Support Group

For parents who’d like to explore support groups, there are various ways to do so:

#1 You can fill in the (sharing your eczema story) form and indicate in the last question your willingness to join the support group and I’d put you in the private google group “Best Parent for E Child”. Alternatively, you can email me at [email protected]

#2 The second last question in the form is asking if you are ok with the information you filled in to be published as an interview. The purpose of that is to let other parents who come to this blog know you (and you know them when they do the same) and to build a community of parents who support each other. You can see under the comments section below for how a published interview looks, and your email will not be disclosed.

Over the past 6 years, the comments on this page themselves have come to serve as a source of support for parents – parents read what the best moments and challenging times are like for other families, and feel less alone in their struggle.

#3 I’m involved with Singapore National Skin Centre’s quarterly support group sharing sessions; please get in touch with me if you’d like to be placed on its mailing list! Update in 2021: Activities have been put on hold due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Here is a collection of devotionals that I have created in the hope that it will provide a little comfort and joy for parents caring for their eczema child.

Marcie Mom Top 10 Eczema Tips

Top 10 tricks to keep baby’s fingers busy

Top 10 reasons why parents with eczema child have a tougher time

Top 10 Cooling Places to go with your child in Singapore

Top 5 tips to help your eczema child sleep better

255 replies on “Support Group”

Meet a New Mom! – Wendy

Child’s Name – Kelsey

Diagnosed with eczema – 1/2/2010

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – Best parenting moment was finding out after 4 years that my daughter has allergies and we can try cope with that, we spent 4 years telling Dr’s that we think she has allergies and not just an eczema from lack of moisture in the skin. That was our greatest challenge, to get someone to LISTEN to us and see the pain and agony our daughter was going through.

Meet a New Mom! – Kim

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – I have two kids with eczema. (Son – now age 7 – was diagnosed at 6 weeks old in 2006 and my daughter – now 3 years old – diagnosed at the age of 18 months). I don’t really share names online due to privacy concerns. I also have eczema (was just diagnosed in July of 2013).

Meet a New Mom! – Melissa

Child’s Name – Isabella

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – Best – The first thing she says when she wakes up is “mama” and will kiss me (regardless of time). Greatest challenge – keeping her comfortable & itch-free, we’ve had sleepless nights for 2 weeks now…

Hi Melissa!
Thanks for dropping by this site and totally understand about the sleepless nights. Wonder if wet wrap will help? We keep the air-con cool with humidifier at night, sometimes it’s ‘freezin’ cold but my daughter seems to like it..
Take care, good weekend!
Mei

Meet a New Dad! – Hadi

Child’s Name – Muhammad

Diagnosed with eczema – 5/1/2010

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – See that he still want to be with his friend even thou some of his friend has stay away from him and see him growing up enduring his condition for the past few years and still doing so now.

Everyday my wife been showering for him 3 times daily and applying moisturizer.

Thanks Hadi for dropping by! It is indeed a challenge for many parents to take care of our children with eczema, at the same time, we feel glad when our child grows up well despite the eczema.
Happy New Year!
Mei

Mei – you have such a great site!!

I LOVE your eczema community! It seems so helpful for everyone who’s suffering from it 🙂

And thanks for the tips that you provide. I’m not sure if this is helpful to share – but I recently just posted how I healed my severe eczema through all natural remedies, and I hope it is able to help others who are going through the same thing as well.

http://www.primephysiquenutrition.com/how-i-overcame-severe-eczema-when-doctors-said-there-was-no-cure/

Once again – great website and thanks for starting the support group!

Take care,
Abby

Thanks Abby for dropping by, glad you got so much better! I do caution though as not everyone’s eczema is nutrition/diet/food related, therefore may not work for everyone (I think..) But always glad to hear of people finding ways that work!
Cheers!
Mei

Thanks for your reply Mei!

Surprisingly, the success rate for nutrition/supplements seems to be very high. 80% of the immune system lies in the gut, so supporting the digestive system through foods will support the skin, immune system, and also help to reduce allergies and the toxic load on the body. My naturopath doctor is a skin specialist and employs this in his practice all the time with great success to help patients get better. He also had really severe eczema in the past and decided to become a doctor after his eczema got better through this same method. Here’s another encouraging story of a baby’s eczema getting better through the elimination diet: http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2011/12/16/how-an-elimination-diet-cured-my-daughter%E2%80%99s-eczema-and-gastrointestinal-tract-guest-post/

But, of course, I also understand where you are coming from, and everyone’s experience is different. Sorry to ramble 🙂 I just wanted to share how it made such a big difference and hopefully it can give hope to those who haven’t found something to give them relief yet. 🙂

I hope that your devotionals and your website continues to bless many people. God bless!

Thanks Abby! I do wish that research in areas of microbe can catch up sooner! I know much is being researched, and can’t wait for more clarity in this area, esp as probiotics could offer primary prevention possibility.
Cheers!
Mei

Meet a New Mom! – Claire

Child’s Name – Rudy

Diagnosed with eczema – 18/9/2010

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – I have 2 children, Rudy and Liv and my best times are the little everyday hand holding moments, walking with them chatting and pointing things out. I love this s much, its such a gentle and connected time with them.

Worst; eczema itching that has made our son cry because he cant sleep at night and our little girl’s various other health issues. These stacked up together make for sleepless nights, late night researching and sad times.

