Eczema Eczema Eczema

It’s update time!

If you or someone you know has a baby with Eczema, I beg you to read this.

Ok, if you have not read any of my previous posts, then I’ll update you real quick. Basically my sweet Colton has been battling Eczema since he was born. I’m nursing him so I was advised to change my diet, and use lots of moisturizer on him and give Benadryl on days that are EXTREMELY itchy. I’ve tried everything as far as moisturizers go, my diet consisted of turkey and rice and spinach (basically) and Benadryl, which only helped for a little while. Fast forward to now, at 7 months old, Colt was FINALLY old enough to go see a dermatologist. Amen, hallelujah! My husband and I were so excited to go to this appointment and get some answers!

But, did we get the answers we were looking for??? Um, no. No we didn’t. Basically, Colton could be allergic to anything, and really there’s nothing we can do to prevent the eczema. We can only do our best to keep Colt comfortable. Which means giving him medicine and steroid creams and antibiotic creams. Boo. That’s not what we wanted to hear. The Doctor said that I need to eat little bits of things we think he might be allergic to, I.e. peanuts, eggs, tomatoes, dairy products…. so his body can get used to them. We don’t want him to have bad allergies or anaphylactic reactions to those foods, so the best way to prevent that is to expose them to him as early as possible. We were also advised to give him a diluted bleach bath, twice a week. It’s 1 teaspoon of bleach to 1 gallon of water. This is to help with infection because of him scratching so much.

We are very thankful to the dermatologist we saw, and we go back in a couple months for a check up. But, here we are wondering about our little guy and how we can heal him. Truth be told, it’s not about how WE can heal Colton. God tells us in Proverbs 3:5-6 “Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.” I feel like we are learning, as a family, spiritually, emotionally, and patiently, how to trust God’s path. We are tired. We are humbled. We are hurting. But we are grateful! We thank God every day for his goodness! We pray for Colt’s healing, and that he overcomes this obstacle with the best possible outcome. And, our family is stronger, gracious, and more spiritual because of this. Thanks for all the prayers! Keep them coming!