Hold the Cerave

Since so many people had recommended Cerave, we decided to try it again over the weekend. It did seem to moisturize, and it didn't seem to cause an instant rash, but then Ben itched at his poor, irritated neck--all night.

We weren't sure if it was the Cerave. Maybe his neck was just really irritated to begin with, so stupidly, not wanting to change too many things at once, we kept applying it. When it was really bothering him, we applied Vaseline instead, and that seemed to soothe him.

Also, on Sunday, when we went to Target, we got some Vaseline in a tube. Jamie thinks that Vaseline in a tube is easier to apply. Some other things we did were--we switched his allergy medicine to Claritin. This did not seem to help at all, so we went and got non-generic Zyrtec. Ben's allergist had recommended the non-generic of Claritin, so, after trying that, I thought maybe we should try the non-generic Zrytec.

Ben's regular doctor had recommended Disney's Gentle Naturals. It looks like now that they're just Gentle Naturals, minus the Disney. I had bought the Baby Eczema Cream and tried it before when his skin was really, really irritated and hadn't seen any results, but after applying mostly Vaseline to Ben's neck yesterday, we decided to try it again.

The base of the cream is basically Vaseline--Petrolatum, so it's not like the cream is all natural, but that is a good base for Ben because it seemed to soothe him. I was worried that some of the other ingredients--the natural ones--would cause an allergic reaction, but, so far, they haven't.

In addition to seriously irritating Ben's neck, the Cerave did not seem to help Ben's other eczema spots--behind his knees and in the creases of his arms get the reddest. With his neck and the sides of his face, there is the added nemesis of drool, especially now.

We also switched Ben's diaper rash cream from Desitin, which did work if he got red to Balmex because his doctor recommended not using fish oil, though I don't know why. Balmex also has an ointment, which has a Vaseline base that we purchased. It does not seem to irritate him. Vaseline bases seem to work well for him, as long as they don't contain Lanolistn.

I'm also not sure why the Disney's Gentle Naturals is working on him when California Baby had started to irritate him. Could it be the coconut?