Ew. Excema.

Oh poor Jody she must be so uncomfortable. Usually its dairy free first and I think it is two weeks minimum. You will need to keep a food diary too so you can see exactly what you are eating and what to try cutting next. Just be careful with elimination diets when you are breastfeeding as you can easily end up starving and that will effect you milk supply. We had great success with the QV flare up oil, you just pop it in their bath. You will have to watch the excema though, baby excema can get infected very easily (especially in the heat) and then she will have to have antibiotics as well as steriods. Might be worth a trip to a doctor, you could ask around and see if you can find a holistic doctor, they will give you the conventional and natural options for treating her excema.

Thanks ladies. I did visit the dr before we left and he said it wasn't too bad and we were controlling it nicely with the emu oil. He gave us aquius (sp?) cream to use in and after a bath. We only use it in the bath usually as it seems to make some areas worse.
I do feel it is well under control with the oil but I just feel bad that it could be something I am eating.
I think I will have to plan really well to do this as I am terrible at eating enough as it is.
Also, this may sound silly but if she is allergic/intollerant to dairy then if I stop eating it then will she lose any antibodies she has against it therefore making it a worse allergy? I hope that makes sense. I am confusing myself!

ETA we will try tea tree in the bath if it starts looking yucky, great idea!

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Ooh, that sounds familiar, yay!

Hi Amber! (i havent been on the oct thread for a while so hope everythings going well!) my bubs gets it bad too....i think it's mainly due to the heat with him - getting sweaty and everything. Also i think he gets it round his neck bad due to dribbling etc.
We used acqueous cream for awhile. then i took him to the doctor last week...she gave us some pinetarsol bath oil and recommended lemnis cream. she said this was a better coating than acqueous cream. - but we do use the acqueous cream on his head (yes, he even gets it on his scalp poor wee chap!) I hope that's helpful...it's awful seeing all those red blotches on them...

OK.... The excema is magically clearing up all by itself!
We have just moved to Perth so it could be because I am not having warm milk drinks before bed, or the different climate, or maybe it was the dog causing it?
Strange, and glorious

Chonny Jody gets a rash behind both ears and under her neck, I just make sure I dry it really well after a bath and put baby powder on it, seems to help. her neck is worse in this heat though poor bubba!

Kmarie, a friend of mine had the exact same problem you are discribing, an eczema rash after starting solids. And it turns out that her daughter is allergic to peanuts and another friend had the same thing and her son was allergic to egg. You might want to look through the solids you have been giving her she might be allergic to some of the ingrediants. You might be suprised how many foods have traces of nuts, soy, egg and dairy - all big allergy risks.