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Eczema will show up on the skin of your baby as red, crusty patches, often within the first few months. It is widespread and very treatable. Many babies outgrow it.
Not sure if eczema is your baby’s itchy skin with bumps? Your doctor will let you know for sure. These questions and responses will help you know what to look for.
What Does Baby Eczema Look Like?
It shows up as red or dry skin patches. Almost always, the skin is itchy and rough, too. Babies can get the disease almost anywhere in their body. It affects their cheeks most frequently and the joints of their arms and legs.
Baby eczema (also called child eczema or atopic dermatitis) is easy to confuse with a cradle cap. But some of the main differences remain.
The cradle cap is much less scaly and red. It typically clears up and appears on the scalp, nose sides, eyelids and eyebrows, and behind the ears for eight months.
Will Baby Eczema Go Away on its own?
It sometimes does. Before they begin school, most kids outgrow it.
It’s not normal, but some kids go into adulthood with eczema. They may have periods without symptoms, even years without symptoms.
They may, however, also appear to have dry skin.
What will make matters worse
Every single baby is different. But some common eczema causes need to be avoided, including:
The dry skin. A baby may become itchier. Low humidity is a cause, especially during winter when homes are well-heated, and the air is dry.
Irritants. Think scratchy wool fabrics, polyester, perfumes, soaps for your body, and soaps for washing. Any of these can cause symptoms.
Stress. By flushing, children with eczema can respond to stress. That can lead to irritated, itchy skin. And that ramps up their symptoms of eczema, in turn.
Sweat and heat. Both can exacerbate the itchiness of child eczema.
Allergens. It’s not clear, but some experts agree that it can help regulate eczema symptoms by removing cow’s milk, peanuts, eggs, or certain fruits from a child’s diet. Note that if your mother consumes them before they breastfeed, your baby can get exposed to these foods.
Care at Home
Give the skin of your little one any TLC. This is the first step in their eczema treatment.
Try one or a few of these things:
Humidifiers. The best choice is one with ceramide. These are available by prescription and over the counter. Otherwise, when used many times a day a healthy moisturizer, fragrance-free baby eczema cream, or ointment,
such as petroleum jelly, can help the skin of your baby maintain its natural moisture. Apply after a bath, instantly.
Lukewarm bath. This moisturizes the skin and cools it. It can relieve itching as well. Make sure it’s not too hot for the bath! Keep it short for the bath—no more than 10 minutes. You might consider adding soaking oatmeal items to your baby’s tub to relieve itchiness even further.
Using gentle body soaps that are unscented. Perfumed, antibacterial and deodorant soaps can be rough on the delicate skin of an infant.
Carefully clean. Use soap only where your infant, such as your genitals, hands and feet, can be dirty. Rinse the rest of the body of your child.
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