Meet a New Mom! – Gowri

Diagnosed with eczema – 21/10/2013

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – Seeing her smile with the twinkle in her eyes. Greatest Challenge: Seeing the very same twinkle disappear due to the discomfort and distress caused by Eczema.

Meet a New Mom! – Rachel

Child’s Name – Amelia

Diagnosed with eczema – 15/11/2012

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – There are too many best moments, seeing my little baby grow into a lovely little girl. Greatest challenge is seeing her suffer with eczema, getting frustrated and being helpless 🙁

Meet a New Mom! – Katie

Child’s Name – Jack

Diagnosed with eczema – 26/11/2013

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – Best parenting moment is any time I make my child smile. Greatest challenge is figuring out what is causing his reflux…and now his eczema.

Hi mei,thank you for advice and encouragement, its so difficult to see your baby is suffering from this thing I’m Hoping soon we get back from our vacation and see his pediatrician he can figure out the real cause of the rashes.

Hi Abby,

Have fun at your vacation! And it’s difficult to find a cause to the rashes, but it’s certainly manageable/ controllable for many. Drop a comment/email/G+/twitter whenever you need a listening ear!
Cheers,
Mei

Meet a New Mom! – Abegail

Child’s Name – Jason

Diagnosed with eczema – 18/10/2013

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – I believe everything I do to him is always best…

I’m being paranoid because of my son was diagnosed of eczema his 3months old when his pedia saw it its not worst yet(Oct.18,2013) so he just prescribe uericine cream so keep using it but seems nothing change and right now we are out off town and its getting worst (Louisiana) so we decide to bring him at urgent care and the Dr. Prescribed him an oral steroid and cream for 5days after taking it everything clear out then after the meds is done it comeback again its so frustrating to see him on that condition I try everything change bath soap, laundry and moisturize his skin all the time but seems it doesn’t work…his only 3months. My concern is, is ok to continue the cream when it flares?

Hi Abby,

Totally understand your concerns, went through the same! Which cream was he prescribed? Generally for babies, should only use the mild potency, you can check against this table in the post
http://eczemablues.com/2011/04/is-steroid-cream-safe/

I did use steroid cream for my baby when she’s at age, and still using. As far as I can see, there’s no side effect (ignore those scary steroid posts you read) as I’ve used the low potency ones, more frequently like twice a day when there’s flareup to now, likely 1-2 times average/week.

During a flareup, steroid cream do come in useful as it reduces the inflammation quickly. Otherwise, the young child will scratch and risk infection, that can lead to hospitalization if the whole body skin is seriously infected.

When he’s 6 month old, you can try allergy test to give some direction on what triggers to avoid. Also, bleach bath, chlorhexidine, swimming are helpful to reduce staph bacteria. Read more on that http://eczemablues.com/tag/staph-bacteria/

Take care, you’re not alone! hugs!
Mei

Meet a New Mom! – Shenice

Child’s Name – Xanthus

Diagnosed with eczema – 1/10/2012

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – Spending time playing with my son. Greatest challenge is dealing with his eczema flare.

Hi
My baby is 4mths old. I think he had ezcema. I feel a lil sad about it cause I worry how it might affect his lifestyle as he grows up. But I always want him to be a happy camper as he is now.

Hi Wirda,

Thanks for dropping by 🙂 Maybe consider seeing a pediatrician and later a specialist if he is diagnosed with eczema? Eczema is characterized by dry skin, red/blisters/scaly, intense itch.. if the rashs do disturb his sleep, lead to scratching, should check out with doc.
Have a happy weekend,
Mei
p.s. your son is a camper at 4 months old? amazing!

Mum to a very beautiful baby girl: Mia

Mia diagnosed with eczema and dermatitis at just over 3mths.

Greatest challenge being that Only relief comes from strong steroid creams and since being diagnosed have had only a handful of days that we didn’t have to use the cream on some part of the body.
Greatest Mummy moment: When Mia wakes at 4am and I go to her cot and find her grinning at me. Certainly makes that early mornings abit brighter.

Meet a New Mom! – Paris

Child’s Name – Olivia

Diagnosed with eczema – 19/1/2012

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – My BEST parenting moment is that my girl often gives me surprises that I didn’t expect. What she knows is far beyond my expectations.
My GREATEST challenge is that her eczema makes me very stressful and anxious.

Meet a New Mom! – Darlina

Child’s Name – Izz

Diagnosed with eczema – 11/05/2003

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – When my poor baby, 9 month old, diagnosed with eczema herpeticum and admitted for 5 days, treatment with antibiotics and antiviral. I can say it made my heart broken into pieces.

Meet a New Mom! – Grace

Child’s Name – Percy

Diagnosed with eczema – 01/05/2009

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – Best parenting moment: When Percy comes over and plants a kiss voluntarily 🙂 Greatest challenge at present: How to keep Perry (elder boy) motivated for school and schoolwork

Meet a New Mom! – Izlin

Child’s Name – Hayden

Diagnosed with eczema – 25/2/2013

Best parenting moment & Greatest challenge – As i am fully breastfeeding Hayden who is 5months, I have to eliminate cow’s milk, egg, peanuts, soy & wheat in my diet, so that it will not pass down to him. And i have trouble in finding a formula that i was recommended by Dr Liew Woei Kang (KKH) to purchase which is Similac Alimentum Powder. And i would love to meet moms who’s child is suffering from eczema due to food allergy as well.

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