Share your tips and tricks for managing your baby’s eczema-prone skin. - £200 voucher to be won

[EllieSmumsnet]

Are you struggling to manage your baby’s eczema-prone skin? Perhaps you’ve discovered some fantastic tricks along the way, or maybe you’re still on the lookout for that perfect solution to soothe those dry patches. Whether it’s finding the right bath time routine, dealing with flare-ups, or searching for the holy grail moisturiser, we’d love to hear your questions, tips and experiences! Skincare expert Rebecca Bennett will also be getting involved in the discussion.

• Share your tips and tricks in the thread below to be entered into a prize draw
• One lucky MNer will win £200 voucher

About Rebecca Bennett:
“Rebecca Bennett has worked with skin and skincare for over 25 years, listening to and learning from key skincare experts including dermatologists and paediatric dermatologists about baby skin and how best to care for it. "

Here’s what AVEENO® Baby has to say:
"AVEENO® Baby is the UK’s No.1 Recommended Baby Skincare Brand by Pharmacists (1) and is Paediatrician & Dermatologist tested.
AVEENO® Baby products nourish, soothe & protect sensitive* baby skin from the first use and are specially formulated with high quality oats specially selected to preserve their protective, moisturising and soothing properties. We unlock the power of oats with our science and transform it to provide daily to soothing care to help keep your baby's skin feeling healthy."

1. Online survey of 200 UK retail pharmacists, conducted by IQVIA for Kenvue, May 2023. Participants were self-selected with geographic quotas to ensure national spread.

*AVEENO® Baby Calming Comfort range is suitable for delicate skin.”

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!

MNHQ

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UK residents, 18+. No purchase necessary. Enter from 3:50pm on 16/09/2024 to 11:59pm am on 14/10/2024. To participate, share your tips and tricks to be entered into a prize draw. Only 1 entry per person. Prize available is 1x £200 VEX voucher (available to use in selected retailers, subject to its own T&Cs: vexgiftcard.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021492600-VEX-Gift-Card-Terms-Conditions-Of-Use*).

These are great and very popular tips - thanks for sharing.

Oats are a well-known, tried and trusted remedy for dry and itchy skin conditions. Aveeno works with the power of oat in all its bathing and moisturising products, and the Aveeno Baby Dermexa range is suitable for very dry, itchy skin.

There is often a genetic link with eczema - so parents with eczema can find their children develop the condition too. Love 'tummy sauce ' and love that you have found Aveeno Dermexa works so well for you.

I love that phrase 'poonami' and remember them well when my children were babies. And agree, only bathing when necessary is a really useful tip.

The National Eczema Society have some really useful information on steroids and their use in eczema. Thank you for writing in.

Thank you for sharing what worked for you and your family - it's always useful to hear different viewpoints when working out how to manage eczema.

So happy to hear that Aveeno works so well for you - it's certainly popular with parents of little ones.

Yes and yes - regular consistent use of a suitable emollient is really important when managing eczema, and finding one that works for you and your baby is really key.

Your health care professional is often best placed to give advice when managing eczema and the National Eczema Society is a fantastic resource for further information too. I love a good routine and applying creams regularly and often is so important.

If eczema is not resolved in primary care, then a referral to a dermatologist can be helpful. Dermatologists are experts in skin, where GPs have to be knowledgeable about everything, so sometimes a derm appointment can really help. Really pleased to hear how well this worked for you.

Lots of comments about only bathing when necessary and for dry itchy skin this can really help. Checking out that everything that goes near your baby's skin is mild gentle and non - irritating is a great tip too. Looking after babies with eczema=prone skin can be expensive, so thank's for the tip on washing powders too.Lots of comments about only bathing when necessary and for dry itchy skin this can really help. Checking out that everything that goes near your baby's skin is mild gentle and non - irritating is a great tip too. Looking after babies with eczema=prone skin can be expensive, so thank's for the tip on washing powders too.

Great tip about determing what is triggering eczema flares, and then, of course, avoiding it where possible. This can take a while so try to be patient and keeping a diary of events and/or foods and noting flares can help too.

Great tip about determing what is triggering eczema flares, and then, of course, avoiding it where possible. This can take a while so try to be patient and keeping a diary of events and/or foods and noting flares can help too.

Please please do not blame yourself, you are obviously a lovely mum and trying to do the very best by your baby. There are some great tips in the discussion here, but I would suggest you visit your GP if the rash has not cleared up soon. Your baby is still very little and it can take some time for baby skin to adjust to the outside world, especially during seasonal changes, but always worth checking. Glad to hear Aveeno is helping and I would certainly recommend Aveeno Baby Dermexa for very dry and itchy skin. Good luck!

thanks !

yes it was unbelievable and it literally started when using size 4 nappies i used pampers and huggies. she gre out of egg tolerance by maybe 10 years ?

Use just water for baths, even this can dry the skin so don't bathe every day

Apply emollients multiple times a day, they don't need to be expensive brands

If you are concerned see the GP or pharmacist

I've loved Aveeno ever since a lovely nurse gave me a sample tube to try on my DD's sensitive eczema prone skin when she was little. It's so soothing and nice to use.
My tip has been mentioned by previous posters and is simply that babies don't need bathing every day. Keep their important bits clean but don't let the rest of their skin get dried out and stripped of natural oils.

Oat meal bath (cool), cotton sheets and clothing. Encouraging them not to scratch. Not making a big deal about it either so they feel less self conscious.

I use potato flour and it is really helps

At Bath time I fill a sock with oats. Then I use a hair tie to tie it under the hot tap so water flows through (dont forget to be using your cold tap to fill the bath aswell untill water is warm). The oats do wonders ful a great nights sleep with no itchiness.

@EllieSmumsnet have you announced a winner please ?

Aveeno. For me and DD. Plus, things contains Shea oil help, although this is a bit more hit and miss.

For us it was avoiding acidic trigger foods eg tomatoes

Congratulations @MommaBubba, you are the winner of this discussion!