rashes on the baby!!!! help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its better to bring the baby to his or her pediatrician. Do not self meditate. It might be a simple rushes or measles. We don't know unless you have the baby checked by the doctor. Early detection is better to prevent any complications and to have immediate recovery. Babies are delicate, they have sensitive skin. It is not advisable to just apply medicines that are just suggested by unprofessionals. You need to know also the exact dosage. It's risky.

Hi Maria, How long does this skin rashes happened to your cousin's baby? If it has happened for quite some time,better consult with doctor for advices. Here are some home remedies that you can try on :- 1. Applying olive oil on the affected skin. 2. Applying Vitamin E oil or aloe vera gel. 3. Wash the affected skin area with chamomile tea. 4. Using baking powder on the affected skin area. 5. Have an oatmeal bath (pour some uncooked oatmeal into the water and soak in the tub for best result). Never exposed the affected skin to sunlight and don't use hot water for cleansing. JUst use warm water for cleansing the body.Avoid using soap,can try add some lactacyd into the warm water for bath. As for the milk formula, since they are having hard stool after taking Similac,probably you would like to consider change their baby milk formula. For my son, he is taking MEad JOhnson product since he was born,started from Enfalac A+ and now he is on Enfagrow A+. For better advices, always check with doctor.

This may sound silly, but maybe you should try corn starch. That is what my family has always used on rashes, especially on the young and on the elderly. At least, if it works, you will know that it is not eczema. Unfortunately, if it is eczema, you are going to need to take them to the doctor. Only prescription medication can really be helpful. And they will also need to be diagnosed if it does not go away some time soon. Like maybe when the weather breaks. Another thing, keep in mind, if you are worried, then they can feel it. It may seem hard to believe, since they are so young. But young people feel it when someone close to them is worried, and even though they may not know why, they will worry too and this could be preventing them from healing. So try to think positive thoughts!

My son had trouble tolerating formula. After trying Carnation Good Start I never tried anything else. He stopped getting constipated and the cIollic was history. If you could try them on that it shouldn't hurt to just try it.

My boy had eczema really bad. Went to doctors and all they gave me was creams that burned when you put them on. I met a nurse and she told me a very simple, inexpensive and effective way to treat it without burning. Take ponds cold cream and liquid mylanta anacid. Mix 2 parts cold cream to 1 part mylanta. It will be runny but that is okay. The cold cream helps sooth the skin and the anacid makes it so it doesn't burn. I also use for sun burn now too. The important thing, as you've been doing, is keeping the nails short so they don't scratch it into an open sore. As for the constipation, there is an over the counter laxitive you can use. I forget the name, but you put it directly into their bottle with the formula. The vomitting is probably due to constipation over any kind of acid reflux. I'd keep an eye on this baby because it sounds like they are in for a relm of food allergies. Keep the bowels clean is important because toxins can build up in a babies body and make them sick. Watch for the color of the stool and if there are tints of green then they need a good cleaning out because they're being overrun by their own bowels. A lot of information, but I've been there done that so I hope this helps you.

Throwing up for a child as old as your cousin is normal because they have a poorly developed swallow reflex. When they throw up you must watch out for aspiration and dehydration. Aspiration can be avoided by properly positioning the baby to avoid having the baby swallow up the vomitus..Your cousin does have an eczema but of the common and mild type called seborrheic dermatitis or in layman's term "cradle cap". It can be treated by dabbing mineral oil or any plant oil of your preference and gently combing the baby's head with a soft comb after which you give the baby's head a rinse with a gentle baby shampoo. One more advice; continue observing the scales or the cradle cap. If it becomes red and itchy and appears on skin folds like behind the ears, neck, and armpits it may indicate a fungal infection that found its foothold in your cousins foothold. =)

My daughter has eczema but it does not sound like what you have there. What it sounds like to me is that those are areas that get really warm and are very hard to wash when the little ones are in the bath. They tighten up those areas and it gets hard to wash out the sweat and dirt that gets in there. My children all had some reddening in those areas especially in the hot summer. My boys where boy born in the spring and went through the summer at close ages to you cousins. What worked for me was making sure to straighten out those areas while washing. Oh and I used ivory bar soap instead of a liquid and no fragrances cause my kids had sensitive skin which sounds like your cousin have too. Once they were well rinsed off so no soap was left I used a towel and dried they well in those areas. Final thing was baby powder on the skin in those areas. The cream will burn them so I used the baby powder after every wash and they were totally fine after that. As for the milk. I switched my daughter to soy formula for sensitive tummies because she was throwing up (projectile vomiting) and losing more weight then expected the first month. She was fine after that. For the poops being too firm the doctor said just mix the formula with a bit more water instead and the baby would be fine. Too loose then add more formula to mix. But lets keep in mind that every child is different and you should use your judgment over any one else. I would seek a doctors advice before doing anything too. Good luck :)

I know what your going through and that is eczema I have had it all my life and my of my 4 children have it as well. THe thing is that you don't want to batht the baby into warm water either keep the water at a more cooler so the rash doesn't become worse. Another thing that you don't want to do is take the baby into any chlorine water because it makes it more itcy for them.. You'll need to use a lot of lotion on the baby and make sure it perfume free as that makes them itch as well.

The rash is problably just heat rash. Try oil on the scalp and powder on the body. You may need to try a soy formula. I had one of my sons who couldn't handle similac, and the soy based fomula helped everything. The rash could also have started from the type of detergent used to launder the clothes. Good Luck, you should call the doctor about the formula. It will make you feel better to do so.

I'd say time for doctor visit, rashes can be alot of things, is it a flat rash or is it raised? Is it on fingers like knuckles? If it's on the parts of the body that bend like toes, fingers, knees could be scabbies had a friend of one of my kids have scabbies ( body lice) doctor said it's becoming more common to get. Anyway she had to use this lotion and they were gone . Liz

Hi, maria. I think the rash mostly is the heat rash, normally these rashes appear on the back of knees, necks. From my personal experience, it's always better to shower at least 2 times a day. In the water, the dirty dust will get away from the skin easily without rubbing. And after shower, apply some powder on the sin kwhere you have rashes. If the baby always kept clean, the rashes will likely disappear very soon. It's important that the baby should not scratch the skin, it will only make them worse. That's why you always have to shower the baby to make them feel comfortable especially in the summer. Have a nice day and happy mylotting.

As far as the throwing up, that is very normal for an infant to do as they take air into their bellies when they are nursing, so that probably isn't really something that you should be worried about. The poop issue is fairly normal as well. All that a little baby is intaking into their system is liquid so it should be expected that they will have very loose stool and it should continue to be loose stool until they start eating some solid food. As far as the rash, it sounds like a heat type of rash, but I think I would also take them to the doctor to be sure because it could also be a rash caused by yeast as all of the places that you've mentioned are places that are moist which can be a breading ground for yeast.