Baby Eczema, help with creams please ! 😊

My little one developed eczema at 3 months old and all the creams prescribed by doctors don’t seem to be helping :( . Any advise on helping baby eczema would be appreciated, Thank-you !

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Did they give you a steroid cream? They can make it worse because the skin becomes addicted to it so it spreads x

I’ve tried that nalas baby on my little
Girl and her skin is much better. Worth a shot? X

We have been prescribed a non steroid one called Epaderm. It can be purchased in Superdrug and Boots

I’ve heard Childs farm is suppose to be really good and it’s for eczema x

My baby ezcema is mild but these are just somethings that I've been recommended. I use Cortic - DS 1% cream. I also changed my bubs body wash and lotion to cetaphil. Qv was recommended too I've tried both and both are amazing but cetaphil has a nicer scent. Was told not to leave bub in bath no more than 15mins and pat dry. Use ezcema friendly washing detergent for bubs clothes and linen.

Do you pump? A breast milk bath is supposed to be the cure!

Add breast milk into your LO’s bath if you pump!

Our little one got eczema at the same age as your little one. Nothing worked at all until we used hydromol ointment. It’s quite messy but really works, it’s the only thing that did & the Gp can prescribe a huge tub that last ages xx

So my daughter was the same at 3 months. And they prescribed a steroid cream and then once the treatment was finished it would disappear but come back worse than before. More patches, so they prescribe stronger ones!
Don’t get into that cycle. I think use it to clear and phase it out the following week, use every two days then once a week.
You should follow this lady on insta - she has an online shop my SIL swears by her stuff. My daughter now 2 has now grown out of her eczema.

https://instagram.com/mygoodnessrecipes?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Yes , this is was happened to my son , it seemed to come back worse after finishing the cycle of the steroid cream :( . Thankyou for the advise and link ! Will look for sure :) x

We use Aveeno baby dermexa cream on my little girl and it is an absolute lifesaver :) x

My girl has eczema, we use oilatum in her bath and it’s kept it at bay so well! I also use child’s farm moisturiser products

Centrban cream. I keep using it even after it’s cleared up x

My baby is almost 8 months and we battle eczema .)He had to get a prescription but as soon as i stopped came back with a vengeance. I’m really looking into natural stuff because I’m big on natural. I need to find something that works for him outside of this medication. I have a friend who makes stuff and has been studying skincare for years , she made her baby a eczema product and now she has infant products in her line . Now your baby is small so i don’t know if it’ll be ok for her, honestly my baby didn’t get it til he got around 5 months and his dr then prescribed something . But it also messes with the pigment in their skin so i use cocoa butter on him too. Eczema can be really bothersome too , makes them itchy

My almost 5year old had really bad eczema as a baby and we had a cocktail of creams and steroids a constant cycle. I had so many people offering different remedies of their own and it just got frustrating, the more I tried the worse it got.

I went to a light moisturiser Qv cream and I use to lotion my daughter everytime i used her nappy, stopped putting a babygrow on to aid the process, i started washing her clothes in water only, i stopped wearing perfume, steroid creams i reduced the use even during major flare ups. Eventually it improved. She is almost five and we get flare ups, some nights she wakes once because shes itchy, but just moisturising often and drinking lots of water has made a difference for us.

My little girl was diagnosed at 3 months too... it got so bad we were referred to a pediatric dermatologist... 15 months later we have heard nothing back...
We have spent hundreds and hundreds of pounds on creams and nothing is any good. It will ease it for a few days, but that's it...
Eczema will never just be cured by one lotion or cream... its an ongoing cycle of different potions which they hopefully grow put of which I'm hoping is the same for my little girl... its heartbreaking 💔

Aveeno helps with my LO

Baby Aveeno has helped my baby. We use the oatmeal bath, nighttime balm, and daytime lotion

That aveeno crap don’t work for black babies sorry but i know lots of mom who also said it made the situation worse and it does.

Mustela has a special range for it it’s mustela Stelatopia

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Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

Help! First time mum -

I have a 4 month old and now all of a sudden when he’s been asleep for 1hr30/2hrs he will wake up screaming (high pitched) I’ve tried winding him sometimes that helps, I’ve tried bicycle legs & bringing his knees up but that doesn’t seem to help but he brings his knees up himself sometimes but nothing happens. I’ve noticed since the 4 month mark he has started to struggle passing wind downwards! Any tips?

Help meeee

!!All advice welcome!! My 5 month old (nearly 6mo) is just not sleeping . Not for naps and not at night . She can’t connect her cycles . We started sleep regression at 3 months but in like how is this nearly been going on for a further 3 months . Like surely not . She has 10 min naps in crib ( which take so much effort ) and maybe 20/30 min naps in my arms/pushchair . She wakes minimum every hour at night with guaranteed false start 20 mins in . I combo feed. I breastfeed her until almost asleep then place her in the next to me crib give her the pacifier and put my hand on her cheek/face for 20 seconds and she drifts off . It’s not really getting her to sleep that’s the issue it’s she just won’t stay asleep . She doesn’t even need to feed much at night usually 1-2 breastfeeds . The rest is comfort wakes needing her pacifier or my hand on her cheek . I’ve looked into sleep associations and independent sleep and I broke the feed to sleep association and rocking and do bedside comforting instead for most wakes which has now lead to my hand being a sleep association on her face . I’m just so exhausted my husband is working mon-fri 9-9 and it’s just me . I haven’t had more than 4 hours in a row since her birth . I can’t get anything done during the day . She is so clingy and cries if I leave room /put her down etc. I love her so much but we both need rest . If anyone has any tips or a routine that could help PLEASE tell me I’ll try anything 🥲❤️❤️

Over supply of milk

I am nearly 5weeks postpartum and I have such a big over supply of BM.
Has anyone donated / sold their supply, if so where do you recommend for this?

Feeds

How many times a night are your little ones getting up? My daughter is every 90-110 minutes. I am absolutely exhausted and don’t know how much more I can cope

I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
I keep having issues with him not feeling the wet from baby being sick or weeing himself or being able to smell it do about 98% of the time hes given to me i have to clean him up n change him.
Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
Honestly im just so tired all the time