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When you have a baby you hope and expect that they will come out perfect in every way. You pray that everything you eat and do while your baby is in utero affects them in a positive way. I basically thought about this for 10 long months with each of my three pregnancies. I call these my crazy pants. I strap them on tight and don’t take them off until I’m holding my sweet babies in my arms.
With Kenya and Chloe I never had a day where I worried about them having food allergies as they never showed any signs of sensitives. I offered every food under the sun so they could enjoy a wide variety and they never had any reactions. With Gemma, though, it has been a different story. From the day she was born her skin was irritated and dry from eczema which was inevitably part of her diagnosis.
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We went to several allergists, I cut everything from dairy to gluten to sugar out of my diet for 5 long months. We finally discovered one of the causes being an egg allergy, but her eczema still hasn’t totally disappeared. There’s nothing more heart breaking than watching your child itch non stop whenever her clothes are off. Aside from changing my diet so my breastmilk is free of the foods we know are triggers, taking long warm baths and lubing her up with tons of moisturizing creams, there was little we could do to alleviate her pain.
We’ve always been conscious about the products we use in our home, but with anything that touches Gemma’s skin we have to be militant. We’ve always been big fan of the entire line of Seventh Generation products, but now with Gemma in diapers, using wipes on her skin several times a day and touching every surface around our home we’re even more aware. Watch this quick video to get even more ideas on how you can protect your children from pollutants, toxins and irritants and ideas of alleviating some of the possible causes of baby eczema in your home.
Would be great to win this as we have sensitive skin in our family.
Oh, that breaks my heart. That was the story for my little guy, too. We did every diet, every product, oils, salt caves. Finally, we started doing 20 minute like warm baths with 1 cup of magnesium flakes and he’s been eczema free and off topical steroids for a year. Magnesium deficiency might not be your issue, but it might and it’s worth a try. It’s been life changing for us!!
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I have this condition and have passed it on to my child. It’s great that Seventh Generation has Safe products! Thanks!
I pinned https://www.pinterest.com/pin/91338698672312013/ by the way what a happy and cute baby she is!
I moisturize my baby daily to nurture his skin Both of my boys have very sensitive skin. My second son is 3 months old and this prize bundle would be wonderful for his precious new skin!
LOve Seventh Generation products.
I try to nurture her skin by using lotion on it after each bath!
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My first had eczema and it was a constant battle trying to control it. Keeping my fingers crossed that #2 baby will not have to deal with it. Thanks Catherine for this website. It’s my go to guide!
I use Honest Company body/hair wash on my baby because I believe its natural and safe, I know Seventh Generation is too, and I would LOVE to try their baby care products!
I don’t bathe my baby very often because I find it dries her skin out. And I use natural baby soap.
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I think I was born with Eczema. I have the worst skin ever.