Eczema???

I am not sure if it is just dribble rash, windburn or eczema on her face. It is dry, red, bumpy and almost zitty looking. The aquaeous cream is not helping and she crys when I rub it on as it is sore. It is on one cheek alot more than the other as she sucks her thumb on that side and gets more dribble/rubbing on that cheek.
I was prescribed a hydracortisone cream for her stinky neck crease a while ago and wonder if it is ok to use on her face to clear it up then use the aqueous cream after that to prevent it coming back?

Just read your other post, could be teething rash too! Since she is grizzley etc too, and not herself, I would def go get her checked out!

Hannah had a truly hideous teething rash on the sides of her mouth when she was around Bella's age. Nothing would help it but I used to put natural barrier cream on it to stop it being so moist... not sure if it did anything. Looked horribly painful!!

Hope it goes away soon

Daniel gets this when he is teething (he has it at the mo) so I'd say (given your other post about her being a grizzle bum) that its probably teething rash.. I dunno if that's what its called but its what I call it lol.

I pop some vaseline on it just so that it keeps his dribble off it and gives it a chance to heal. It doesn't sting either. Once it starts healing I use a moisturiser to speed things up.

I second the vasoline, that's what we use for Jack. Pretty sure his is dribble rash/teething issues.

you can get emulsifying ointment from the doc's. that works quite well, still need your hydro cream for the nasty bits but this is safe for baby's face to use instead of steroid cream

Hi hope some of this helps

Our son developed eczema when he was about two months old, it started on his folds then spread to the rest of his body, the only area that was spared was his nappy region.

I can only tell you what worked for our son, it’s not a cure but the treatment we have discovered has improved his skin 99.9% to the point where we don’t consider he has eczema anymore just very sensitive skin.
As with any treatment you should patch test first as every baby is different.

We tried all the creams and ointments the doctors could prescribe but his skin just seemed to be getting worse, we were just putting 50/50 on him in the end and he was screaming when it was applied. So I decided to investigate if there was any alternative treatment, using the internet I discovered all these ointments are mineral oil based and mineral oil can be very drying for the skin they also they contain some very worrying chemicals one being SLS (sodium laurel sulphate) which started life as an industrial degreaser. SLS is also hidden in emulsifying wax.
I just couldn’t believe that they were asking us to put this stuff on our baby!!


After a lot of research I now make my own cream using unrefined shea butter, karanja oil, jojoba oil and coconut oil. I fill a beaba 300ml jar with the shea butter melt this submerged up to the lid in hot water (you have to keep refilling the hot water till the shea butter is melted) then add 50ml of karanja oil and 50 ml of jojoba oil two tea spoons of coconut oil stir well let this set overnight then stir again put in the fridge to set totally if necessary. This can all be brought from Shea butter cottage. I have been using this since January 2008 and his skin has improved beyond belief. You need to try this for at least a month to see improvement.

For bathing I use porridge oats wrapped in a muslin cloth secured with elastic band, run this under the hot tap and squeeze in the bath water, this helps soothe itching skin.


If you are using hydrocortisone (only use the ointment formula) we have found you have to wean the skin off of it by appling it for two weeks then every other day for one week then every third day and so on, otherwise you get a rebound affect where the skin just flares up worse again.

Other useful tips:
Don’t use Johnsons top and tail on a new born babies skin.
Use Surcare washing powder and always do an extra rinse.
Make sure the baths not too hot no more than 36.4 degrees.
Use 100% cotton clothing. Keep them on the cool side of warm.
Use cotton wool and plain water when changing nappies.
Cut and file nails as short as possible.
Use a baby sleeping bag if age and temperature appropriate to stop them itching their body while asleep.
Use an anti-allergen mattress cover.




Good luck I hope this will/has helped someone else with this terrible curse.



Useful links.

Raw materials for cream http://www.akuawood.co.uk/
Body wash http://www.essential-care.co.uk
Sun cream http://www.greenpeople.co.uk/no-scent-childrens-sun-lotion-spf25-150ml.aspx
Coping with eczema http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068730/