my 8 month old daughter?

Question

my daughter whose 8 months old has eczema she's has it since she was three months old the doctor already gave her the cream cortoderm oint 1% and her skin is still the same i already told him and he says it will go away on it's own i'm really concerned her skin is so rough and red is there a good cream i can use?

Answer 1

My daughter has eczema also (2). I use Aveeno baby cream wash. I only bathe her every thirdr night unless absolutely necessary. I lotion her with Eucerine cream (from wal-mart) 2x's daily and I use the hydrocortizone cream on the bad breakout spots when she has them, which is pretty rare anymore since I started with the Aveeno and Eucerine. My 2nd daughter(4.5 months) has potentially dry skin also so we use it on her as well.

Answer 2

My baby had eczema, too. His cheeks were red (even bleeding because he kept scratching them) and some parts on his body. We kept giving him hydrocortizone, but the relief only lasted for a few hours. Finally we tried to find a natural cure that's permanent. So the herbalist here told us about milk thistle. Just 1/4 tsp twice a day and mix it with your baby's food or milk. Make sure you get the POWDERED kind of milk thistle. Within 2 weeks, my baby's skin was starting to get better and clear. And in 2 months, it's 100% clear until now. He was 8 m/o and he's now 2 y/o. It has been PERMANENTLY gone. Milk thistle will cause more poop, but it's normal since it's good for the kidney and the liver. That's why there will be more poop. My friends' babies have been healed also because of this herb. Thank God!!

Answer 3

Forget the creams.
Buy an Aloe Vera Plant. Squeeze the juice out from the end of one of the leaves and let it dry on the skin.

If that isn't an option, we use aqueous cream, E45 and Balneum Plus bath oil on my daughter who has also had eczema for all her life.

I have heard about using porridge oats- get a clean pair of tights, cut the leg from them, and fill the foot part with the oats. Let bath water run over it, and use it as a sponge in the bath.
I haven't tried it personally, but I have heard good things about it.

Answer 4

My eczema baby had many allergies, so the first thing was to keep him comfortable in his clothes, watch the dyes and perfumes in detergents and softeners. We used Eucerin all over after every bath (ever seen a greased pig contest) with the cortisone cream on the bad spots but NOT on his face. Also we had to be very careful with his diet, no artificial colors or preservatives as he had allergies to those as well. It actually worked out pretty well, he's 17, in college and eczema free.

Answer 5

if you think dry skin is causing the problem, you could try Eucerin cream. its very safe and gentle and unscented. if you go to wal mart, you can buy the generic Equate brand that has the exact same ingredients for about $10 less than the name brand Eucerin. thats what i used on my babies. Also, you might want to think about switching doctors if he can't even answer a simple question like this. Oh, and don't use ANY soap on the affected area. that will just cause more irritation. just wipe area with warm wash cloth when bathing and pat dry. good luck.

Answer 6

When my children have developed a rash on their skin, I have tried a combination of things, and their rashes always cleared up.

If I thought it was reaction to something that was touching their skin, I would:

Change laundry detergent to one with no dyes and no perfumes.
Stop using fabric softener (which has dyes and perfumes).
Give them some vitamin C to help reduce inflammation (with an infant, I would use the powdered vitamin C in a little apple juice, or, more recently, I will put some Emergen-C in water, and only allow them to drink ¼ of it at a time (4 doses throughout the day) to bowel tolerance. If they got diarrhea from too much vitamin C, I would just back off on the amount of Vitamin C I was giving. 1 Packet of Emergen-C has 1,000 mg. of Vitamin C. You can get this at health food / vitamin stores, Trader Joe’s, Raleys – most grocery stores with a vitamin or natural foods department.

If I thought the rash might be food related, I started with looking at the Blood Type Diet. There is a book called “Eat Right 4 Your Baby”. It has excellent suggestions for which foods to introduce when, according to baby’s blood type. Certain foods can cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals. You can probably get this book at your local library, or Eat Right 4 Your Type or Living Right 4 Your Type. They are all authored by Dr. Peter D’Adamo.

You may be able to find a natural alternative to cortisone. You don’t want to use cortisone if at all possible. It can build up to toxic levels in the body, over time. At one time the health food store carried a natural cortisone cream that helped.

If you are nursing, then you should look at the blood type diet for yourself to see if there is possibly something you are eating that would bother baby. Everything you ingest goes into your breast milk.

My Blood type A baby reacted to the cow milk products I was eating. He developed a stuffy nose when he was just a few weeks old, and the doctor gave him a decongestant – thought he had a cold. However, the stuffy nose continued for many weeks, and then someone gave me a copy of Eat Right 4 Your Type, and I looked at what causes congestion in a Blood Type A person, and it’s cow milk products. I stopped eating dairy products, and baby’s congestion cleared right up. Every so often I would try re-introducing dairy back into my diet, and baby always got a stuffy nose again, so I avoided dairy for 2 ½ years, while I nursed him. It’s just a good example of how what Mama eats goes into the breast milk, and can affect baby.

If baby is on formula, then trying a different formula may help. Also formula can be difficient in Essential Fatty Acids. Giving baby a little flax oil mixed in applesauce or yogurt would be good for the skin. You can also use flax oil directly on the skin, or olive oil or almond oil.

Dry rubbing with a dry wash soft cloth daily removes flaky dry skin, if there, and frees the skin to breathe.

If you are nursing, then add flax oil or cod liver oil (comes in soft-gel capsules) to your diet. Flax oil, 1 Tblsp. day. I take this, and I'm nursing my 5th child.

You wan't to do your best to figure out what is triggering the eczema instead of trying to "control" it with cortoderm oil.

Also - don't use soap when bathing. Just a little olive oil rubbed on the body after bath, or wipe baby down with a damp wash cloth. If you have to use soap, then something like Ivory.


I usually try nutritional alternatives before going the medical route. Hope you find something here helpful :-) I had a day care baby that had eczema, and they took him off of cow milk, and it cleared up. Like I said, the Blood Type diet is a great place to start your research.

Answer 7

Be sure you're not over bathing her. my kids all had eczema and I only bathed them 1X a week in lukewarm water. The "baby" soaps have fragrance in them that can irritate sensitive skin. I use the cetaphil bar soap and lotion. My doctor prescribed Elidel which worked well for all 3.

Answer 8

Ask for aclovate cream, very strong, works very well, you need a prescription.
Use chemical free soaps and reduce baths to twice a week. Instead wipe down the baby.

Answer 9

Try using baby oil when you give her a bath. I have really dry skin in the winter and I use it in the shower. It works for me.

Answer 10

talk to Ur doctor again and tell him u want something for it or go talk to a dermatologist about it and he could probably help u put