Intro

Hey ladies, I thought it might be helpful to do a little description of our experience incase anyone comes across this group as I’ve shared it in a couple of other eczema baby groups!

I used differing potencies of steroids on and off for 20+ years, didn’t realise a withdrawal was possible. My eczema symptoms worsened and I experienced ones I never had before like thin skin, excessive wrinkles, radiating heat etc.

Doctors weren’t aware of a withdrawal, not has any derm or a&e dept, midwife that I’ve seen during my journey of TSW.

I’m currently 30months steroid free and still suffering incredibly. My 15mo has eczema and I find it incredibly triggering and hard to manage both our skin without steroids but know it’s necessary.

Always here to answer any questions about it, or about eczema if at all helpful!x

in our community

Coconut oil for baby’s curls

Ladies, what brand of coconut oil are you using for your curly baby’s hair? And how often ate you using it?

Brest feeding 6 months plus

Hi. Silly question but how does people navigate Brest feeding when baby gets their teeth? I never made it this far while b feeding my other two so I’m not sure what the next stages will look like.

night routine

hello, just wondering what people’s routines are if their baby is sleeping through the night.
mine is 8 weeks old and still waking up for feeds. any suggestions please?

Long night wakings and exhaustion

My 4 week old wakes once/ twice in the night. Problem is that the wake period is really long. It’s not that he’s awake for the whole time, but he struggles to get comfy again in his next to me. It often means I’m awake from about 2-4am and then he wakes again around 6 and we don’t get back to sleep after that one. We don’t get to sleep until around 10:30/11 as that is when he has his evening feed. My toddler is also waking in the night too sometimes. I’m so so tired that I can’t think straight and I’m also doing nursery runs/ looking after a toddler at the same time as a newborn and just feeling really overwhelmed. My husband helps out but he’s back at work and is knackered too. Is anyone else having similar issues?

Please can someone help me with my mixed baby

Hi my little boy is nearly 2 and he is mixed Zimbabwean and white he has different tones of curls in his hair to bottom of his head he has loose curls and top of his head is more like a Afro type curls every day his hair needs saturating but it matts so quick his curls go to frizzy knots please help because I hate brushing his hair it hurts him I’ve tried wetting we use only curls and cantu products and aloe Vera coconut oil curl cream and detangle stuff it still hurts him even brush in bath so my question is

Can I braid his hair to help him with maintenance and get like a wave hair cap for bed ? What else can I do to help him to stop the matted hair

I’m a bit worried about getting his hair braided cause he’s so small and still his hair is delicate he has beautiful curls too please can anyone advise or help thanks

Bottle refusal

EBF and deciding I want a bit more flexibility so wanted to introduce a bottle so I can go out more.

She used to take one three months ago. Now she flat out refuses and cries - doesn’t matter if it’s expressed breastmilk or formula. Tried it in a sippy cup as well. What can I do?