Archive for the ‘eczema’ Category

Natural Remedies for Eczema

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Eczema is inflammation of the skin.  Eczema causes the skin to become red, itchy, flaky, and discharge liquid or blood. There are different types of eczema and all types of eczema can be cured with natural remedies. Causes for eczema are allergic reactions, weather, diet, stress, poor metabolism, and vaccinations. The most common types of eczema found in kids are:

Atopic Dermatitis: most of the time confused with psoriasis, occurs in people who have food and/or environmental allergies. The rashes usually appear and disappear when in contact with the allergen. On babies it usually appears on the face, neck, ears and torso. Older kids usually have atopic dermatitis in the inner or outer sides of elbows and knees, sometimes on the hands and upper eyelid creases.

Colic Babies and Food Allergies

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

How can you tell if your diet is harming your baby? Is your baby just fussing around or is something truly bothering her? I lost count of all the sleepless nights I had when my son was younger. I wasn’t able to determine what was bothering him and allergies were the last thing on my mind. I thought it was normal for babies to fuss around and have a rash here and there. A friend of mine suggested that I switch my diet. I was breast feeding at the time and didn’t think that my diet would affect my son. To my surprise it did. All of the dairy products I was consuming were harming him. He was congested, restless and sometimes had diarrhea. By adjusting to an almost vegan diet I saw a tremendous change. Although it is normal for most babies to fuss around and wake up in the middle of the night. What you can do is pay close attention to your baby after she is breast fed.