| sorry for the long silence but it's so gooood to hear from all of you! mummybee, congratulations on your new baby. and what a relief and blessing that he/she doesnt have eczema!
i just want to say that everything you said is true! things do get better when they turn 1. my son's eczema improved dramatically when he turned 1. his rashes diminished in coverage though it was still coming and going for no reason. we were still using steroids (betamethasone) frequently. but what truly made a big difference was NEOCATE. we were able to get hold of some cans fr abroad (it is not avail in my country) and tried it. the rashes simply retreated in 2 days. it was truly remarkable. he's been on neocate for about 3 months now. he still has rashes but they're small patches, so much fewer in coverage and controlleable by low strength steroids. he sleeps well at night and takes scheduled naptimes now. his mood has improved so much. i keep hitting my head for not trying neocate earlier. i cannot believe that the doctors here were discouraging me from giving my son neocate (he was taking alfare, an extensively hydrolyzed formula) when it was the only one that made such a huge difference in his eczema. i must say, though, that i'm still a bit baffled by whether he reacts to the food we're giving. i cannot seem to categorically pinpoint whether he is intolerant (as opposed to allergic) to a certain food. and i take comfort in your observations, mummybee, that by the time he is 2, the rashes will develop in a more predictable manner. sadly his diet is limited to broccoli, zuchini, bananas, cooked pears, and rice (all organic and homemade).
it's still along way for my son and me and i'm still picking up lessons a long the way. the lesson i've learned is to discover the child's baseline and the only way to do it is to eliminate possible triggers whether food or environmental related. i think i almost lost my mind last year trying to find the baseline. everyone told me i was crazy trying to find it but through neocate, i think we have established it. from there, i was able to see if the new foods i was introducing was causing a reaction. the hard part is having a delayed reaction. mummybee, any advice on this? would appreciate hearing it.  |