My daughter has developed eczema just recently. It started just as she was fully weaned at 6mths. Used 2 cans S26Gold, on 2nd can Amcal formula & have 1 can of Heinz Nurture unopened. Have only given her rice cereal & apple for solids so far, rice cereal was started 3 days b4 I noticed the first sign of eczema.

Not sure if they might be a problem, but also noticed it seemed to flare up worse when she ate apple. It's around her mouth, chin/cheeks/neck. As she has 2 teeth & more on the way, she dribbles alot so it's very hard to keep dry.

GP prescribed Elidel cream (twice daily) which is not cortisone based as she said not to use cortisone on a baby's face. She said after that clears it up then use 'zinc & castor cream' on the area to prevent it from coming back. Use a basic one with as few ingredients as possible. I'm also sorbelene in between. She screams whenever I apply creams to it, it's scaly, red, itchy & hot. She also rubs her eyes alot which get a bit red. Wondering if formula or apple could be a cause, have no idea.

Also we had used J&J bath products around the time it started too, & have used Alpha Keri oil before but suspected it was adding to her red cheeks (crinkly skin look). Now I just use sorbelene instead. Have been applying the cream since Fri & seemed to lessen the redness but then gave her apple last night & early morning feed today it was extremely red & seems to have spread more.

I hate seeing her like this, constantly rubbing her eyes & screaming when cream applied, she's not been herself since it started, sooky & hard to get to sleep sometimes, but she also appears to be getting more teeth, so could be a bit of both.

MIL said her babies had it up to 1yo (had prescribed cream) & DH also had childhood asthma.

I still use Lux soap flakes.

She also has some cradle cap which has come & gone a few times but worse lately.

Nappy rash started at the same time as the eczema & just can't seem to budge it, sometimes looks like it's under control then it just comes back worse again.