When my daughter was about three months old she started to break out with eczema on her arms, legs and stomach. Prior to my daughter I had never seen eczema, only knew the term. It did not take very long at all to figure out what the small bumps were constantly appearing.

Before my daughter’s pediatrician confirmed the breakouts were only eczema. Naturally my first conclusion was that she was allergic to the soap, which was for sensitive skin, Mustella.  So I switched to Johnson & Johnson and nothing changed, the bumps were still coming. At this point a little bit of guilt was starting to set in. I am thinking that I am doing something wrong. To add on to my guilt, my daughter started to get a rash regularly on her neck. Normally these are areas where little babies have rolls….well my little baby has been prepping for her debut at America’s Next Top Model and has never had a roll a day in her life. I guess she will just be thing for now because she will eat and eat and the only result is a tiny belly bulge for a couple of hours. At this point I am wiping both the rash and other bumps with alcohol thinking surely alcohol is the cure all for all things topical right? Not in this case. A couple of weeks rolled around it was on her face, YIKES, my daughter has a fair complexion. Once again I changed my routine and started only using water to clean her face and took extra care to make sure she only laid on her blankies that were washed in Dreft and nothing changed.

To calm my nerves we visited the pediatrician.  The doctor informed us that it was only eczema and a mild case at that. One would naturally think that is enough to put a mother’s worries to rest, not hardly! The natural response to a diagnosis is what can we do to fix this, and he offered steroids. Of course my immediate response is NO!  to a “mild case” of eczema? After speaking with my husband and the doctor
we decided to see if it worsens because in my head steroids seemed a bit drastic.

On a playdate a girlfriend told me her doctor recommended Aquaphor. I bought it, tried it and loved it. I still use Aquaphor everyday one to hold back the eczema and secondly my little girl has THE driest skin ever. Aquaphor is the only solution I have found to keep her moisturized.

AFTER THE ONE YEAR MARK……………..

After several months the breakouts appeared less and less. I t appears she is out growing her eczema. Now that my daughter is thirteen months I cannot recall the last time she broke out at the elbows and behind her knees. Although from time to time she still breaks out at the back of her neck. When I see that she is about to break out on her neck I instantly apply alcohol and then Aquaphor to treat it.

In her early days, I used Aquaphor without letting up . I know feel more comfortable only using a regular lotion moisturizer on some days to keep her skin from becoming dry and cracking.

On a playdate a girlfriend told me her doctor recommended Aquaphor. I bought it, tried it and loved it. I still use Aquaphor everyday one to hold back the ezcema and secondly my little girl has THE driest skin ever. Aquaphor is the only solution I have found to keep her moisturized.