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Do not drink pool water!

Here you see a very happy baby playing at the pool, and the next? Fallen ill with stomach flu That happened TWICE to my baby girl Marcie, as she always thought it’s funny to drink the pool water. Marcie has eczema and we brought her to the swimming pool from about nine months old, at […]

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Top 5 Tips to help your eczema child sleep better

Is your child sleeping well at night? More likely than not, children with eczema tend to have poorer sleep due to eczema flares or scratching. My baby Marcie at 18 months is still co-sleeping with us, and it has helped her to sleep better (though it hasn’t helped me to sleep better, but as you […]

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How to Shower your Eczema Child?

Even a simple task like bathing can generate lots of different views. If you read online, you will find some people saying that children with eczema should bathe every few days while others say that up to 3 baths a day is acceptable. From what I understand from Marcie’s doctor, the important thing for bathing […]

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Are you suffering from Steroid-Phobia?

You may be fearful of using steroids, as many parents (myself included) are. The fear could partly arise due to the negative news on steroid abuse by athletes and partly due to its side effects. If you have googled steroids, you will find numerous websites ‘promising’ treating eczema without using steroids. When Marcie’s doctor put […]

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Help! What moisturiser to use on your eczema baby?

Navigating through all the moisturizers out there to find the right one for your baby can be a nightmare. My baby Marcie has tried various lotions and creams (I remembered when the household budget burst due to many trial and error purchases and our cabinets stacked full of different moisturizers) and finally settled on using […]

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What Triggers Itch?

In my page on eczema tips, one of the most important step is to “know the triggers in order to control them“. I feel that this is very crucial, because it takes a lot of guesswork (and stress out) of managing your child’s eczema. I remembered that at one time when Marcie started on solids, […]

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The One Advice from Specialist

Moisturize, Moisturize, Moisturize That’s the advice that I received during the first specialist consultation for my baby’s eczema in 2010, and I’m still sticking to it after ten years. What should I do? What moisturizer to use? I suppose we all started our journey of parenting eczema kids asking these questions. And the advice from […]

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We share science-based information from expert interviews and research studies, digesting eczema knowledge for you. We also feature heartfelt sharing from other eczema families & devotionals because just knowing you are not alone helps. Plus there’s funny stuff like cartoons and a satirical column to help parents get through the day. A few questions frequently […]