washing powder and softener and I found Childs Farm baby moisturiser worked very well on my sons eczema behind his knees and in his elbows

I found the lush Lemony flutter cream helps!

I try to let my sons skin breathe without covering up too much but to be honest nothing has completely worked for him not even creams

Oilatum just the thing for us but its only mild eczema

Letting it breathe and not putting on tight, itchy clothing. Also its about finding a cream that works for them. Everyones skin is different.

we use dream cream from lush works wonders

Keep skin moisturised at all times and try to avoid changing laundry products too often as I have found that this can also lead to flareups x

Lots of organic moisturiser and natural fibre clothes.

I'm still trying to get it under control - but so far moisturising is the only thing that seems to help a little

The hot weather can be a nightmare, keep them as cool as possible, be careful of washing too much as this can cause skin drying and irritation, apply the cream when needed and also try aloe vera as this can be very soothing, somethings it helps to take their minds off the itching by playing games etc, I always keep a few new games or colouring books hidden away for when needed, its a little thing but it can help a bit

I used aloe vera a lot, and also put their pyjamas in the freezer for a few hours before bed to bring the temperature down

Natural fibre clothing, sensitive washing powders, none soap based body washes in the bath and lots of emollients. Then a bit of luck and cross your fingers as sometimes it is a battle against the cold weather, or hay fever in the spring that exacerbates it. A constant battle.

We have stopped using not only fabric conditioner but detergent too, and use something called washballs. The first time you use them, you see all the foam that has been trapped in the clothes. They've made a huge difference to not only my son's eczema, but my husband's psoriasis too. Oh, and after the initial outlay, they literally last forever and work out at about 1p per wash!

Slather on moisturiser at bedtime and loose cotton pyjamas

dd gets it really bad in the summer, we just moisturise constantly with a good emolient.

I have 4 kids and its only my 10 year old daughter who has Eczema. She has bad flare ups in colder weather. So we manage it by bathing her in fragrance free baths, and lathering her in her zerobase cream. We also top up every few days with child farm moisturiser to help keep her skin as soft and pain free as possible

I’ve found that oatmeal baths,lots of moisturiser and a little bit of sunshine helps

Moisturise, moisturise, moisturise! You can never use enough... slather it on. Particularly good to apply once kids are asleep as then they don't rub it off. Also, don't be afraid to use a steroid cream. A lot of mums I know try to avoid, but if its needed and moisturisers are not getting rid of it, then its needed! Best moisturisers I know are Aveeno and Cetraben. x

Diprobase works wonders for our children.

i know I should be moisturising my sons eczema but he has sensory processing disorder so putting anything on his skin is painful, so we really struggle with having his lotions put on, its such a battle and I normally have to resort to trying to put it on accessible skin when he is asleep but he does wake up a lot as he can feel it.

We find that Child's Farm baby moisturiser works better than anything the Dr has ever prescribed, the dermatologist actually recommended we tried it. We also only us non enzyme natural washing powders with no softner, and natural fabrics for clothes. And when it's sunny like everyone has said we notice a real improvement

Keeping skin hydrated

When I was younger it was E45 and Oilatum, now Childs Farm seem to be the saviour for eczema.

I use Child's Farm Moisturising Lotion which has helped my daughter's eczema so much, she gets it so much worse in the winter so we use it both in the morning and night then and it really does help keep it at a minimum and helps with the itching too. I would highly recommend it