Nora has always had a bit of eczema. When we went up North, her eczema got a bit worse. I try to be very careful with her baby bathing products and I thought I had found one that worked. But when we came back from Malaysia, her eczema seem to be worse than before.
While we were in Malaysia, I bought a head-to-toe wash and just hoped that she’ll be fine as I forgot to bring her stuff from here. The funny thing was, after a couple of days, her skin was nice and smooth… apart from the insect bites. She had no skin problems at all.
Neither did I.
Now we’re back… both of us are itching. Maybe it’s the water.
May 22, 2011 at 9:48 pm
argh, typed a reply and i think it’s gone missing. basically, what i said was yes, def it’s the water! adam has eczema as well, mainly behind his knees. no probs in malaysia – well, not as bad. in fact, we all had nice skin there
here, it’s a bit of a pain to use it but we use ‘emulsifying ointment’ for him when he has his shower in place of soap — it’s a tub of ‘waxy cream’ where you have to mix/rub your hands with a bit of water, then spread it all over his body. pain to rinse off. on my lazy days, i use halos & horns shower gel. have you heard of it? it was recommended by a couple of friends of mine when louise was younger. it comes in a tube-like container. it contains (or meant to lol) a lot less of the nasty stuff.
May 23, 2011 at 7:14 am
oooo… thanks for that. i’ll investigate. i’ve resorted back to oiltum for her bath and sanex head to toe. seem to work. but now she hates the bath and use any excuse not to get in the bath… like ‘poopoo’ and sit on the potty for ages without anything happening! might take out the oilatum tonight and put a bit of bubble… see if she’ll get back in the bath.