Thank you Barb for replying!

OK - Leo (DS2) was diagnosed with eczema by our Paed about a month ago after a very frustrating two months of GPs' visits and three courses of antibiotics and weeks of steroid cream for repeated nappy and drool rashes that kept spreading and covering his whole body. This all started at New Years after Leo had a virus that presented as a fever and small red rash over 90% of his body.

The Pead suggested dropping dairy from my diet and Leo's to see if that made a difference and it really did. Within a week I could see a significant improvement.

Leo is on solids and has been since 4.5 months. We did baby led solids and he went for it. He was a big boy and constantly reaching for food and trying to push it into his mouth so after checking with CYH nurse and GP we let him play with food - only he didnt play he ate.

He is doing well with solids and has at least three meals and a couple of snacks a day. He was enjoying cheese sauce on his veggies until we went dairy free. I am ok with dairy free ( please dont tell me I shouldn't have given away my frozen EBM!!!).

We had a great bf relationship going for a while with Leo feeding every 2 hours during the day and every 3-4 overnight. Then as he got bored with daytime bf that changed to more often overnight and less during the day.

We also bottle fed EBM (cringe) him while I attended Board meetings for a couple of hours a day for a week at around 5 months.

Why is it that I am feeling guilty as I write this?? Blimey mothering is hard.

He just woke half an hour ago from going down with a bottle of EBM (first time I swear!) and fed from me well. He is also resisting being wrapped for sleeps now (as of two nights ago) and so I am a bit at a loss how to get him to sleep as I used to wrap and bf!

Please help!