Well I've not written for a while as have been having lots of problems with Erin's eczema which has gone from bad to worse.
She definitely had a reaction to washing powder but her face is also still reacting to food. I have been keeping a food diary but somedays she'll eat something and it will be fine and then other days it won't so I'm left very confused!
Anyway I went to the doctors and asked for a referral and an allergy test. He pretty much said no to the allergy test as it's like finding a needle in a hay stack!
The annoying thing is in desperation I gave Erin some piriton as her skin was so bad. By the time I got to the doctors on the monday it was 10 x better so as per usual the doctor thinks I'm an overprotective mother gggrrrrrr! Anyway I had to push him for the referal and am now seeing the skin specialist on 13th June which to me is no where near soon enough!
I'm not keeping my hopes up but really do just need someone to help me with some preventative measure rather than just giving me cream.... which incidently doesn't bloody work! I have eventually found some that does off my own back and from help from friends on here. This has calmed it down a lot.
The doctor told me to continue with the piriton at night as it will stop her scratching and give her skin a chance to heal. Trouble is I have been giving it for about 2 or 3 weeks now and on the nights I don't she wakes up screaming and scratching. I really thought after a week or so it would be ok to stop giving it.
It's so heartbreaking and I guess that's why I haven't been about much as people ask you how your baby is and you just want to cry! Dry skin aside Erin looks like a self harmer from her scratching it's awful. I am keeping her nails so short yet she still manages to do it. I tried socks on her hands one night and she went crazy! I think it's made worse byt the lack of support from the health professionals I have received.
So for now I have been sticking to much more basic food. She crys at me when I tell her not to scratch. I just wish my baby's skin was like baby's skin again.
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Poor BB! Dont know much about skin but it sounds harsh and i really feel for you both!
Doctors are as wank, as health visitors! we're going friday about his ingrowing toe nails and i suspect they'll do as always tell me it'll get better! Think i'll be off to MY Daddy for a handout to go private!
aaahh - i hope she gets better. i know what you mean. my lo's skin is v dry and it's getting darker in colour which is different from the rest of her body. i touched my nephew's (6 months) skin the other, and it was so soft that i kept stroking his cheeks. without vaseline my lo would be peeling!
Em, they truely are wank! lol!
Jeasmin, my friends little boy's skin is sooooo soft I could just stroke his cheeks forever! it does make me sad though... Erin's feels like sandpaper! not what a baby's skin should be like!
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