Re: OT- Eczema

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Our experience is like Marcia's. My 5 yo can't do dairy or gets eczema. I have

to avoid dairy when nursing or it aggravates the eczema on my babies. We are

usually okay during the summer but have eczema during the winter. My dd, age 10

1/2, hardly has any now, but it comes and goes with my 5 yo, 3 yo and infant.

My 3 yo has it bad right now for the first time in a long time...but just on his

legs and his butt cheeks. has it all over her torso and legs, poor baby!

We only use All Free detergent (no dyes or perfumes) on clothes and eliminate

all soap in the bath during our eczema breakout times. Eczema is a combination

of genes and environmental triggers, I think. It is also associated with asthma

at times, but none of my kids have asthma, thank God.

Carol

Continued FAB adjustment and bar

length

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> Our night last night was better, with not waking as much

or

> seeming as restless. She still was up 4-5 times (don't really

recall

> since we are co-sleeping so I just nurse her when she wakes up

and

> don't even look at the clock). Still, it was an improvement.

She

> still gets mad at not being able to put her legs together,

> particularly when I am rocking her to sleep and sometimes when

nursing.

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> I remeasured the bar length (the correct way, from the middle of

one

> heel to the middle of the other from the screws), and it is 8

inches.

> I think this is the shortest bar that comes with the

shoes

> since it is on the shortest setting. Longer did seem to make her

even

> madder so I think this is the right length for us.

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> Since her foot is still a bit red on the side and on her crazy

big

> toe, I wrapped her foot in soft gauze (casting gauze) to see if

that

> helps. She has sensitive skin so I think bandaids will irritate

it.

> We are already dealing with a whole body eczema case and I don't

want

> to do anything else to irritate her skin. Poor !

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> Carol and , bcf, 10-27-05, FAB 23/7

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