Eczema Appearing! Help Me To Try Every Possible Prevention Method!

[turtleschell]

DD is 7mo and I have seen a tiny patch of eczema appear on her arm, and on her back behind her shoulder. Nooooo.
Her skin otherwise looks and feels great, not dry.

Being a chronic eczema sufferer myself, I think i've got all the treatment ideas covered, but is there any way of preventing further outbreak that I haven't thought of?
Here's what I have already been doing since she was born:

Bathe with lukewarm water, no soap, no shampoo.
Wash all her clothes/sheets with homemade laundry powder (soap flakes, borax and washing soda)
Breastfeed exclusively
No wool/fleece/flannelette clothes/sheets.

I am going to stop using the heater so much, as this dries the skin.


Any more ideas?

Also, any ideas about my diet affecting her skin? I have very little dairy usually, though I have been drinking Yakult lately (this is apparently Good for eczema though?) and I did drink one glass of milk this week.. but surely ONE glass of milk isn't enough to trigger? WDYT?
Otherwise, my diet is quite healthy, full of veg and not a lot of red meat.

EDIT: I'm trying to avoid resorting to any creams, and also want to keep any form of moisturising as a last resort, as I believe it makes it worse in the long run.

Please any ideas would be great, I really don't want DD to have to suffer her whole life like I am

[helle]

Moogoo have an eczema cream that was the only thing that would get rid of my SIL's DS's eczema. I use the MSM soothing cream on my DS as sometimes he gets a bit of an irritation between his fat rolls and a little bit of red bottom and it clears it up straight away.

[boobaloo]

dd had a bit of excema as a new born, and i actually used almond oil on it.. just dabbed it on (quite thick), with a cotton wool ball. it soothes it, and i found after maybe a month (?) it cleared up completely. i too am an excema sufferer, and at the moment, i am using aveeno skin relief moisturiser on myself, and if the kids want a massage i use it on them too

[Mak]

Try not to bathe her every day - it dries out the skin. We found every 2/3 days and DD's skin issues resolved pretty quickly. xxx

[~Raven~]

What about something you're feeding to her. My DD had eczema on her thighs and tummy and the dermatologist suggested an elimination diet. I stopped thickening her food with farax and it was gone a week later!

[megs]

Isn't it awful when you discover the first patch of ezcema. My second son has it, and when I had my third son he had beautiful skin, soon enough I saw the tell tale signs. Anyway to answer your questions I have started using a brand of laundry powder called ecostore, it is sold through Woolworths, must say I have seen an improvement in both of their skins. I also put QV Oil in the bath just to give that bit more moisture.

I know you said you are wanting to avoid creams, but if you do go down that path my Dr recommending getting a pharmasist to mix in 10% Olive Oil into 500gm of Aqueas cream it also seems to be helping.

I haven't gone down the elimination path my older son who is coming up 4 is starting to grow out of his so I am hoping DS 3 will do the same