Girls excema and food allergies and ashtma go hand in hand - Do you have any family members with any type of allergy, even just sinus/hayfever problems? As if you do I think the percentage of bubs getting some form of allergy is something like 80%.

Matthew has had excema since he was about 4.5months of age, he was still being breastfeed exclusively at the time, I suffer from excema myself so it wasn`t a surprise that he`d get it also, my Mum has so many allergies it`s not funny.

About 6 weeks ago I gave Matthew some homemade custard within minutes he went into a severe allergic reaction, swollen face, lips, eye (only open a tiny little bit), hives, wheezy breathing, got to hospital he started vomiting.

We have since seen an allergy specialist who did the skin test, he`s severely allergic to egg, both the yolk and white, slightly allergic to mould, dustmites, wheat, chicken.

It is certainly a worry but it is a good thing your going to see a dermatologist - perhaps you can ring up and try to get an earlier appointment, I only had to wait 3 weeks for Matthew to be seen to, we now have Epi Pen on hand (adrenaline) for next time, I hope there will not be a next time as it`s certainly very scary.

With the excema it is always worse in winter then summer.

I probably haven`t been of much help, Ambah might also pop in as I`m sure I`ve missed out on heaps of info to give you, I`m blaming gastro and being 38.5 weeks pregnant

Take Care

Dee