What now??

Just thought I'd put some pics up of Coopers rash and see what you think, plunket said Excema but I don't know.

Ok, you know what is weird with that....it's where you pick him up.

What washing powder are you using, do you use hand cream?

But other than that it looks like the rash Cooper is getting on his face. Kinda blistery like. Can you do a close up please.

Hmm yeah it is. That is where the worst of it seems to be now you mention it.

I wash his clothing in Persil Sensitive (have done since day dot), his nappies in Eco store and our clothes in whatever is on special.

I don't use any handcream (which my lovely dry hands will tell you)

 

There are two different rashes it looks like. One is little dots all over and then there are larger circles that are dry and a little scaly looking

 

He has just woken up so will see if I can get another pic.

Ok, my totally unqualified opinion LOL is that the round bits are eczema. The other bits is an allergy rash.

What do you put against his skin? I would be almost inclined to wash what ever goes against his skin in just water. Or maybe in eco store. To rule out contact allergy, but in saying that the persil sensitive is ok according to my Failsafe shopping list. Unless what you are washing your clothes in is leaving a residue in your machine.

That blistery look is what my Cooper gets on his face, the other place he gets it is on his thighs. I've found it's definitely due to wheat.

I've just looked into this thread for no other reason than I'm bored but its got me wondering something..

Not meaning to offend at all here or start a fight just a curiousity..

Daniel was BF and DH did the last feed of the day. He had excema, weirdo rashes sometimes and silent reflux. At nearly 3 months I got sick of pumping for that feed so just used formula instead. I noticed immediately that his reflux wouldn't bother him after that feed, he would sleep brilliantly because of that. Cause of that trend I ended up trying a different daytime feed of formula as well to see if it was just a fluke it happened in the evening or if it were the formula vs my milk causing his issues.. and again no reflux issues after that feed . It became kinda obvious to me that it was something in my milk causing his issues. I stopped feeding (which I was secretly happy about cause I hated it even though I was a good cow) and we went full time formula, we were able to stop all meds. Excema disappeared, no weird rashs or any of that crap. He hasn't reacted to anything since, so has no allergies or intolerances or anything.

I just wondered (cause I noticed all u guys are BF I think) if you had ever considered trying something like that? I'm not pro FF and anti BF. I am pro BF but I just hate it myself for massive boobs, back probs, self conscious reasons.

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Totally know what you mean Stacey. I have been on a strict elimination diet since he was about 6 weeks old. I think the reason we don't have that many problems is because of this. I am in the process of trying to get Neocate cause I'm ready to wean now. My milk isn't that fatty so I need for his sake to look elsewhere. Way back in Jan it was just to give me a break every now & then, now it's seriously thinking of giving up. His reflux has been way better since I cut rice & wheat though.

Those pics look like Isla! Eczema and allergy rash.

Aiden is heading that way too, but isnt as bad as that yet, although today his face is covered and he has eczema cirlces that are covering his arms.